ADSL WiFi Routers

BoomAM · 25 Jun 2009 at 12:06

Hi.
Im considering replacing my age-old WAG354G with a new ADSL Modem/Router.

Which ones are the best of the very wide range thats out there?

Thanks in advance all.

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gillywibble · 26 Jun 2009 at 08:59

Any budget?

BoomAM · 26 Jun 2009 at 09:59

Budget depends on features/ability/ect; So any really if it can be justifyed.

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BoomAM · 28 Jun 2009 at 18:21

Bump!

Ideas?

gillywibble · 28 Jun 2009 at 18:38

Linksys WRT54GL

Netgear DG834GT

Linksys WAG160N

Belkin N1 Vision

tolien · 28 Jun 2009 at 18:55

gillywibble said:
Linksys WRT54GL

Plus some ethernet ADSL modem, or

gillywibble said:
Netgear DG834GT

And maybe DGTeam/UberGT.

Depends if you have to have any features in particular. If you can justify any budget, there's a Cisco 1841 with an ADSL WIC for the better part of £900 plus some wireless device...

mic551 · 28 Jun 2009 at 18:59

I would avoid the WAG160N like the plague, i have one and i have had to go back to my orginal router from o2, worked fine up until a point then refused to connect on wireless or kept throwing me off, i would say best avoided see old posts

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17998075

gillywibble · 28 Jun 2009 at 19:53

mic551 said:
I would avoid the WAG160N like the plague

I've had no issues.

Bane · 28 Jun 2009 at 21:23

I've been impressed with Netgear DG834GT. Apart from my Texas Instrument AR7 chipset DG834Gv2, the GT has been the only other router I've tried that has synced at max 8128 kbps on my line.

Have tried O2 supplied router (a Thomson TG858v7) and Netgear DG834Gv5 (Conexant chipset), and the max they would do was around 7300kbps on a good day.

If you don't fancy paying a large amount, look for a Sky branded version and the reflash it to Netgear supplied firmware, or one mentioned on this thread.

BoomAM · 28 Jun 2009 at 22:04

Im mainly looking for one that allows me to have multiple SSIDs. Each with their own, different, security settings/protocols, and be able to VLAN each 'network' so they exist entirely seperate to one another.
Ive seen a few that do it in the professional space, but a few hundred £ for that i dont plan on spending that much. lol.

tolien · 28 Jun 2009 at 22:12

The WRT54GL can do that. Wireless VLANs, each with a separate SSID. Pass on whether you can have separate settings et al though, you'd certainly presume so.