ADSL2+ modem/router

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My connection is adsl2+ through a private isp but the router we got from a local shop is dire, it can barely handle the load of our 7 PCs, 5 xboxs, ps3s, mobile devices etcetera.

We should be getting fibre installed within the next few months but until then we really need an upgrade as this rubbish thing keeps collapsing.

I really don't know what router/modem to trust as they never actually state the specifications, it would have to handle about 5x as much "load" as a normal rubbish domestic router.

I am almost sure the issue is not with the isp/line/exchange as our LAN goes down more often than the router looses the connection (thing barely has enough memory or processing power to route 5 people browsing the web).

Can someone explain if it will work simply using the current thing as a modem and using a standalone router? (modded wrt54g) Or is there still going to be load on the modem that it won't handle?

I am also going to phone fibrecity on a weekday and figure out how a router is organised and connected to their front-door box, so we might need to use the router for 100Mb/s up/down too - but if current domestic routers can't do that I would expect them/the isp to organise the router.
 
no it does'nt have QoS. With the kind of load you're wanting to put though the router though what you said about using your existing router as just a modem if it supports running as just a modem and getting a WRT54g and flashing tomato or whatever might be your best bet.
 
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DIABLO said:
no it does'nt have QoS. With the kind of load you're wanting to put though the router though what you said about using your existing router as just a modem if it supports running as just a modem and getting a WRT54g and flashing tomato or whatever might be your best bet.
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Yes it does have QOS.
not as standard but when upgraded with DGteam fimware QOS is added. :)

dgteam homepage.
scroll to the bottom of there latest firmware release.

Further probes...
WI-FI features extension;
Physical LED management;
QOS & mangle;
Low-level code tuning;
Various & eventuals...
 
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Strictly speaking you can qos with firewall scripts but I wouldn't fancy my chances with a gt, a 54gl @ 250mhz would be the absolute minimum imo.

As for the op it depends if you want to keep it after you get the 100meg (damn you! :)) line. The WNDR3700 is the king of the off the shelf routers atm, qos is basic but it's nice and quick. If you want more options the RT-N16 loaded with tomato is just about the most customizable thing you can get. The only downside is it's single radio, single band N, but you can add an access point to it for the same cost as the WNDR3700.

If your just after a fill in then a modem + anything running tomato will work and be cheap :). 54GLs are the most common, but be aware torrent's will max on out around 16mb.
 
Azuse05 said:
Strictly speaking you can qos with firewall scripts but I wouldn't fancy my chances with a gt, a 54gl @ 250mhz would be the absolute minimum imo.

As for the op it depends if you want to keep it after you get the 100meg (damn you! :)) line. The WNDR3700 is the king of the off the shelf routers atm, qos is basic but it's nice and quick. If you want more options the RT-N16 loaded with tomato is just about the most customizable thing you can get. The only downside is it's single radio, single band N, but you can add an access point to it for the same cost as the WNDR3700.

If your just after a fill in then a modem + anything running tomato will work and be cheap :). 54GLs are the most common, but be aware torrent's will max on out around 16mb.
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Good info there thanks. (well they say 100Mb/s both ways... but we shall see, the line can physically handle it and more of course but isp/router/exchange only time will tell)

16mbps for torrents maxed wouldn't be any issue really. The end result we need is for each person's use to have no impact on anybody else's use - so I can actually play cs again without being lagged in the eye because somebody wants to watch iplayer or download drivers etc :/
enabling QoS on our current router spells instant death for the little thing

I toyed with the idea of setting up a spare x86 machine with 2 NICs and running untangle or something on it. Or building an atom rig to do the job.

Would there be any issues with that? apart from the cost of course :(


A call to fibrecity tomorrow should confirm how it works. I think it is something below the level of a modem, I am not even sure if the connection we use on our side will be ethernet. And I suspect the isp we choose will provide a modem/router which we could swap out (though they 'should' provide one capable of handling the load...)
 
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