B Grade and Clearance Routers

Diesel · 21 Apr 2006 at 12:08

Just noticed a number of routers/kits in the B Grade and Clearance sections for around the £20 (plus VAT + Del.) mark. including:

D-Link AirPlus G+ DI-624+ Enhanced 2.4GHz Wireless Router
D-Link AirPlus DI-614+ Enhanced 2.4GHz Wireless Router
D-Link DSL-902 ADSL Wireless Router Starter Kit
Linksys WKPC54G Wireless-G Network Kit
Netgear WGT634U 108Mbps Wireless Storage Router
Netgear WGR614 54Mbps Wireless Cable DSL Router

Which of these (if any) would you resident networking buffs reccomend?

Phil99 · 21 Apr 2006 at 12:17

What for?

Pointless buying an ADSL router if you're on Cable and vice-versa

Diesel · 21 Apr 2006 at 12:20

Phil99 said:
Pointless buying an ADSL router if you're on Cable and vice-versa

I've actually got both ADSL and Cable coming into my house, so I could take my pick

<edit> I'd prefer to use the cable connection though, so discard any ADSL routers.</edit>

Skilldibop · 21 Apr 2006 at 14:31

B grade is bad news mostly. If you have an amazing line or don't need great performance of any kind then it's ok.
But things like P2P that need CPU work on the router or if your ADSL line has moderate or less line stats then you'll notice performance issues and maybe even complete failures.
In my book if a jobs worth doing, it's worth doing properly.