BT Infinity - New Router

SiriusB

SiriusB

SiriusB

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Later this week I am having BT Infinity installed. As I understand it there is the BT Homehub plus a modem for the FTTC connection.

Now, I suspect the HH is going to be a bit crap when it comes to its firmware. Most ISP routers are!

Can anyone recommend a good solid router for use with the BT Infinity modem? If possible I would like a router that either has a great firmware or supports one of the custom firmware such as Tomato.

I will need wireless and, if possible, Gigabit ethernet ports [not essential, will just save me buying a third giga switch!]. No real budget but anything under £80 would be nice.

I will probably give the HH a chance for a little while, but I rather suspect the lack of options will drive me mad.
 
I'm still running the NetGear DGFV338 at the moment - though it's marked as an ADSL router, it does have a 10/100 WAN port.

Doing the job at the moment, but then I've not paid for it... It's nothing flash being 10/100 and G wireless but I wanted something that can do IPSEC tunnels.
 
It looks like a very nice router, but at £130+ it is a bit over my budget. Though I suppose I can wait a bit longer to change. :(
 
I ran a WHR-HP-G54 for a day before my trial mandated WNR2000v2 arrived, Buffalo was fine with throughput, WNR2000v2 has been fine as well but I have the wireless turned off on it, which is apparently its weak point.
 
fluff said:
http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/wireless/wireless-reviews/31132-draytek-vigor-2130n-reviewed
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Looks like a nice router, but again is almost double my budget. I would expect the WiFi to be flawless at that price too.

Sareth said:
I ran a WHR-HP-G54 for a day before my trial mandated WNR2000v2 arrived, Buffalo was fine with throughput, WNR2000v2 has been fine as well but I have the wireless turned off on it, which is apparently its weak point.
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The WHR-HP-G54 looks like a nice unit, but I wont be saving much money since I would have to buy a separate GBit switch for downstairs.

You put me off the WNR2 with its apparantly awful WiFi!

So far the Asus is the one that fits what I need and falls in my budget, but obviously would like to know if it can handle 40mb without issue.

Thanks for all the suggestions so far! :)
 
Yes you are correct. I came across the same review just after I had posted! :)

I think I will probably go for that and stick Lettuce on it. Or whatever... :p
 
SiriusB said:
I think I will probably go for that and stick Lettuce on it. Or whatever... :p
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If only there was a 'like' button :P

I have been using one on my 20Mbps line for a couple months now, not one issue. Its got 42 days uptime so far :P Got it intending to upgrade to 50 without having to replace the router, and possible 100 if it ever hits my area! :L
 
Which version/build of Tomato do you have running on it? I assume it is the Tomato USB project, and not the original Tomato...
 
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