Can someone recommend me a decent router?

yatesl · 12 Jan 2014 at 19:20

A long shot, but can anyone recommend a good router. It has to be ADSL (I think), with a WAN port (again, I think...).

I have BT Infinity 2, but the BT Home Hub 3 is garbage. I can't, for the life of me, get my home network to function properly. They're all on the same network, same workgroup, but everything refuses to play nice. Sometimes my PC (wireless) can see my PC (wired), but not my laptop (wireless). The laptop (wireless) can see my PC (wired), but not my other PC (wireless). Sometimes both PCs can see each other, only after a couple of minutes, and sheer persistence (despite Windows' best efforts to diagnose the problem).

We also have a Bluray player that has DLNA, and trying to play stuff from XBMC is a right farce. It can't connect to PC (wireless), but can connect to PC (wired) - but ONLY if we restart the router.

It's baffling. At this point, after spending £60 on homeplugs (and scrapping them, as this house's wiring must be bad, and my (now-wireless) PC kept randomly disconnecting), and now just spending £25 on a wireless card that I hoped fix it, I'm ready to throw ~£80 at a new router.

zoomee · 12 Jan 2014 at 19:51

Asus RT-N66u - full stop

yatesl · 12 Jan 2014 at 23:22

I was hoping for something a bit less!

Pug · 13 Jan 2014 at 00:08

Ah, then ignore my suggestion of the 68uAC!

yatesl · 13 Jan 2014 at 11:34

Hmm... Found it for just over £100 in a store. I think I'll take the plunge, if it means I don't have to think about it again.

yatesl · 13 Jan 2014 at 13:36

Well, I've only been using it for 10 minutes, but so far it's great. Both PCs can see each other, first time. My iPhone can connect to the AirVideo server on my PC first time, without having to type in an IP address. Need to try my laptops now. You can even connect a printer to it! Although shame it doesn't turn it in to an "AirPrint" printer.

£110 is a lot of money, but so far it's (obviously) miles above the BT HomeHub 3!

bledd · 13 Jan 2014 at 13:43

Nothing beats an awesome router.

Get the latest firmware from Asus.

yatesl · 13 Jan 2014 at 15:01

My wireless speed seems slower on my desktop upstairs (despite just buying a TP-Link WDN4800, which was about twice as fast on the Home Hub 3), but it might be due to me putting the router about 30cm to the side of where the HH3 used to be.

Using Homeplugs again for now - they kept cutting out, so now I'll see if it's the wiring, or the router. If they're fine, I'll send the WDN4800 back.