Choosing new Wireless router. around 50 pounds.

shimy182 · 19 Sep 2006 at 16:55

Wireless router for around 90 pounds. MUST be reliable

Our Linksys WAG54G has just about had it, the LAN ports dont work wireless is dodgy ( cuts off frequently from time to time) and also cuts off from the internet atleast 3 times a day. the power supply also emits a lot of heat.

so anyway im after a new one pref not linksys but dont mind if its good.

must have lan ports and wireless with ADSL connection. and also what technology should i look out for nower days?

i will be ordering tomorrow morning
thanks, shimy

shine · 19 Sep 2006 at 16:58

I've seen similar problems on a WAG54G - did you try to upgrade the firmware? The latest firmware did the trick here.

shimy182 · 19 Sep 2006 at 17:05

not here... and the lan port thing happend when i tripped up on the cable

ok the budget has gone up to around 90 pounds and we want one with really strong wireless signal which wont cut out.

and we pay for a option where the speed can go up to 8mbitsps but around here we can just about get 4.4 mbitps can that be the reason for it cutting out? bt says it shoudnt be a problem :confused:

knucklebones · 19 Sep 2006 at 17:18

Netgear Is all I can say. I'm using there basic DG834G for about a year now with no problems. Wireless with four ports also

shimy182 · 19 Sep 2006 at 17:46

thanks for the recomendation, any others?
whats the differnce between ADSL 2 and normal ADSL?

crashuk · 19 Sep 2006 at 20:30

Try and get a adsl2 with voip around 60 pounds saves you a lot of money, the one i have is the speedtouch 780wl the best features are :you can connect the phone line and dsl line to your router then connect you home phone unit directly to the router

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So during the day i use my voip to make calls to landlines (as they are free) and then in the evening press 9 to make calls on my bt landline because i have free evening calls

Set up a voip account on the router, when you pick up your nomal bt phone you can press 9 to swap to pstn or voip. Great piece of kit, iam now in the process of getting the new philips voip phone so i can make msn calls to pc from my wireless handset so i would have voip/pstn/msn calls

shimy182 · 20 Sep 2006 at 21:38

sounds like a plan. will try that.