Combined wireless adsl gigabit router ?

Domi · 3 Oct 2009 at 12:23

Do decent makes of these actually exist yet ? anyone own one ?

wij · 3 Oct 2009 at 12:42

IMO No - well not at a sensible consumer price point.

Buy a decent GigE switch (HP 1400 series f.e.) and just use that instead.

Rroff · 3 Oct 2009 at 15:17

AFAIK The only devices currently generally available are:

Belkin F5D8632UK4A N1 Vision (£~120)
Draytek Vigor 28xx and higher - which are all around £200+

A decent cheap router like the netgear DG834GT (flashed to .16 as the newer firmware is buggy) and a cheap gig-e switch i.e. Netgear GS605 makes far more sense.

Earlstreetblue · 4 Oct 2009 at 11:50

anyone own one ?

I have the Billion 7800n Wireless ADSL2+ Router and its been rock solid. A million miles better than the O2 box it replaced.

Can be found for around £111. which so far is a bargain imho.

Domi · 5 Oct 2009 at 19:13

Struggled to find much in the way of reviews for that billion router but it does look the job so it looks like that is the one for me thanks.

Earlstreetblue · 5 Oct 2009 at 19:36

Probably because its fairly new.

Just make sure you update the firmware to 1.02e, the latest if its not already.

Another update to follow shortly (adding more features etc).

For me on O2 has been rock solid like i said.

Try Aussie site whirlpool for more info etc.