Does a router exist, that just ****ing works?!

I had an RT-N66U which I returned after 1 week as I had to reboot it multiple times during the very short time I had it.

I guess it's all anecdotal at the end of the day, but I have *never* seen a single complaint about Apple reliability, and that is backed by my own experience.
 
I use a Billion 7800N. It's brilliant. Never rebooted other than firmware upgrades or restoring settings I've lost whilst fiddling with it.

Also on ADSL you can do SNR tweaks.
 
rotor said:
I had an RT-N66U which I returned after 1 week as I had to reboot it multiple times during the very short time I had it.

I guess it's all anecdotal at the end of the day, but I have *never* seen a single complaint about Apple reliability, and that is backed by my own experience.
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I think Asus routers aren't always as stable as they could be early on, but this is usually always resolved with newer firmware. It's just a question of how long it takes for that firmware to become available.

Can't say I agree with that statement about not getting what you pay for with technology. You definitely get what you pay for with technology.
 
Billion 8800N or Asus DSL-N55U.

Both are rock solid ADSL routers.

Update to latest firmware, reset to defaults, set up router.
 
rotor said:
How do you figure?
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JimboTheGiant said:
Can't say I agree with that statement about not getting what you pay for with technology. You definitely get what you pay for with technology.
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How so? When people are buying routers for half the price that are just as stable and offer more options?

Just like people who pay more for a certain brand of graphics card when the competition has a cheaper card that performs just as well.
 
rotor said:
I'm going to beg to disagree. None of the consumer brands (apart from Apple) are known for being stable; as far as I'm concerned that is a simple fact. Feature-packed? Absolutely. Stable? No.

I value stability extremely highly. There's enough stress in my life as it is, without having to deal with an unhappy wife that can't get on the Internet.
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My ASUS RT-N66U is solid. There's plenty of routers I'd choose at the gimped APE price point before considering one.
 
S2KIP said:
My ASUS RT-N66U is solid. There's plenty of routers I'd choose at the gimped APE price point before considering one.
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Fair enough. The difference is that with the Apple I didn't have to "wait for stable firmware", as it came with that out of the gate.

But point taken: a router that has been out for 18-24 months and still sells has probably got a reasonably stable firmware.
 
I have to agree with the Asus firmware comment, they all seem to come with dreadful releases when they first come out, then they work like crazy to get all issues fixed.

They seem to use consumers as their testers, same goes for sound card drivers :/

Once matured though, the drivers/firmware they release are very very good. Very happy with my DSL-N55U, now.
 
rotor said:
I had an RT-N66U which I returned after 1 week as I had to reboot it multiple times during the very short time I had it.

I guess it's all anecdotal at the end of the day, but I have *never* seen a single complaint about Apple reliability, and that is backed by my own experience.
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rotor said:
Fair enough. The difference is that with the Apple I didn't have to "wait for stable firmware", as it came with that out of the gate.

But point taken: a router that has been out for 18-24 months and still sells has probably got a reasonably stable firmware.
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LOL @ the bit in bold oh i do love the blinkered apple cult.
a quick google of "apple airport extreme stalling" seems to disagree LOL
 
bitsNbobs said:
LOL @ the bit in bold oh i do love the blinkered apple cult.
a quick google of "apple airport extreme stalling" seems to disagree LOL
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How's that any different from the apple hating? Saying "blinkered Apple cult" kind of puts you in a box my friend.

"apple airport extreme stalling" = 105,000 results. This covers every single Apple router ever released (5 or 6 models at least?)

"asus rt-n66u stalling" = 292,000 results. And that's a SINGLE Asus model.

Give me a break.
 
I use a different port for a different server. The one port I don't use is 3389 to add a little bit of security.
 
By the way, I very clearly stated that this is my own experience, I'm certainly not making anything up (why would I? I'm just offering my experience). Although you are the 2nd person to suggest it, so perhaps the Apple-hating brigade is more alive and well than I thought?

To each their own, why bash others on their personal choices?
 
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