New router req: Gb / N ...which one though?

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Looking into replacing my ageing WRT54G running Tomato, which up until now has been superb but backups take an age so it's time to upgrade.

I was originally looking at the Linksys WRT320N, but the lack of dual radios is putting me off. Which has lead me on to the WRT610N, but that's only Draft N as far as I can tell.

Anyone got any good recommendations for a Gb/Draft N router, ideally that will run DD-WRT/Tomato? Does such a product exist? :(

Ta
 
Depending on what ISP you have, you can try and get a free-be from them.

I recently got a D-LINK DSL-2740R from TalkTalk in the post and is better than the Belkin draft N i had before which cost £60.

Other than that i can only recommend Belkin, Netgears latest stuff and going by this router D-Link, cant comment on other stuff but im sure there other good brands.

Best of setting a budget and look at reviews at routers.
 
I'm with VM, I doubt I'll get a lot from them aside from frustration from a phone conversation with an Indian call centre. It's the weekend, not in the mood for that. :)

When you say the DLink was better than the N1, how so? Faster, more reliable? More features etc..?
 
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Use your current modem and buy the WNDA3300 ;)
has gigabit ports and Dualband wireless 2.4 and 5Ghz bands.


pps, D-LINK DSL-2740R no recommended.
it looses sync more times than a leaky tap. its wireless draft N is good but its internal ar7 chipset adslmodem sucks.
 
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ViRuS2k said:
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Use your current modem and buy the WNDA3300 ;)
has gigabit ports and Dualband wireless 2.4 and 5Ghz bands.
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no, the 3300 has not got gigabit ports. only dual band. the DNG3500 has gigabit ports and is ADSL but has disconnection issues (check netgear forum). the 3700 is dual band and gigabit but cable only.

I have the same delema (but i dont have an adsl modem that works with Be*). I am swinging toward the Linksys WAG320N , i know you cant use the 2.4 and 5ghz radios as the same time.

There appears to be only three adsl gigabit draft N routers at the moment. The linksys WAG320N, netgear 3500 and that Billion 7402 (which doesnt have dual band).

If i owned your router, i'd be looking at buying the netgear WNDR3700 as the router and just using the WRT54G as a modem only.
 
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yes. what are you thinking of getting?

I decided on the WAG320N in the end (with the cashback it seemed like a good deal). i couldnt find much fault with it on the internet. i'm aware you cant use both bands at the same time but i'm not in a built up area so it wont affect me.
 
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You are ohh so wrong. for a start wnda 3700 is based on the atheros chipset.
best routers are based on broadcom chipsets.
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WNDR3700 is one of the best routers you can buy today. I suggest you try one first before commenting or read a batch of reviews first.

It is quite heavy on spec and robustness and sports a wealth of features out of the box.

I will be looking forward to getting DDWRT on it (it's in the works).

Atheros/Broadcom chipset preferences aside the router is solid. I've had many Gigabit+N routers before and all have proven not suitable to my needs except one (The Sitecom WL308) and now the WNDR3700 which costs a little bit more but has many more features and a better admin page UI.

For reference,

I have several N + G wireless machines, a Wii, a VOIP phone service from Vonage connected at 10/100 and 3 Gigabit wired machines all connected at the same time. My VM 20MB connection regularly passes 400-450GB a month in WAN usage (even more over LAN with HD films streaming to the living room TV and Wireless-N machines) and the router has yet to fold over like others have in the past.

I've gone through quite a few routers over the past 24 months in search of the perfect router that can take my kind of usage and this so far seems to be that router. It also looks good among other modern day living room appliances so won't stick out like a sore thumb.
 
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ok i get it you like the router ;)
but im going by spec, atheros doesnt hold up to features when it comes to broadcom.
thats all i was saying ;)

most people aswell dont know with broadcom chipsets you can lower your DSLM with SNR tweak wich on hole can boost your speed 2+meg extra.
 
Khaaan! said:
WNDR3700 is one of the best routers you can buy today. I suggest you try one first before commenting or read a batch of reviews first.
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I was looking at this the other night actually, but this review gave me the willies:

An excellent range of features, but this router performed inconsistently in our wireless transfer tests, with poor 5GHz speeds.
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There are quite a few more that slate it for it's N speeds, which is quite an important feature for me as I intend to do backups over wifi.

That said - how do you find it for moving large amount of data about?
 
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atheros doesnt hold up to features when it comes to broadcom.
thats all i was saying

Cite your sources? What features exactly? Your post is the most vague post I have read!

You must be referring to ADSL routers if you think you can gain an extra 2MB from a connection.. Anyway, this thread is about cable routers and the throughput is large enough to begin with, again, just read some reviews, the router is hardly low spec, in fact it's at top spec.

I did weeks of research before buying this router and even searched here but nobody else seemed to have posted about it or on the other forums I frequent so had to seek out alternative sources and then try it out for myself.
 
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I was looking at this the other night actually, but this review gave me the willies:



There are quite a few more that slate it for it's N speeds, which is quite an important feature for me as I intend to do backups over wifi.

That said - how do you find it for moving large amount of data about?
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I've read that review before and didn't really read too much into their review due to the newer firmwares fixing the issues they noted (my router cam update anyway and a new update was applied a few weeks ago).

I can do an N test if you like tonight, I don't have any 5GHz clients but I can transfer at 2.4GHz band should still be fine for a 300Mbps test. I've not had any complaints from users and HD 1080p streams just fine as well as large file transfers.
 
If you could that would be much appreciated. This could be a potential winner if it comes out OK with the newer firmware...

Cheers
 
Aha I knew there was something I forgot and I had to backtrack many threads before realising what it was lol.

Will do the test later today!
 
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