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i am looking for a good solid router for virgin 100Mbs ,
their is no need for wifi have than done separately,and most do not have the range i need and it works fine with my set up ,
i've a superhub but i do not like it ,so i want to use it in modem mode only
need DDNS (no-ip)and good port forwarding and needs to handle 20 items connected to the net (there connect to a unmanned hub's and wifi hubs)
so has any one got any idea's
cost @£100 or is that too little

been looking at this Billion BiPAC 7800 but its adsl and i think cable ??
 
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banger9365 said:
i am looking for a good solid router for virgin 100Mbs ,
their is no need for wifi have than done separately,and most do not have the range i need and it works fine with my set up ,
i've a superhub but i do not like it ,so i want to use it in modem mode only
need DDNS (no-ip)and good port forwarding and needs to handle 20 items connected to the net (there connect to a unmanned hub's and wifi hubs)
so has any one got any idea's
cost @£100 or is that too little

been looking at this Billion BiPAC 7800 but its adsl and i think cable ??
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I have read the Asus RT-U56N is top class with Fibre :)
 
Tbh if you're asking that, like that, it doesn't matter. Asus use a lot of the tomato code in the official fw but they have a much, umm, friendlier gui.
 
Virgin user here
I have a D-Link DIR-855 and can highly recommend it. It does everything I need with many more virtual servers and port forwards allowable than most and in-built DDNS support, but may be overkill for you.
If you don't need so many bells and whistles, have a look at DD-WRT and get a router that will run it. You can get a cheap as chips Linksys or Buffalo and reflash it or more expensive box if you wish. Check the DD-WRT forums for advice and their supported device list for checking compatibility. If you already have your wifi sorted and despite the numbers of clients your setup sounds pretty non-hierarchical, £100 should be the very max you spend and you could get away with £50 easy.
And yes, it's a simple cable router/switch you need, not an ADSL box.
 
well the Asus RT-U56N came Monday morning ,it took about 5minutes to set up ,fastest i've ever set a router up and with all the port forwarding ,
do's not support NO-IP DDNS but its still sees my stuff and picks the ip addy up,so i can live with that,
wifi is a little better than most routers in my house but that not a problem, my wifi stuff connect to my separate wifi setup
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the thing i did notice is the lag the superhub had is gone with this router and its maxing virgin out better in speed tests and web pages open faster ,
the 3g modem setting look cool and works ok ,so do's the ftp server ,but can i heck get the printer to work with it ,but again my nas runs then so it ok

so thanks for your help people again
 
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Glad to hear more good things about the 56u, mine should be coming today and i'm also planning to use it with the Virgin Superhub :)
 
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