recommend ADSL wifi router

roakes · 28 Jun 2007 at 09:39

Hey all,

My parents are after a wifi router for their house in spain, they have an ADSL connection so can anyone recommend a good one? I don't know much about ADSL routers.

They would like to use it to share their connection via wifi with the house next door too, so I assume a strong signal will be essential.

Thanks

Russ

Nymins · 28 Jun 2007 at 10:15

Most Linksys wifi routers are good. I have a WAG354G and it gets a very strong signal even without the additional aerial attached.

roakes · 28 Jun 2007 at 10:22

yeah I would probably go linksys as I have a WRT54G so know my way around them if they hit any problems

Snapshot · 28 Jun 2007 at 20:34

It may be worth considering something like the Netgeas DG834PN if you need more range as this uses the same MIMO system as 802.11n routers but is still 802.11g (with knobs on). I have a Linksys WAG54GS which is a very good router but the Netgear definitely has a better range.

BTW if you're buying the router in this country, have you checked that it's compatible with Spanish ADSL?

tolien · 28 Jun 2007 at 20:36

Snapshot said:
BTW if you're buying the router in this country, have you checked that it's compatible with Spanish ADSL?

They use ADSLoPOTS the same as us, so it shouldn't be a problem.

Snapshot · 29 Jun 2007 at 07:08

Good. It's not something I've had to look into recently. The last time I had to deal with other european telcos I was installing 64kb leased lines and X25 switches!

tolien · 29 Jun 2007 at 10:49

AFAIK, Germany's the only exception that uses ADSLoISDN.

Snapshot · 29 Jun 2007 at 14:40

Not surprising given their investment in ISDN. I wonder just how much POTS there actually is in what was West Germany.