Router Recommendations

nlel1975 · 14 Jul 2018 at 13:33

Recommendations for a Router to connect to the ONT (Modem) for FTTH Internet please.

WYNIR0 · 14 Jul 2018 at 13:39

Happy with my Netgear Nighthawk X6 R8000

ChrisD. · 14 Jul 2018 at 13:44

Budget? What features do you require?

nlel1975 · 14 Jul 2018 at 13:47

Well I want to buy my own one and not take the one offered by the ISP. Budget around £ 69 as that is how much the ISP charges for their router which I believe is a Technicolor.

DIABLO · 14 Jul 2018 at 13:52

Double that and you might get something decent, if you’re paying for FTTH you shouldn’t really skimp.

nlel1975 · 14 Jul 2018 at 13:59

Could you recommend something within my budget and something twice as expensive.

bremen1874 · 14 Jul 2018 at 15:48

How fast is the connection?

How fast are you expecting the wireless to be?

ChrisD. · 14 Jul 2018 at 15:50

£69? Just use the ISP one and then maybe think about an alternative if it’s letting you down.

nlel1975 · 14 Jul 2018 at 16:15

Just ordered one of these...

Netgear R6800

http://www.netgear.co.uk/home/products/networking/wifi-routers/R6800.aspx#tab-techspecs

Should be better than the supplied one. Also means I can take out a 12 month sub instead of 24 months. Was going to take out 24 months to get their supplied router for £ 29.

I don't really need a lot of features so a basic router like this will do for me.

nlel1975 · 15 Jul 2018 at 10:46

As far as I am aware the router supplied by the ISP is a Technicolor TG589 vac v2. I believe the basic NETGEAR R6800 Nighthawk Dual-Band AC1900 (1.9 Gbps) Smart Wi-Fi Router I have ordered is more up to date and better.

Steveocee · 15 Jul 2018 at 11:00

Edgerouter Lite & UniFi UAP-AC-Lite
Probably twice your budget but would be the entry level in terms of doing your connection justice.

Avalon · 15 Jul 2018 at 14:45

Steveocee said:
Edgerouter Lite & UniFi UAP-AC-Lite
Probably twice your budget but would be the entry level in terms of doing your connection justice.

In what way exactly won’t a R6800 do justice to his connection? It’s capable of sustaining a WAN>LAN of more than FTTH can provide at present and is vastly superior to Technicolours offerings in both features and support, it’s a decent (relative to its peers) AIO consumer router. Personally i’d probably suggest considering the R7000 for DDWRT support if you want an AIO, but it’s not within budget.

I agree Unifi CPE is generally nicer to work with and superior to consumer grade AIO products, but the idea that he needs to spend that kind of money to do justice to his connection seems slightly out of place.

Steveocee · 15 Jul 2018 at 15:42

Avalon said:
In what way exactly won’t a R6800 do justice to his connection? It’s capable of sustaining a WAN>LAN of more than FTTH can provide at present and is vastly superior to Technicolours offerings in both features and support, it’s a decent (relative to its peers) AIO consumer router. Personally i’d probably suggest considering the R7000 for DDWRT support if you want an AIO, but it’s not within budget.

I agree Unifi CPE is generally nicer to work with and superior to consumer grade AIO products, but the idea that he needs to spend that kind of money to do justice to his connection seems slightly out of place.

I read FTTP and assumed Gigabit speeds to be honest. I’m still trying to understand why all this infrastructure is being installed and vastly undersold/underused.

If it’s just “normal” VDSL speed services being delivered over fibre then yeah, fully agree aforementioned Netgear or most router up to 4-5 years old should eat it.

Avalon · 15 Jul 2018 at 16:15

Steveocee said:
I read FTTP and assumed Gigabit speeds to be honest. I’m still trying to understand why all this infrastructure is being installed and vastly undersold/underused.

If it’s just “normal” VDSL speed services being delivered over fibre then yeah, fully agree aforementioned Netgear or most router up to 4-5 years old should eat it.

In simple terms ‘money’.

BT etc. get subsidy payments to invest in a network they own, so it’s worth doing for them. ISP’s don’t market it because it’s not available widely enough. In such a close market where almost everyone sells essentially the same product, it’s not worth wasting marketing on advertising a product that the majority can’t receive.

nlel1975 · 16 Jul 2018 at 13:45

Yeah I am planning on taking out a 250mbit/s download 50mbit/s upload service, it won't be a gigabit. I will be trying to use Ethernet cables direct to router where possible as none of my wifi equipment is 802.11ac and my powerline adapters are rated for 200mbit/s max.

Thinking of buying a USB 802.11ac adapter to try and get max speed over wifi, my iPhone 6 Plus has 802.11ac and when I did a speedtest at my brothers who already has the 250mbit/s service it got max speed albeit in same room as the router which is a Netgear Nighthawk R6400 AC1750 incidentally.

Shawreyboy · 16 Jul 2018 at 16:44

If part of the Layer 2 transits the ISP owned network, then their back hauls are reliant on being able to deliver the bandwidth which means some providers are limiting the speeds down to ensure they can offer the service out to more End Users rather than a smaller amount of customer's getting the full whack and possibly over-utilising the links.

Shawrey

nlel1975 · 17 Jul 2018 at 13:06

Here's a screenshot I took of my iPhone 6 Plus connected to my brothers up to 250mbit/s Internet service via Wi-Fi.

nlel1975 · 17 Jul 2018 at 16:00

Received my Router this afternoon, which isn't bad as I only ordered it on Saturday at 16:08...

theone8181 · 8 Aug 2018 at 13:21

So i'm in s imilar position to the OP. I have a zyxel vmg8924-b10a and i feel its letting things down a little, my connection is 'only' 100 meg, however i may upgrade soon to go faster. Is the only difference between the XXXX series of netgears above just the speeds? I've got an xbox one and ps4 on 5 GHz, but still have some legacy things on 2.4GHz, so will a 7000 for example work ok?