Setting up new Netgear DGND3300 (good choice?) with Linksys WRT54GL?

Right. This router is going back - it's appalling. The wireless seems to go from bad to worse and one of the feet was broken when we got it.

It has worse range than our Homehub 1.5 and constantly drops out, no matter what settings I've tried. Absolutely dreadful - I cannot believe we paid £110 for this rubbish.

Even the firmware is rubbish - there are very few configuration options (such as being able to stop internet access to my sister's laptop after 10pm on school nights).

Very disappointed. I will not trust user reviews alone next time and do more research - this thing will be getting 2 stars if it's lucky.

Can anyone recommend a good replacement? We want RANGE and POWER. We just want the strongest, most reliable G/N signal we can get and some options such as turning off access to my sister's laptop at certain times would be a bonus.
 
Linksys WRT610n (flashed with DD-WRT) combined with a decent ADSL2 router, such as the Netgear DG834PN.

Seriously, a good combo :)

Azuse05 said:
You haven't paid for 2 radios, you paid for one dual band radio. Just like the N16 with not tomato support and less features :-/
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Nope, it has two radios.

The main problem with combined modem/routers is that it's hard to get a custom firmware that will support them. That's why I recommend buying them both separately, as above.
 
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That Linksys does look great, but a combined purchase cost of £200 and two boxes sitting in our hall next to my mum's antiques with all their various cables is going to push her tolerance!

Surely there is a good box that does it in one? Do Linksys not offer that performance in one box with a router? I can't believe we need to spend £200 to get performance equal or better than our 4-year-old Bt Homehub 1.5!
 
I'm not sure, but after looking at all the options I decided that having separate modem/router with custom firmwares in both suits his needs better than anything else I could find.

£200?! Who says you need to buy from OcUK? Get that refund and search elsewhere, the DG834PN can be had for £20~ on that famous auction site, the Linksys is around £110 on there too. The Linksys will suit you down to the ground, you have a 2.4GHz and 5GHz radio, both can be run at 2.4 if you suffer from issues, you can restrict internet access to certain PC's based on time of day, etc.

Maybe someone else will suggest a combined modem/router that will suit, but I'm just saying what works well for me.
 
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