Sorry i missed your post. I moved onto the 100mb VM package recently but my linksys isn't even gigabit on the ports so not getting more than 30mb.
I will be connecting my main pc and htpc via ethernet to router, but will also be using wireless for devices and stuff. £300 would be pushing it a bit for me personaly. I mainly want reliable speeds and little wifi drop outs and atleast some router config settings for stuff like port forwarding and dhcp configuring.
Again i'm not too technical with all this stuff and was hoping to just buy a half decent router to plug into SH2 for reliable internet speeds. My SH2 is quite old so not sure its ac.
i just got a dir 868L off the members market for £30 for a B1 revision that was brand new. amazon are selling the new C1 revision for £50 brand new.
anyway to the point. flash it with dd-wrt and it spanks most routers using official firmware. i've had to tweak a few settings but nothing major. i used online guides, etc. i now in wifi get 200MB download and 12MB upload with a 9ms ping over wifi upstairs at the other side of the house. i also get full speed over wifi on my phone in the bedroom above the room the router is in.
also the router isn't even in an ideal spot it's in a corner with 2 walls beside it.
basically get yourself a cheap router that is compatible with dd-wrt, dd-wrt turns a £50 router into a £200 one.