whats the best router available?

Citizen420 · 22 Jun 2010 at 13:13

Moving into a new property and need a new router. Will have LLU broadband through my phoneline.

I was looking at the Cisco wag320n as it has gigabit LAN, 2.4 and 5 ghz etc...

Although some people have said I should go with netgear?

Any advice or suggestions will receive free ecookies.

bifday2k · 22 Jun 2010 at 13:34

Might want to check that the provider you are going with allows you to use your own routers, i know that Sky don't, and you have to use theirs, under the agreements.

Citizen420 · 22 Jun 2010 at 13:40

I'm with fast.co.uk and they allow use of your own equipment.

Would never get sky broadband even if I was paid to!

J.B · 22 Jun 2010 at 13:42

bifday2k said:
Might want to check that the provider you are going with allows you to use your own routers, i know that Sky don't, and you have to use theirs, under the agreements.

Is that true? Im not 100% sure it is.

What do you class as a good router? by which I mean what features are you hoping for?

Citizen420 · 22 Jun 2010 at 15:13

J.B said:
Is that true? Im not 100% sure it is.

What do you class as a good router? by which I mean what features are you hoping for?

B,g,n standards, mimo, 2.4ghz and 5ghz frequencies, gigabit LAN, solid firmware, good tech support etc..etc..

1uke · 22 Jun 2010 at 19:39

Bumping this up as I also need a new router with same sort of specs! Can anyone reccomend a decent router especially for gaming???

bifday2k · 22 Jun 2010 at 20:51

J.B said:
Is that true? Im not 100% sure it is.

Yup its true, you have to use the router they send, usually a netgear or a sageam, as your account is locked to that router, u can hack it and get the username and pass and then use a diff router, but is against there rules.

1uke · 22 Jun 2010 at 21:27

I'm with 02 and they dont mind you using your own choice of router. Plus there customer support is normally very very good.

PermaBanned · 22 Jun 2010 at 21:30

bifday2k said:
Yup its true, you have to use the router they send, usually a netgear or a sageam, as your account is locked to that router, u can hack it and get the username and pass and then use a diff router, but is against there rules.

You sure you're not confusing 'hacking' with 'setting up'?

thingemajib · 22 Jun 2010 at 21:33

IIRC mimo is part of the N spec, and most N routers do 2.4/5ghz anyways (dont quote me on the last bit though).

belkin have released a new series of routers routers that are aimed at specific market segments (ie, ones aimed at gaming, ones aimed at downloading/torrenting etc.)

on a personaly note, i have an belkin N+ router, and the USB port to turn memorysticks into NAS is really useful. doesnt work on my portable hard drive through :/

PermaBanned · 22 Jun 2010 at 21:35

I don't recommend Belkin, despite using them for the past two routers.

Brian8bit · 22 Jun 2010 at 23:16

My last two Belkins have been boringly flawless. Had no problems with either. Saying that, they do tend to run a bit hot.

TheBiznes · 22 Jun 2010 at 23:58

bifday2k said:
Might want to check that the provider you are going with allows you to use your own routers, i know that Sky don't, and you have to use theirs, under the agreements.

This is true, but it can be worked around as stated.

I couldn't find a good gigabyte router ADSL last I looked 3 years ago. Bought a Draytek 100 modem and a Dlink Dir 655 cable router. The Draytek just passes the signal direct to the Dlink and you configure inside that. It's a good solution The DIR655 is a very good router with a lot of good features. Only a suggestion. I don't know if many ADSL route these days have gigabyte etc.

rexehuk · 23 Jun 2010 at 00:39

How about Dlink? Always bought Dlink and they've been solid. Tried Belkin and Linksys routers and they die with the amount of throughput I send down.

I got a DIR 655, but there may be newer ones out now.

mikeyp123 · 23 Jun 2010 at 01:47

D-Link <3

Camoe · 23 Jun 2010 at 01:50

cisco over NG anyday mate.

Camoe · 23 Jun 2010 at 01:54

Been Using this baby for about 5 years. never been turned off..... amazing alltough its only T 10/100 Base.

Linksys By Cisco <3

J.B · 23 Jun 2010 at 08:16

You could buy a standalone ADSL modem and then connect a 1Gb switch to it.

deadite66 · 23 Jun 2010 at 08:16

i bought a netgear DGND3300 which is working great for me, it can do 2.4ghz and 5ghz at the same time its only flaw is it has no Gigibit ports.

mogwai · 23 Jun 2010 at 10:30

Take a look at the Draytek Vigor 2710 as this uses the same Broadcom chipset as the equipment in BT Exchanges which seems to allow a higher sync speed then using a non Broadcom based router. Changing from my Linksys boosted my linspeed by 1mb to 6mb.