Which wireless N gigabit cable router?

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I currently have a Netgear WPN824 mimo router which is getting a bit long in the tooth and is developing some faults, it needs rebooting every other day and is throwing up some performance problems.

I'm looking for a premium router to compliment my Virgin Media 20mb cable connection. A search on these forums has told me to avoid the likes of Linksys, Netgear, Belkin etc and has pointed me in the direction of Draytek? The Vigor 2130n seems to cover every base but is not going to be stocked anywhere until March. Is there any alternatives that are available now?

Thank you in advance.
 
I would recommend the D-Link DIR-825 Xtreme N Dual Band Gigabit Wireless Router, I have the model below this DIR-655 which is rock solid, and i have VM 20 meg line, and i have had a perfect connection, and my wireless N devices get great signal as well.
 
i will never buy draytek again, have dlink stuff that are years old and have never died.
replaced my draytek 2820Vn with a DIR-655 and its stable.

i like the fact dlink have emulators of their routers.
DIR-655 Emu

if you do buy the draytek watch out if you turn Qos on they have a 20% reservation that will cut your download speed unless you change it via telneting in to the router.
Code:
> adsl txpct ?
%tx percentage : 0
% adsl txpct [auto:percent]
% auto : auto detect, percent : 10-100.

 > adsl rxpct ?
%rx percentage : 0
% adsl rxpct [auto:percent]
% auto : auto detect, percent : 10-100
 
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I would recommend the D-Link DIR-825 Xtreme N Dual Band Gigabit Wireless Router, I have the model below this DIR-655 which is rock solid, and i have VM 20 meg line, and i have had a perfect connection, and my wireless N devices get great signal as well.

Ive been playing with the DIR-825 latly and have to say this is one of the best routors for been easy to configure and understand and it does what you want it to do. its got a bigger price tag than most but whorth every penny.
 
I would strongly recommed avoiding the Belkin N+ router. I got one because we got an upgrade to our internet speed and it has given me loads of problems.
 
Thanks for the heads up on the D-Link, will take a look at that.

Wireless speeds arn't such an issue at the moment although it would be nice to have N. I may go for a Linksys WRT54GL with Tomato and add in a half decent gigabit switch. Sound ok?
 
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