Which wireless router specifically for MaxDSL

Spudgun · 9 Apr 2006 at 09:53

I have a budget of around £250 for a good quality wireless router, wireless PCI card for my PC and a card for a laptop.

The router must be stable with MaxDSL, which seems to rule out Netgear products according to comments made on here and ADSL guide about the problems caused by fluctuations in the SNR.

Any suggestions/comments will be greatly appreciated

Spudgun

Spudgun · 9 Apr 2006 at 18:17

sorry to have to bump this, but i have cash to spend and can sign up for MaxDSL tomorrow!

tolien · 9 Apr 2006 at 20:17

You'll get a Cisco 857W for not much more than that (not including wireless cards etc though).
Probably gross overkill (and you'll probably struggle to configure it), but ho hum.

AMDX23800+ · 9 Apr 2006 at 20:21

You can get Belkin wireless router, pci card, and laptop card for around £170.

tolien · 9 Apr 2006 at 20:25

Can't say I'd touch Belkin with a bargepole. If you're after a cheaper suggestion, there's a Billion router that's well liked.

marmalade · 10 Apr 2006 at 07:52

Check out the Draytek/Vigor
http://www.draytek.com/product/adsl2plus/vigor2800VG/vigor2800VG.php

though this particular model is with voip at around £176
The non voip is around £150
Draytek produce some very solid products

Berserker · 10 Apr 2006 at 08:34

I'm in agreement with the last two posts. Belkin make good cables, and maybe even good surge protectors, but their networking kit is to be avoided. A bargepole just doesn't cut it.

I've had a Vigor V2600G for two years now, and with the exception of a month when it decided it didn't like the firmware that was installed (fixed with the help of their technical support department), it's been absolutely rock solid and had typical uptimes of 1-2 months before I choose to reboot it. Having said that, my Linksys WRT54GS gets similar uptimes.

Only thing to watch with Draytek is some of the minor features around the periphery tend to be a bit flaky or mysteriously vanish in firmware updates. Can't say that's ever caused me any problems.

Spudgun · 10 Apr 2006 at 09:12

Thank you all very much for your helpful suggestions. Looks like i will go with the Draytek as it has had some wonderful reviews. Do they make a PCI wireless card though? as i can't seem to find one? If they don't who makes the best PCI cards?

Spudgun

iamgud · 10 Apr 2006 at 19:04

For best muticast and ADSL2 support a Speedtouch 585.

Drayteks are good but the 2800s have issues. For stability go for the 2600.

Also Zyxel and Linksys.

Don't go near Belkin or DLink IMO, the new DLinks arn't that bad but the 300T etc were horrid.

Scottland · 10 Apr 2006 at 20:04

iamgud said:
For best muticast and ADSL2 support a Speedtouch 585.

Drayteks are good but the 2800s have issues. For stability go for the 2600.

Also Zyxel and Linksys.

Don't go near Belkin or DLink IMO, the new DLinks arn't that bad but the 300T etc were horrid.

I've just upgraded to a Thompson 585. So far, quite impressed.

My old router was a Thompson 510, this morning that synced at 2.4mbit , and has been stable all day (rebooted it at 12pm ish). I installed the 585 this evening and it synced up at 3.9mbit. It could be coincidence, or not though

Config wise, it's not too bad - but I prefer the more direct method of config as with my old 510.

They go for about £55, and for the price I'm pleased with it, and the WiFi configuration was easy, although I had a little trouble getting it to allocate my own WEP key.