Im with Be and have had the same modem for years which has always been wired to my main PC and PS3 so no problems there, but since using a Asus 1000HG netbook and Samsung galaxy S phones we need something that the Wifi signal will reach upstairs as the current signal is shocking and regularly drops out of range

moving the modem is a no no

Current modem is THOMSON TG585v7

I dont want to spend anymore then £50 if I can help it

Ive seen modems with 2 airels on are these any better?

Thanks

 

The current thompsons are G routers,

BE will i believe be bringing out N models sometime

TBH any N router should do, you can obtain the Access specs from BE quit easliy.

From personal preference i wouldn't touch Netgear, Belkin & D link have worked for me

The Draytek crowd will be along shortly to profess there superiority


Hit your local car boot, as long as the router isnt an AOL or sky model , some bargains are to be had

Mart

 

I'd say the opposite, Netgear has been excellent for me, just got a newish DGN2200 adsl/wireless modem recently, its superb n so easy to setup.

 

It depends what you want, my Draytek has lots of advanced functionality that I never use! And recently the firmware updates have done something to the streaming of video across the network.

I like my Netgear 834..

 

I have a netgear wnr2000 brilliant router never hardly needs a reset once every so many months.

 

to be fair it just needs to give me a stronger signal then my current box if i could gain more speed then it would be a bonus

i know one trouble i had with the thompson box is i couldn't port forward properly

 

althought the netgear 834gt nearly got netgear sued when sky started dishing them out, the one i have currently from Virgin for my 50mb is totally fine and has been for 2 years.

I do like Vigour BUT i wouldnt buy one if you use newsgroups for leeching, a while ago i had major issues with bith the 2600s and 2900s of which Vigour actually stopped responding to my technical ticket as they could solve the issue of Lockups when using port 119.

As Ant says above mines also the 2000 model and its been bulletproof

 

Can anyone tell me if my router is any good as I've had it at least 4-5 years, although I have no issues with it I'd be interested to know if it's worthwhile upgrading to a better one.

The router is Netgear DG834GT.

Aaron

 

it was ok m8, netgear nearly got sued for it though as it eventually bogs down, its the little white one isnt it ?

Its good enough m8,

what do you want from an upgrade Pre N then get a 2000 or 3700

 

Yes mate, little white one. I don't really want anything tbh, just that the way technology moves these days I thought I could maybe benefit from upgrading as as I said it must be getting on for 5 years old if not more. What do you mean bogged down? and why sued? Sorry I don't really know a lot about routers

 

I have one, and haven't needed to touch it in years...

dunx

 

Me either Dunx. I just can't believe it's still a good router after all these years the way things move forward, especially the way anything computer related lasts a few months before becoming outdated

 

Netgear dgt ...versions xxx

Why do you think they give them away free? lol


Thompson at the mo, highly tweakable ,

Mart

 

check out dd-wrt.com mate - if they have some compatible firmware on their site you can then use this to unlock some extra features - one being transmit power.

I did it on my linksys (which from factory has a 57% transmit power) - I used the new firmware to increase this a bit and now can get good reception all thru the house

Personally love Linksys routers - the old school boxy ones with blue fascia and grey body (think before they started to be badged as Cicso Linksys) !

Hope it helps!

 

Buy a Sky router - specifically, the Netgear DG934 off ebay for a few quid. Then flash it with the Netgear DG834g v3 firmware to turn it in to a generic non-Sky version. You'll end up with a mega reliable router for next to nothing.

http://www.kitz.co.uk/routers/skyDG934.htm

Here's a DG934 on ebay that is looking very cheap

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/260792422316

 

The DG834GT is a good router to use with Be as the Broadcom chipset in the router matches the Broadcom kit that Be (and O2) use in the exchanges. This typically means the sync rate is a little higher than when using non-Broadcom based routers. Until recently I used a DG834GT for years, but it finally stopped working. The DG934 Sky router I turned in to a DG834gv3 is better for me. Slightly lower sync rate but the WiFi range is better.

 

Vigors are nice. But not the most user intuitive for people not fully versed in IT acronyms, and in most situations OTT for home users...unless you want your own VPN server and want a bit more customisation with port mapping/forwarding/subnets/firewall etc...


Netgear would be my next port of call...BUT some of their models really are poo. The DGN1000 for exmaple has woefully poor WiFi stability. Even though its a 'N' router!

Our new ISP gave us one for work...and they insisted we use it as it was all pre configured. Put it this way, it didn't last long.

 

I have a Netgear DGND3300 and so far it's been great and has loads of features.

 

looking at these 2 options any good ? now back from my holiday so need to get this sorted

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B004ERXXH...SIN=B004ERXXHC

and

http://www.broadbandbuyer.co.uk/Shop...ProductID=8173

both N routers with adsl

 

my wee DGN1000 seems fine in terms of wifi

i guess out of the choice of those 2 id go for the Dlink :\

 

I have a Billion 7800N - it's frakking smart!

http://www.billion.uk.com/product/wireless/7800n.htm

also just realized it will be fine for BT infinity too

 

Nice but well out of my budget the wife would kill me lol