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Hi All,
I'm fairly sure my current router (Netgear DGN2000) is giving up the ghost. Our household has several devices which are all regularly dropping wireless connection to it. Several restarts of the router get it going again but the problems are getting more and more frequent.
Anyhoo, I think it's time to look for a replacement.
I've seen the Linksys WRT1900AC which looks like a nice router but tbh there are so many choices out there that I may well be chucking good money at a spec I don't really need.
We're not really heavy data users although we do have SKY and fairly regularly use on-demand stuff. There are two laptops and a couple of mobiles too but there's no real need for anything other than to handle normal internet use.
Any advice from the more knowledgeable Freeolarers would be greatly appreciated.
JTD
I'm fairly sure my current router (Netgear DGN2000) is giving up the ghost. Our household has several devices which are all regularly dropping wireless connection to it. Several restarts of the router get it going again but the problems are getting more and more frequent.
Anyhoo, I think it's time to look for a replacement.
I've seen the Linksys WRT1900AC which looks like a nice router but tbh there are so many choices out there that I may well be chucking good money at a spec I don't really need.
We're not really heavy data users although we do have SKY and fairly regularly use on-demand stuff. There are two laptops and a couple of mobiles too but there's no real need for anything other than to handle normal internet use.
Any advice from the more knowledgeable Freeolarers would be greatly appreciated.
JTD
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Blimey that Linksys is expensive.
For reference here's DL's previous router thread.
As I mention in that thread, if you have a decent (ADSL)line then you can get away with nearly any old router and just choose which device by it's wireless options and other specs. If your line's not so good then you need to be a bit more picky.
These days it also pays to think about FTTC. If you are likely to move from standard ADSL to an FTTC connection then some routers can work with both broadband formats which could be useful to make it a bit more future proof.
I'm still a Broadcom chipset fan. The Netgear Wireless-N 300 is a decent router at a fair price. There is also a '600' version with higher specs, at a higher price.
I set up a '300' the other week and noticed Netgear have updated their GUI. For as long as I can remember the GUI has been roughly the same. They probably could have left things how they were!
For reference here's DL's previous router thread.
As I mention in that thread, if you have a decent (ADSL)line then you can get away with nearly any old router and just choose which device by it's wireless options and other specs. If your line's not so good then you need to be a bit more picky.
These days it also pays to think about FTTC. If you are likely to move from standard ADSL to an FTTC connection then some routers can work with both broadband formats which could be useful to make it a bit more future proof.
I'm still a Broadcom chipset fan. The Netgear Wireless-N 300 is a decent router at a fair price. There is also a '600' version with higher specs, at a higher price.
I set up a '300' the other week and noticed Netgear have updated their GUI. For as long as I can remember the GUI has been roughly the same. They probably could have left things how they were!
[s]Hmmm...[/s]
Almost every router review has negative comments. I know there are some people who are never happy and/or love writing negative reviews just for the fun of it but it still puts a seed of doubt in your mind.
It's always good to hear from someone who has actually used a particular router in anger.
I'll take a look at it.
It's always good to hear from someone who has actually used a particular router in anger.
I'll take a look at it.
Hi JTD ...
Had similar problems with a Netgear DGN1000 about 6 months ago but since I upgraded to a Netgear DGND3300 no problems whatsoever. Hope this might help.
Had similar problems with a Netgear DGN1000 about 6 months ago but since I upgraded to a Netgear DGND3300 no problems whatsoever. Hope this might help.
Hi All,
I'm fairly sure my current router (Netgear DGN2000) is giving up the ghost. Our household has several devices which are all regularly dropping wireless connection to it. Several restarts of the router get it going again but the problems are getting more and more frequent.
Anyhoo, I think it's time to look for a replacement.
I've seen the Linksys WRT1900AC which looks like a nice router but tbh there are so many choices out there that I may well be chucking good money at a spec I don't really need.
We're not really heavy data users although we do have SKY and fairly regularly use on-demand stuff. There are two laptops and a couple of mobiles too but there's no real need for anything other than to handle normal internet use.
Any advice from the more knowledgeable Freeolarers would be greatly appreciated.
JTD
I'm fairly sure my current router (Netgear DGN2000) is giving up the ghost. Our household has several devices which are all regularly dropping wireless connection to it. Several restarts of the router get it going again but the problems are getting more and more frequent.
Anyhoo, I think it's time to look for a replacement.
I've seen the Linksys WRT1900AC which looks like a nice router but tbh there are so many choices out there that I may well be chucking good money at a spec I don't really need.
We're not really heavy data users although we do have SKY and fairly regularly use on-demand stuff. There are two laptops and a couple of mobiles too but there's no real need for anything other than to handle normal internet use.
Any advice from the more knowledgeable Freeolarers would be greatly appreciated.
JTD
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