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From: Gared Haus on 7 Oct 2009 13:19
So I have been using my Netgear DG834G for the last 5 years and I think
it's starting to give up on me so I have decided to get something new.
I am unsure what works well so I am here asking for advice. I need it
to be:

Easy to set up
PC compatible
Stable connection
Wireless
Have a modem built in.


I had been looking at the Netgear DGN2000 but there seems to be a
number of reports regarding how unreliable it is and how it overheats.


What are most of you guys using? Is there anything out there that
would suit me?

Thanks,
Gared

From: Andy Hewitt on 7 Oct 2009 14:10
Gared Haus <gared(a)haus.com> wrote:

> So I have been using my Netgear DG834G for the last 5 years and I think
> it's starting to give up on me so I have decided to get something new.
> I am unsure what works well so I am here asking for advice. I need it
> to be:
>
> Easy to set up
> PC compatible
> Stable connection
> Wireless
> Have a modem built in.
>
>
> I had been looking at the Netgear DGN2000 but there seems to be a
> number of reports regarding how unreliable it is and how it overheats.
>
>
> What are most of you guys using? Is there anything out there that
> would suit me?

IME, Not a Belkin.

I just bought an old Netgear DG834G myself, mainly as a BB Modem. I use
Airport Extreme/Express for my main wireless connection.

--
Andy Hewitt
<http://web.me.com/andrewhewitt1/>
From: Peter Ceresole on 7 Oct 2009 14:48
Gared Haus <gared(a)haus.com> wrote:

> So I have been using my Netgear DG834G for the last 5 years and I think
> it's starting to give up on me so I have decided to get something new.
> I am unsure what works well so I am here asking for advice.

If you want it to be able to handle ADSL2+ (which is well worth having
especially for its higher upload speed) the best and most stable routers
seem to be the Thomsons. Others say thay are ADSL2+ capable, but seem
much more susceptible to interference which can be a real problem with
2+. Just because it says on the box that a router is ADSL2+ capable,
doesn't mean that it really is.
--
Peter
From: Chris Ridd on 7 Oct 2009 14:50
On 2009-10-07 19:10:05 +0100, thewildrover(a)me.com (Andy Hewitt) said:

> IME, Not a Belkin.

Anything but a Belkin!
--
Chris

From: Chris Ridd on 7 Oct 2009 15:07
On 2009-10-07 19:48:31 +0100, peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk (Peter Ceresole) said:

> Gared Haus <gared(a)haus.com> wrote:
>
>> So I have been using my Netgear DG834G for the last 5 years and I think
>> it's starting to give up on me so I have decided to get something new.
>> I am unsure what works well so I am here asking for advice.
>
> If you want it to be able to handle ADSL2+ (which is well worth having
> especially for its higher upload speed) the best and most stable routers
> seem to be the Thomsons. Others say thay are ADSL2+ capable, but seem
> much more susceptible to interference which can be a real problem with
> 2+. Just because it says on the box that a router is ADSL2+ capable,
> doesn't mean that it really is.

Our work ISP (Nildram) recommended an ADSL 2+ modem which supports
"Annex M", which boiled down to one of the following:

Billion BiPAC 5200 (T14.F7_3.0), 7300GX
D-Link DSL-G604T
Draytech Vigor 2820n
Linksys AM200
Zyxel 660H (D1), 669 (D1), 660HW (D1), 660HW (T1), 660R (D1)
Thomson 516v6/546v6, 585v7, 585n, 587n, 782, 784, 787, 787n, 787N (all BCM6338)

(text in brackets indicates chipset)

Personally I like the Linksys boxes that allow third-party firmware. A
WRT160NL model came out recently. I'm not sure which of these have ADSL
modems though.
--
Chris

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