Recommend me a new home router

[SpuffMonkey]

Hi - As the title really - I'm on VirginMedia and my existing Netgear router is playing up - so in the market for a new one.

 

It'll get a lot of heavy use as I've a lot of music/video stored as well as a teenager with all his mates trying to download to entire internet. 8 wired ports would be good and built in wifi would be helpful as I could lose the additional WAP that I'm running

 

Look forward to hearing about good/bad experiences - cheers

[X-13]

I've got the standard Virgin wireless hub indoors. I've not had any problems with it.

 

I also got it for free because my old netgear one broke.

[januttall]

the virgin super hub is a net gear product and talking to an engineer they have to set them up on a specific channel, something to do with the auto channel and power doesn't work properly on them, and there are a lot of people complaining about the super hub. tbh there's not a great deal of difference in home routers anymore just look at the reviews and don't spend silly money.

 

I don't use my super hub as a router as the port forwarding doesn't work, but most of the complaints seem to be about the wireless signal. probably because not a lot of people port forward.

Edited January 25, 2013 by januttall
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[Michael]

I use the Virgin SuperHub for business use at home, including VPN etc... it's been absolutely fine. It only comes with 4 Ethernet ports, so you'll need a switch to make additional connections available.

[januttall]

I use the Virgin SuperHub for business use at home, including VPN etc... it's been absolutely fine. It only comes with 4 Ethernet ports, so you'll need a switch to make additional connections available.

 

do you VPN to another server or host the VPN and have others connecting into you, because you wont have any trouble VPN'ing out but last time i tried setting any kind of port forwarding with one it full out refused to connect even tho according to the software inbuilt in the router it was forwarded.

 

and im not the only one having issues port forwarding.

in the end i put it in modem mode and used and old router. and its the only way of fixing port forwarding.

Edited January 25, 2013 by januttall

[mac_shinobi]

Most important question - whats the max amount you want to spend on it or your budget ?

 

Also do you have any preference on make ie netgear, cisco / linksys / tp-link / draytek etc etc ??

[CyberNerd]

Cisco 870 is a fantastic piece of kit. The 877W is the wireless one.

[m25man]

Cable or DSL, the Drayteks are hard to beat for features, flexibility and price.

[SYNACK]

Cisco 870 is a fantastic piece of kit. The 877W is the wireless one.

 

OMFG, we agree on something :-) , draytek also make some good kit.

[CyberNerd]

OMFG, we agree on something :-)

 

Hooray

I have the basic 870 at home and it is really reliable.

[Rawns]

I have a Netgear DGN3500 and love it. It's easy to configure and manage. It's got four x 1GB Eithernet ports and N-Range wireless with Push ‘N’ Connect for quickly attaching devices via WIFI without having to faff about entering a pass key.

 

It also allows you to plug in an external USB drive and share it on the network to make a on the fly NAS drive.

 

Also, it has dedicated DynDNS support built directly into it which is great if you want to host something like a Teamspeak server and you don't have a static IP address.

Edited January 25, 2013 by Rawns

[SYNACK]

Push and connect, isn't that related to wps and so totally compromised?

[Rawns]

Push and connect, isn't that related to wps and so totally compromised?

 

Apparently so!

 

WPS has been shown to easily fall to brute-force attacks.[2] A major security flaw was revealed in December 2011 that affects wireless routers with the WPS feature, which most recent models have enabled by default. The flaw allows a remote attacker to recover the WPS PIN in a few hours and, with it, the network's WPA/WPA2 pre-shared key.[3] Users have been urged to turn off the WPS feature,[4] although this may not be possible on some router models.[5]

 

I had no idea! Think I'll be turning that off then!

[hardtailstar]

Ive got the superhub free from Virgin, connected the old Netgear one up just by plugging an ethernet cable in. Changed the channel on both so they are different to all the neighbours and each other. All worked fine.

[tickmike]

Hi - As the title really - I'm on VirginMedia and my existing Netgear router is playing up - so in the market for a new one.

Just join the forum at kitz.co.uk - ADSL Broadband Information and they will help you sort it out , no need for new one !.

[CAM]

My Netgear DGN2000 is dying a slow and irritating death, anyone able to suggest a DSL router for home with wireless? That 877w model is well out of my price range at over £300!

[SYNACK]

My Netgear DGN2000 is dying a slow and irritating death, anyone able to suggest a DSL router for home with wireless? That 877w model is well out of my price range at over £300!

 

For reliability and longevity you are way better off with a separate modem and wireless router. I like using the Vigor 120 ADSL Ethernet Modem and hook that up to a separate decent WiFi Router, it means that if one bit breaks you don't need to replace the whole lot and works out more stable, in NZ at least. You can probably even use your existing WiFi router with the new modem for a bit assuming it is not the WiFi bit that is causing the issues.

[synaesthesia]

The Draytek kit is solid enough to use in soho and schools and have had no problems with them when I've put them in for some high performance users in the past. You pay a little more for it than netgear or belkin tripe but well worth it IMO. Flexible as you need and never drop the ball.

[Tallwood_6]

Draytek vigor 2710 here solid as a rock with decent wireless coverage, a little pricey but the last cheap Linksys I had gave me so much greif.

[twin--turbo]

I have a Cisco 877W , with 256Mb or ram, Advanced Enterprise K9 IOS..

 

It's only flaw is that the VPN won't work from my Android.

 

So I will be changing to a Draytek 2830n

 

Rob

[CAM]

For reliability and longevity you are way better off with a separate modem and wireless router. I like using the Vigor 120 ADSL Ethernet Modem and hook that up to a separate decent WiFi Router, it means that if one bit breaks you don't need to replace the whole lot and works out more stable, in NZ at least. You can probably even use your existing WiFi router with the new modem for a bit assuming it is not the WiFi bit that is causing the issues.

 

The DGN2000 shall be summarily executed for incompetence and grief once it's replacement arrives.

[SYNACK]

The DGN2000 shall be summarily executed for incompetence and grief once it's replacement arrives.

 

I fed a TP-Link to a woodchiper once, one of the most satisfying days of my life. The photocopier was just plain lucky that it wouldn't fit in the chute.

[mac_shinobi]

For reliability and longevity you are way better off with a separate modem and wireless router. I like using the Vigor 120 ADSL Ethernet Modem and hook that up to a separate decent WiFi Router, it means that if one bit breaks you don't need to replace the whole lot and works out more stable, in NZ at least. You can probably even use your existing WiFi router with the new modem for a bit assuming it is not the WiFi bit that is causing the issues.

 

I am at some point planning on doing something like the above