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    Whats the best router in your opinion..

    Hi all..

    Im fed up to the back teeth of my BT home hub 3 routers.. ( Both of them ) They are up and down more time than a hookers kacks..

    I got BT Infinitiy.. and am thinking about buying a new router..

    Please can you guys recommend a good stable router with excellent wireless connectivity..

    any help would be greatly appreciated..

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    You cant go wrong with a Draytek bud.
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    Hi Donnie..

    How easy is it to use.. ie.. Opening ports and stuff.. ??

    Also.. What model.. ?

    thanks

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    I used to have the Draytek Vigor 2600 series for cable a few years back not cheap at the time of around £200 but WOW what a router it had infinite customisable options, Ok maybe not infinite but my word it beat the crap out of every other router i have ever owned and never failed once. well worth the money

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    Mr. Mister, know nothing about BT home hub, is it a cable or dsl router you need?
    Have a perfect Cisco cable router not being used if that would help?

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    Yes second vote for a Draytek, the 2850 is solid as a rock.

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    This might be useful

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mr. Mister View Post
    Hi Donnie..

    How easy is it to use.. ie.. Opening ports and stuff.. ??

    Also.. What model.. ?

    thanks
    Sorry for the late reply bud, mine is a 2820vn but that is a couple of years old now so follow the link from Sic.
    I had mine for ADSL and when I switched to superfast nothing to worry about, Draytek has all angles covered.
    Ports and the usual stuff and easy but the rest of it is daunting
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    Quote Originally Posted by Donnie View Post
    I had mine for ADSL and when I switched to superfast nothing to worry about, Draytek has all angles covered.
    As far as I am aware only the newer 2850 or 2750 models support the VDSL format needed for BT Infinity...or am I mistaken with this assumption?

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    Just got my self a ASUS DSL-N55U great router so far very easy to get at all the settings with a great UI interface

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    before you purchase a new router have you tried installing DDWRT custom firmware.
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    http://www.dd-wrt.com/site/index
    I had issues with my Dlink constantly losing connection to the WAN (even when Wired locally). I have had no issues since I installed the DD-WRT custom router firmware. you can do everything even INadyn setup. take a look before forking out your money. You have nothing to lose if it does not work you could always flash your oringal firmware back.

    Although you need to check if your router is compatible

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    Also what i liked about the Draytek is you can assign different speeds for different ports and wireless applications something i have never seen on any other router, A great feature for stemming the flow of the kids on the Xbox while the wife is surfing and your trying to download LOL.

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    Thats a good question there Stanman,,

    Im moving to BT business.. and they have told me i will be getting a new shitty modem and router..

    If i was to use a netgear.. or a Draytek.. would i be able to do away with the BT modem..

    BT have told me that i MUST use their equipment.. and no 3rd party routers or modems will work.. on their system..

    Anyone else here on BT business broadband.. using just a 3rd part router only..???

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    Yes I am on BT Business broadband and using a Draytek router with Infinity. You can get advise of how to set this up here
    Code:
    http://draytek.co.uk/support/kb/kb_vigor_v2750_setup.html

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