Hi all,
I recently moved to be* broadband and i have been having a problem deciding what set of hardware i have is the best to use.
This is my current hardware;
Netgear DG834N
Dlink DIR- 655
Draytek Vigor 100 ADSL2+ Modem
Netgear Prosafe 5 port Gigabit switch
Current setup
Netgear DG834N >Netgear 5 port gigabit siwtch> D-link DIR-655
The reason i have the switch in there is that i have Dual Gigabit network cards in my computer, one to connect to the Dlink, and one to connect to the Netgear config pages, so i can change settings and see my line stats on either router. The Netgear is in modem only mode and i have the DGTeam modded firmware on it.
The Netgear is the best modem to use with Be as it uses the same chipset as the DSLAM (Broadcom), the Draytek vigor 100 syncs around 2mbit slower than the Netgear so that isnt getting a look in at the moment.
I bought the D-link for the power, also the Negear doesn't implement UPNP very well and i was getting some problems with xbox live and psn.
Anyway my question,
Been looking at the new Draytek 2820N, i got to test one of these briefly and it was good although the model i had was faulty, been tempted to get another one. However, that would mean spending around £170 on the router, and then i would still have to use the Netgear DG834N, as the sync on the Draytek would be lower than the Netgear can achieve.
The main bonus points for the Draytek are speed and reliability, although i am not sure that i would fully benefit from the power, I would like to host 16 player games on xbox live and psn, as well as torrents and other such network intensive tasks.
Am i going overkill with looking at the Draytek, i mean the DIR-655 already has a Gigabit switch, Wireless N and a powerful CPU. I am not sure how many concurrent connections the Dlink can muster though, i know that the DGL-4300 could do over 1000, but there don't seem to be any figures for the DIR-655.
Any help would be great
Thanks


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