Modem Router Advise please

[k4p84]

Hi all

My Netgear DG834G v5 has died on me, it's been dropping connection for weeks.

So i'm in the market for a good router, I will spend around the £100 for a quality product.

I am not a networking wiz so something that is fairly easy to set up like the Netgear was would be appreciated.

I am on IdNet and have a static IP, I will be needing to do VPN for work and possibly VOIP in the near future.

I would like to go wireless N but I still need legacy for wireless G devices.

All advise is appreciated.

Ed

[nightkhaos]

Are you willing to stretch that to around £190 for a REALLY REALLY REALLY good product, and when you say VoIP do you mean Skype or VoIP built into the router?

Because if it is the latter, this is what you want.

[Forsak3n]

have a look at http://www.dabs.com/products/belkin-...uter-4QKS.html seems to be within your price range, and you get the benefit of gigabit ports etc, see spec:
http://catalog.belkin.com/IWCatProdu...duct_Id=377018

[gss03]

Are you willing to stretch that to around £190 for a REALLY REALLY REALLY good product, and when you say VoIP do you mean Skype or VoIP built into the router?

Because if it is the latter, this is what you want.

What he says!
Draytek 2820Vn are brilliant and dead easy to configure.
Draytek support is UK based and has a very quick RMA return procedure (only used it once in 4 years)

[peterb]

Depending on your VoIP preference, you could get the 2820 without built in VoIP, and use a dedicated VoIP phone on the LAN. However they tend to cost around £60 or so anyway (but don't have to be connected to the router VoIP port, so physical separation is easier).

Note the common theme, though, Draytek!. If your budget is a bit tight, there is the (slightly) lower spec 2700 series. This is the comparison chart

http://www.draytek.co.uk/products/comparison.html

[Bugbait]

Agree with the above. I have a Draytek 2820Vn and it's so much better than the Netgear piece of junk it replaced it's ridiculous.

[CyberChris]

You won't like it but the best advice I can give is to buy the cheapest no name brand that does everything you need as in the past I have tried all the big names Netgear, Belkin etc and they were all rubbish with dropping connections etc but the cheap no name brands have been rock solid.

Just a thought?