Belkin or linksy? advice please!

[razer121]

Sorry to h...snip.... pretty solid routers.

Yes you could say that! This thing is awful and keeps crashing, it's had it's chance's and honestly i've not got the time to be messing about so going out to grab something else shame as it worked really well when it did work!

[Splash]

Have you tried the Thomson Speedtouch series? Not sure how they are now but previously (i.e. a few years ago prior to ADSL2) they were affordable and pretty solid routers.

That's how he got into this situation - the Thomson box provided by O2 ain't giving him great performance, so he's looking for alternatives.

I think I said it before, but the Draytek Vigor 2820N is a rock solid piece of kit. Sadly it's going to be well out of Razer's price range as well as being massive overkill. Within budget the Linksys WRT54G is pretty highly regarded, but then so is the Netgear DG834G that he's having issues with. My personal advice at this juncture (if you still have the Netgear) would be to figure what your problem is - it's likely that it's a configuration problem rather than anything else. Hell, if it helps I'll offer my services in a Teamviewer session or similar.

[razer121]

I think I said it before, but t...snip... problem rather than anything else. Hell, if it helps I'll offer my services in a Teamviewer session or similar.

No i've already sent the netgear back it was deffinatly the router itself, was an overheating issue and every time it got hot, connection played up.

I've decided to start going through different routers and do remember i now have a higher budget thanks to mother dearest so there is £70 from mum, and i could easily stretch to £60 myself so now i have a budget of £130

But before i go splashing out alot of money i thought i would give the ASUS brand ago, what with there "EX" tech aswell as fairly good reviews.

I will update in the next few days...

[Splash]

Sadly £130 *just* leaves the 2820N out of reach for you

[usxhe190]

Yes you could say that! This thing is awful and keeps crashing, it's had it's chance's and honestly i've not got the time to be messing about so going out to grab something else shame as it worked really well when it did work!

Sorry to hear. I thought they were ok but I guess they are crap!

[Ste0803]

linksys all the way. best routers ive had by far!

ste0803

[mikeswrx02]

Belkin all the way for me, ive used it for over 10 yrs and no trouble at all