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    Spec me a router

    Our ailing netgear DG834GT (I think) has been playing up with the wireless signal/general connection for a while and although I managed to fix it a couple of times to prolong the life I think it's time we upgraded. What is a good, reliable modem router for about £40 (or preferably less)?

    http://www.play.com/PC/PCs/-/3307/25...c%7b3308%7d%2b

    http://www.play.com/PC/PCs/-/3307/25...c%7b3308%7d%2b

    http://www.amazon.co.uk/TP-Link-TD-W...3840067&sr=8-2

    Wireless N would be nice, but in no way essential. Needs to have at least 2 ethernet ports but that's about it. It's for an AOL connection.

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    Re: Spec me a router

    wrt 54g with tomato or ddwrt

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    Re: Spec me a router

    Apart from buggy firmware the other reason routers can have issues is due to overheating. I would make sure the design is adequately cooled.

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    Re: Spec me a router

    To be honest it's not overheating or anything else that's the problem, I think it's just old and getting tired. It gets unplugged every night and sometimes it's just temperamental from the moment you turn it on. I really do think it's the router that's causing the problems, I don't see what else it could be.
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    Re: Spec me a router

    Have you tried installing newer firmware??

    Here are some internal pictures of the router:

    http://www.skyuser.co.uk/forum/techn...y-dg834gt.html

    It seems to use a separate wireless card.

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    Re: Spec me a router

    I've updated the firmware and it helped initially but since then it's causing all sorts of problems. I really am convinced that the router is at fault, it's a good 5 years old and it's just unreliable so I'd like a recommendation for a new router
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    Quote Originally Posted by nibbler View Post
    I've updated the firmware and it helped initially but since then it's causing all sorts of problems. I really am convinced that the router is at fault, it's a good 5 years old and it's just unreliable so I'd like a recommendation for a new router
    Look at the link in my last post.

    It seems the wireless card might be going. However,it is in mini-PCI slot so can be replaced.

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    Re: Spec me a router

    I know, I'm just not really feeling up for doing that... it's apparently also a sign that the router is running out of memory (or equivalent storage thingy ).
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    Re: Spec me a router

    It also doesn't work on wired sometimes and to be honest it's just on it's last legs I think.
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    Re: Spec me a router

    Quote Originally Posted by nibbler View Post
    It also doesn't work on wired sometimes and to be honest it's just on it's last legs I think.
    If you read the link removing the wireless card lead to a dead router working again. At least you will have a back up switch at the very least.

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    Re: Spec me a router

    If you use UDP connections a lot (gaming, streaming - basically anything that is real-time where a dropped packet just will get forgotten about and not re-sent) then you are probably looking at buggy firmware.

    UDP connections hang around far too long on most routers causing CPU and/or memory capacity to be maxed, causing lock-ups. Since I switched to a DD-WRT firmware router lockups have been a thing of the past.....and this is on a £12 router which I bought to see what DD-WRT was like before investing in better (a sitecom wl-342 from ebay, although you also need to solder a TTL to serial or USB converter on the sitecoms, many others can just be flashed directly)......so far I haven't found a reason to look at spending more.
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    Re: Spec me a router

    I'm the only one that does any gaming and I have an ethernet cable running from the phone to my room, I'm just looking for a good, reliable wireless router. What exactly is dd wrt? Just a different way of running things on a router?
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    Re: Spec me a router

    It's a small linux distro designed to run on routers that use certain widely-used chipsets. It is very easy to setup and has plenty of things to tweak if you want to go further.

    It allows functions you normally only see on very high-end routers as well. A proper DNS server, VPN server, easy to configure QoS, VLANs etc.

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    Re: Spec me a router

    is it fast ADSL? If it's just ADSL Max (ie up to 8mb) .. then an old Drayek 2600 Vigor is what you need.

    http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Drayteck-V...item1e663a9ca1


    that'll sell for under £12 I bet

    Then you get introduced to a proper brand of real router.. you'll see what makes them good.. and next time you buy one you'll spend £150 on a new one

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    thank you for thanking me.. it shows you read it

    If you get that router you'll be able to alter the bandwidth to the 4x RJ45 ports, so you can throttle speeds and keep yourself some bandwidth if you need too. I do it to stop my missus using Facebook and killing my download speeds on HEXUS.

    Firewall ports are easy to configure, so setting up Nintendo Wii for hosting etc is a doddle.

    Although the WIFI is an older version, it's very good.

    It has lots of easy to understand menu's. And a great website.

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    Re: Spec me a router

    The DG834GT suffer from bad caps and the psu failing....



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