I'm trying to find one of these at the moment. I don't need wireless, and I will use it for gaming. Any ideas or reviews of one owned?
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I'm trying to find one of these at the moment. I don't need wireless, and I will use it for gaming. Any ideas or reviews of one owned?
You mean a router without wi-fi? Draytek do several models without wi-fi.
It is also worth remembering that routers with wireless capability usually allow you to disable it.
Thanks guys. Yes I was being a bit general when I said not 'wireless'. I'd been looking at loads of reviews of 'best routers of 2017', and with the info overload my mind was frazzled.
I have found a Draytek model that looks suitable. I won't need wi-fi, so it just seems like added parts I don't need. Any more suggestions, or personally owned reviews, I'm still looking for the best model to suit my needs.
earlier this year I upgraded to a Billion/bipac 8800nl r2 https://www.amazon.co.uk/Billion-880.../dp/B01EVNR22K
saw it mentioned a few times on here in various threads.
does ADSL2+, VDSL2 (FTTC) , pretty much everything on all ISPs.
mines fully wired up without wireless turned on. 3 computers are on all the time, theres a netgear gs308 and my old tp-link w8970 that I just turn on and off. for when I do want wireless. and 2 more computers on occasionally.
only dropouts have been when BT/plusnet were doing maintenance on the box round the corner.
dad has poked about with the adjustable SNR settings in it, and we get 1.7MB/s from the 'up to 17mb' connection. so pretty happy with that.
Have you considered just rolling your own?
Thanks stevie lee, that does look good, about half the price of the Draytek model I was considering. Plus it takes phone line or cable.
Marcvs>High Times is the forum for you.
I had a Billion Router once.. the menu's were so complex I was bemused and flogged it.
Hint for Drayteks.....
the wifi can break on them... there are threads here on HEXUS about mine dying) and then they sell cheaply....
https://forums.hexus.net/networking-...ek-waning.html
look on ebay for one with broken wifi...
Its not really complex; some low power atom or smth + a quad gigabit card and a pfsense install == profit.
For some people that actually is complex though. If all someone wants is an off the shelf product they can plug in and use, building and configuring a PFSense router is massive overkill.Quote:
Originally Posted by Marcvs
I'm using an EdgeRouter Lite because I wanted a bit more control and my wireless access points are elsewhere in the house. On paper this would fit the bill for the OP, but I certainly wouldn't recommend it to him as it's a long way away from plug and go.
Thanks guys. I certainly don't want to build it myself. I'll just be happy to stop these drop outs!
I ended up buying a TP-Link AC 1600 VDSL/ADSL router(Archer VR600). Mainly after doing the usual review readings(reliability being a problem), and reaching a compromise. It seems to offer possibility of upgrade to cable, plus 10x ethernet speeds.