Wireless ADSL router/modem recommendations

can anyone recommend a wireless adsl router/modem please

On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 18:40:59 +0000 (UTC), "Paul" <(E-Mail Removed)>
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>can anyone recommend a wireless adsl router/modem please
>

Lots of people can.

This gets asked in here every few days, and tends to get roughly the
same answers each time.

FWIW, I have been very pleased with my 3Com 3CRWE754G72-A, but I have
never used any other to compare it with.

there are a few sites around with comparative reviews, such as
<http://www.trustedreviews.com/article.aspx?art=456>, but whatever is
recommended, some people have different experiences. And ignore the
prices shown in that site, they are well out of date, and are much
cheaper now.

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Draytek Vigor 2600G (or 2600VG) is the best, not cheap, but affordable
compared to professional / office lit.
D-Link, Linksys etc. are OK
Belkin is cheap, but not so reliable,
Netgear is very cheap, forever updating firmware, and has virtually no
customer support.
You pays your money..
Regards,
Martin

On Wed, 27 Oct 2004 02:57:07 +0100, "Martin²" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Draytek Vigor 2600G (or 2600VG) is the best, not cheap, but affordable
>compared to professional / office lit.
>D-Link, Linksys etc. are OK
>Belkin is cheap, but not so reliable,
>Netgear is very cheap, forever updating firmware, and has virtually no
>customer support.
>You pays your money..

D-Link, Linksys, Belkin, Netgear and US Robotics - getting a good
machine seems to be a certain amount of luck. All have people
complaining about crappy units but yet still huge amounts of them are
sold each week and with many happy customers - myself included. I
expect the silent majority are pretty happy.

The Draytek units have an excellent reputation and are packed with
features but I suspect selling one to a networking newbie at £150
might be a tall order when there are Ebuyer / Dabsvalue units for £40.

"Paul" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> can anyone recommend a wireless adsl router/modem please

The Belkin kit has worked flawlessly for me. Cheap and it works.

**SS**

Paul wrote:
> can anyone recommend a wireless adsl router/modem please

Lost a bit of funtionality (dyndns client) and a few niceties but gained way
more reliability to compensate when moving to 3Com from Linksys and Netgear
prior to that.

On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 18:40:59 +0000 (UTC), "Paul" <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>can anyone recommend a wireless adsl router/modem please
>

My Netgear DG834G was fabulously stable until I updated the firmware
to the most current version (1.05.00), after which it frequently
dropped the connection. Now everything's back to normal after
restoring the firmware back to the shipping version (1.03.00).

Buggy firmware updates are the norm with Netgear IME.

Jake

"Paul" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> can anyone recommend a wireless adsl router/modem please

Robotics 9106. Mine is excellent but not used Wi-Fi yet.

"Secret S" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> "Paul" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> > can anyone recommend a wireless adsl router/modem please
>
> The Belkin kit has worked flawlessly for me. Cheap and it works.
>

Which Belkin. I have an old(ish) 802.11b Wireless Access Point and it is
pretty nearly flawless.
However I have now been fiddling about with two of the F5D7630uk4A for
different
friends who have bought them without asking first. They both have given
problems with dropping
connections and and loosing the wireless link. Not sure if this is inherent
with 11g or the Belkin
but both have bee right pains...

> **SS**
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>Robotics 9106. Mine is excellent but not used Wi-Fi yet.

Erm, modem / routers are hardly ever a problem,
it's the WIFI bit of the kit that can be real pain,
so I don't think you are in position to call it 'excellent'...
(probably nothing wrong with Robotics)
Regards,
Martin