Another router recommandation

Hi,

We moved house last year from an Infinty enabled cabinet to a non enabled cabinet a few roads down

We used the HH3 with openreach modem. Although the HH3 was pretty dire it had a feature to rename devices on the network so all the kids mobiles weren't showing up as android-**************.

I have since moving been using a DSL-N55U which has a great QoS but we have just swapped to EE from BT and not for some unknown reason the N55U drops connection every 10 mins or so. The EE router doesn't. We have a pretty slow connection (2-3Mbps).

I was wondering if there was a decent router with the ability to rename devices that are attached and has some good QoS features. Looking to spend up to £180.

Before swapping routers, double check the firmware you are running. The review DSL-N55U was unstable until updated firmware on it.

Thanks for the suggestion. The firmware is up to date and i am really looking for a router with the function to rename connected devices.

Asus N66U can do that.

I must admit I run the RMerlin firmware on mine though ... much better than Asus stock

HTH
J

Would that be the DSL-N66U?

I seem to have figured out the disconnections. When i use the DSL-N55U my line attenuation is around the 63db.

With the EE router its 52db. Is this normal for ASUS routers to have a higher attenuation?

In reply to a post by stubbadub:

Is this normal for ASUS routers to have a higher attenuation?

Not many on this forum are using the Asus routers with ADSL, many are using with FTTC services.

Different routers report attenuation in different ways, and different chipsets in routers and DSLAMS interact in different ways. Its possible for the DSLAM you are connected to that the chip in your Asus DSL router is not coping with your specific line.

I saw no attenuation oddities with the one I reviewed but always the possibility that different exchange hardware means others will not see different

In reply to a post by jchamier:

In reply to a post by stubbadub:

Is this normal for ASUS routers to have a higher attenuation?

Not many on this forum are using the Asus routers with ADSL, many are using with FTTC services.

Different routers report attenuation in different ways, and different chipsets in routers and DSLAMS interact in different ways. Its possible for the DSLAM you are connected to that the chip in your Asus DSL router is not coping with your specific line.

I was on 74mbps before i moved, want down to 2! Came as quite a shock!

I have ordered an Asus RT-AC68U, i plan on using that with the EE brightbox as just a modem. I just need to disable all the features on the brightbox and connect it to the WAN port on the ASUS right?

You need to put the Brightbox into bridge mode, if that is possible.

In reply to a post by RobertoS:

You need to put the Brightbox into bridge mode, if that is possible.

I don't think they support that, they're similar to the Sky routers. If the OP knows the username/password for the connection, then a Huawei HG612 from eBay alongside the Asus would be ideal.

I can't remember, does the locked HG612 train down to ADSLx automatically, (i.e. it is set in the default configuration), or would he need to unlock it?

In reply to a post by RobertoS:

I can't remember, does the locked HG612 train down to ADSLx automatically, (i.e. it is set in the default configuration), or would he need to unlock it?

Probably need to unlock it. Not sure anyone has tried with a locked one.

It doesn't have ADSL configured on it, you have to add that.

In reply to a post by RobertoS:

You need to put the Brightbox into bridge mode, if that is possible.

Can't see it is unless you can achieve it by just disabling DHCP and maybe NAT.

In reply to a post by XRaySpeX:

In reply to a post by RobertoS:

You need to put the Brightbox into bridge mode, if that is possible.

Can't see it is unless you can achieve it by just disabling DHCP and maybe NAT.

If you can disable NAT then its in bridge mode, without that you will have two boxes doing the NAT, and some applications don't work (often gaming).