I use a Netgear R6300 and love it. My smart TV, three laptops and two desktops can all be connected and downloading/streaming at the same time and it doesn't falter. All the Ethernet ports are Gb connections and it's ready for AC. A little pricey, but I managed to get mine in a sale at £160 and also had a £20 discount .

Currently 300Mbps on my laptop on 5GHz.

It doubles the speed of the 2.4GHz range by using more than one channel (up to 450Mbps), whilst on 5GHz it's up to 1300Mbps - both limited by your wireless card capability of course.

Edit - Just seen it here for £128 (it's the PES version rather than the UKS, but I believe it's still OK - just has a Euro plug so you need an adapter............ ) may want to do a little more homework before purchasing though.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Netgear-Deutschland-GmbH-R63...

Edited by Garyilka (Thu 20-Jun-13 02:13:05)

I would suggest the ASUS RT-N66U. By all accounts this certainly outstrips the wireless capability of the BT Hub and perhaps even Virgin's Superhub2. It also has USB connectivity, simultaneous dual band and all the facilities you would expect of a top-notch wireless router.

Nowadays you need gigabit ethernet. When BT Openreach catches up with Virgin 120Mb fibre that will certainly be the case. 100Mb is not enough and is certainly not future-proofed.

Thanks everybody for your replies - its much appreciated. So it looks like an ASUS - Netgear shootout. I am a little prejudiced against Netgear as I've had their kit fail on me a few times, and I've never had any ASUS gear so I might go with them. We shall see...

Not forgetting the TP-LINK TL-WDR4300 as mentioned here http://forums.thinkbroadband.com/dslrouter/t/4238229...

I would recommend the Asus as well. Having had a variety of routers, this has performed very well.

I actually want the new Fritz!Box but it appears not to be released for another 6 months or so.

Steve

In reply to a post by dehavillandrfc:

Thanks everybody for your replies - its much appreciated. So it looks like an ASUS - Netgear shootout. I am a little prejudiced against Netgear as I've had their kit fail on me a few times, and I've never had any ASUS gear so I might go with them. We shall see...

The Netgear R6300 can be bought for 107 euros (~£90) delivered from Amazon Germany, this is an absolute bargain considering the same router costs ~ £180 in UK!!! Only inconvenience is that you need a 2 pin > 3 pin adaptor. The R6300 is a far superior router to the Asus RT-N66U (£110), not only because it has 802.11 ac wifi as well, but also it has higher powered transmitters so you get better range on all wifi bands eg 802.11 b/g/n/ac. I suggest you buy this from Amazon Germany, if you're not happy with it then return it to Amazon for a full refund...i believe Amazon (uk & de) now offer instant refunds with free returns. No brainer really
http://www.amazon.de/Netgear-Gigabit-802-11ac-Dual-B...

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The Netgear R6300 can be bought for 107 euros (~£90) delivered from Amazon Germany, this is an absolute bargain considering the same router costs ~ £180 in UK!!! Only inconvenience is that you need a 2 pin > 3 pin adaptor. The R6300 is a far superior router to the Asus RT-N66U (£110), not only because it has 802.11 ac wifi as well, but also it has higher powered transmitters so you get better range on all wifi bands eg 802.11 b/g/n/ac.

You may not know that you can tweak the power output on the RT-N66U but only to the legal maximum. But buying a German router may make you power output higher than UK maximum causing others issues and being against the law.

The R6300 sounds good if you need AC WiFi but hardly anything can use it yet, you need AC in the laptops, smartphones, TVs, bluray players etc.

In reply to a post by jchamier:

You may not know that you can tweak the power output on the RT-N66U but only to the legal maximum. But buying a German router may make you power output higher than UK maximum causing others issues and being against the law.

The R6300 sounds good if you need AC WiFi but hardly anything can use it yet, you need AC in the laptops, smartphones, TVs, bluray players etc.

I have bought routers (standalone) from Germany before, they are EXACTLY the same as UK spec except that it has a 2 pin plug instead of 3...UK and Germany have the same wifi regulations so no rules are broken.

The R6300 (and other AC routers) offer superior performance on b/g/n compared to wifi N routers. This is simply because it uses higher powered amplifiers without breaking any wifi regs. So it makes sense to buy a top end AC router such as the R6300 which is cheaper (if bought from Amazon DE) than one of the best N routers, the Asus RT-N66U. The Asus is very good....the Netgear is even better in performance and price

also i'm using this 802.11 AC pci card in my desktop and its amazing...just like having your pc hardwired to the modem - pc connects @ 1.3 gbps
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Asus-PCE-AC66-1300Mbps-Wirel...