In reply to a post by jchamier:

Maybe I'm the odd one

Everybody is the odd one in their own way, that's the problem

In reply to a post by JHo1:

Well it looks good to me but what do I know, I'm just some random bloke on an internet forum

Linking to the router at 433 Mbps is good but if your internet speed is 40, 80 (?) then it's no better than a 300Mbps connection. Or 200, or... Still, it does mean that when you get Gigabit FTTP you'll get some benefit out of it

LOL. it does seem pretty decent, certainly for the price, As I have said before Wi-Fi is not a important thing to me as the only thing I have on Wifi that takes any bandwidth is my phone, one day I may get a tablet or a decent laptop, but I can't see it myself.
i do have a load of smart home stuff that uses wi-fi, but most of them uses 2.4Mhz anyway.

but for the price at least it is pretty future proof

In reply to a post by broadband66:

"i could get a new router from plusnet, but they would want me to renew the contract "

Is the router owned by PN, if so , surely they have to replace it and not force customers on to a new contract?

Maybe, but since I only have six months left they may ibe a bit funny about it. The Zyxel is going fine at the moment, in fact better than I have ever known it to work, not sure what my mate done to it, I know he replaced some cap. the UI is still as slow as hell, but then i expect that.

The router I linked to is a flipping good price and can be used with other providers if I change. Ah, if I change to now broadband, would it work with that? I will have to check

In reply to a post by jchamier:

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Unless you do local backup and don't want to run cables, or stream across your LAN. I had a GigE ethernet LAN at home when my WAN was 512kbps, and so I jumped from G to N (and N 5 GHz) to AC and now AX (WiFi 6) to improve my LAN speeds. WiFi 6 (AX) also means most devices will support WPA3 which improves security again over WPA2. I had a gigabit WAN back in the days of dialup, first with ISDN/Home Highway, and then a much cheaper 5k modem with external dialler.

Maybe I'm the odd one :)
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The majority of stuff I have is connected by Ethernet, only smart home stuff and my security cameras use Wi-fi, the NAs is Ethernet and it doesn't even come close to using the full bandwidth of Ethernet as it has Spinny drives in and no cache, it is a cheap Terramaster.
so no real need for super duper fast Wi-fi at the moment anyway, but at the price the router seems a steal and for me is pretty future-proof, even if I get FTTP I am not going to go anything faster than 150Mb/s and the only thing I have on Wi-fi that will cope with that is my phone unless get a laptop at some point.

In reply to a post by billford:

In reply to a post by jchamier:

Maybe I'm the odd one

Everybody is the odd one in their own way, that's the problem

That is true and I am certainly odd, and I am the first one to admit it, but then being normal is boring

Have a look at this and argue with them.

https://www.speedguide.net/faq/what-is-the-actual-re...

In reply to a post by broadband66:

Have a look at this and argue with them.

I see those numbers as worst case, and they've not updated for WiFi 4, 5, and 6 convention that the WiFi Alliance now uses.

i decided not to bother to change the router at the moment, the Zyxel seems to be working fine, in fact better than it ever did and the router I looked at don't support Mer (option 61), so it would not work on the Sky network if I decided to change to Now broadband after my contract runs out.
Mate is going to have a look at the Plusnet hub to see what happened to it and see if he can fix it for a spare i still have the old TP-link and open reach modem if the Zyxel does go play up again, I will just have to make do with pone less Wifi device

Thanks anyway peeps for the replies.

We were discussing the 'N' range.

In reply to a post by zyborg47:

i decided not to bother to change the router at the moment, the Zyxel seems to be working fine, in fact better than it ever did and the router I looked at don't support Mer (option 61), so it would not work on the Sky network if I decided to change to Now broadband after my contract runs out.

Only around 20% of Sky's network requires DHCP Option 61 (MER).
It's a limitation caused by some Openreach kit in the exchange.

Most of Sky's network can be used with a router that simply supports DHVPv6-PD.
Unlike Option 61 most routers do support this.

That 20% figure is falling as the FTTP network grows.