A reasonable priced Rouer for BT VDSL MOdem on Aquiss ?

Can anyone recommend a router for the vdsl modem on aquis at a good price

No router is provided by Aquiss, however a free VDSL2 Active modem is supplied. We recommend either the Zyxel NBG460N, Netgear WGR614 or Netgear WNR1000 to work alongside the supplied free VDSL modem to extend home network setups, such as wireless requirements.

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http://www.aquiss.net/home-fibre-broadband.php

is there anything specific i need to look for or can it be any cable router with

PPPoE ?

many thanks

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any of them routhers would have a good distance range ?

thanks

In reply to a post by Johnct:

any of them routhers would have a good distance range ?

thanks

If you contact Aquiss I am sure they will advise you of their preferences and why.

They seem to be very accommodating with all the questions I have asked them.

Any cable router that supports PPPoE should work just fine.

I have a Buffalo WZR-HP-G300NH, which has been excellent (I am also on Aquiss). Robertos has one too, but not this model (I think he has the WZR-HP-G300N, but I could be wrong).

I bought a Linksys E3000 when I swapped to Aquiss FTTC and I am very impressed with it so far.

I wanted Gigabyte ethernet, simultaneous dual band WIFI and the reliability of Linksys/Cisco so although it wasn't the cheapest I decided it was worth it as I am a heavy user and very reliant on my internet connection.

I'm on IDNet but that's irrelevant - got one of these. Went live 18 Feb and perfect so far.

Prices vary day to day, mine was £23.56 with free delivery, they've been as high as £28.99 since, yesterday was £23.40.

Also available around £20 plus delivery from eBuyer.

got one winging its way just now, since my 4th Homehub is err exactly playing up the same as the rest Anyway determined to get BT to face up to the issues arrising from the HH2`s. In mean time I`ll try out the Buffulo BTW can you run DD-WRT on the Buffulo V2 ?

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got one winging its way just now, since my 4th Homehub is err exactly playing up the same as the rest Anyway determined to get BT to face up to the issues arrising from the HH2`s. In mean time I`ll try out the Buffulo BTW can you run DD-WRT on the Buffulo V2 ?

My Buffalo unit shipped with DD-WRT pre-installed..

From the about page: DD-WRT v24SP2-EU-US (08/19/10) std

In reply to a post by MrGrumpy:

got one winging its way just now, since my 4th Homehub is err exactly playing up the same as the rest Anyway determined to get BT to face up to the issues arrising from the HH2`s. In mean time I`ll try out the Buffulo BTW can you run DD-WRT on the Buffulo V2 ?

No idea. I didn't even know what it was till I googled it

Apparently so, but I ignored the CD and jsust used the setup wizards from the standard GUI.

I wonder if Spasch means the CD gives you a choice?

Surely it would be best to try the standard firmware before alternatives? If you don't, you never find out what it can do. And seeing as you have problems already ....

Edited by RobertoS (Tue 08-Mar-11 23:47:37)

My trusty Linksys WRT54G runs DD-WRT, but yes I would obviously not start tinkering till I`m 100% certain my wifi issues are sorted.

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No idea. I didn't even know what it was till I googled it

Apparently so, but I ignored the CD and jsust used the setup wizards from the standard GUI.

I wonder if Spasch means the CD gives you a choice?

Surely it would be best to try the standard firmware before alternatives? If you don't, you never find out what it can do. And seeing as you have problems already ....

No, DD-WRT was installed on mine as the default. It is possible to load different firmware that Buffalo provide (in the manual it calls the DD-WRT firmware 'advanced' and the other as 'basic', IIRC). Both are supported by Buffalo. No idea where the other firmware is as I like the DD-WRT firmware, so that's what I'm running.

Which model Buffalo? How do you know whose f/w you have anyway? Mine just says WHR-G300N Ver.1.82 (R1.12/B1.00)

I have the WZR-HP-G300NH.. When I open the web interface, the top right hand corner says:

Firmware: DD-WRT v24SP2-EU-US (08/19/10) std
Time: 12:46:30 up 4 days, 3:57, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00

I wondered that. Different kit from what was being discussed.

In reply to a post by RobertoS:

I wondered that. Different kit from what was being discussed.

I know that - I was just pointing out that my Buffalo does run DD-WRT firmware, as MrGrumpy was asking, and it's reasonable to assume that it will run on the unit he ordered.

In reply to a post by RobertoS:

Which model Buffalo? How do you know whose f/w you have anyway? Mine just says WHR-G300N Ver.1.82 (R1.12/B1.00)

Just FYI if you look here http://www.dd-wrt.com/site/index you can check which routers are supported. Like i said earlier I bought a Linksys WRT many moons ago and run DD-WRT firmware although i can see its been updated since. Its not the be all and end all but there is alot of functionality added, which can be missing from stock firmware. For example SNMP which allows you to grab stats such as uptime, upload, download etc and make pretty graphs . Used to waste many an hour doing such things when i ran a homeserver just for the hell of it

In reply to a post by MrGrumpy:

Just FYI if you look here http://www.dd-wrt.com/site/index you can check which routers are supported.

That's the site where in my earlier post I gave you the link to where it shows the WHR-G300N, in my "Apparently so".

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In reply to a post by RobertoS:

I wondered that. Different kit from what was being discussed.

I know that - I was just pointing out that my Buffalo does run DD-WRT firmware, as MrGrumpy was asking, and it's reasonable to assume that it will run on the unit he ordered.

The post of mine to which you replied contained a link to the list showing it . No assumption needed .

In reply to a post by RobertoS:

The post of mine to which you replied contained a link to the list showing it . No assumption needed .

I failed to click it..

can i use my old

Netgear DG834G this has got a PPPoE(PPP over ETHERNET) Option

anyone Know

i have also bought the buffalo 300nh as backup but would like to know if i could use my old one first ?

many thanks

Darren

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