I've just seen on another forum that some one has just got a Draytek Vigor 2750N and is going to set it up. According to the Draytek website you can use it on BT Infinity but you must remove HH3 and White modem. I didn't think BT will do anything if you use 3rd Party Equipment. If you get a fault You will have to replace back to their equipment. I've asked him to keep me updated on how it goes.

iechyd da

Thanks Paul, I actually read and bookmarked that thread just now, small world

In reply to a post by paul1360:

I've just seen on another forum that some one has just got a Draytek Vigor 2750N and is going to set it up. According to the Draytek website you can use it on BT Infinity but you must remove HH3 and White modem. I didn't think BT will do anything if you use 3rd Party Equipment. If you get a fault You will have to replace back to their equipment. I've asked him to keep me updated on how it goes.

iechyd da

Its got quite a price tag to go with it as well

Three or four VDSL2 routers have been tried and reported on here. The latest I saw, only a few weeks ago, was a Fritzbox of some description, that seemed to be the best so far. The others had assorted problems, though did work.

The ZyXEL P-2812HNU-51c looks nice, if somewhat costly at £250.

It's not yet for sale in the UK but can be imported from the continent.

http://www.zyxel.co.uk/web/product_family_detail.php...

Oh yes it is a bit pricey at £200, sorry I never checked.
A bit more information for you all, yesterday afternoon my modem started smoking again and I lost connection. So am a little bit fed up now, lucky my dongle still works. Send an email to BT and informed them of this and had a call back to tell me an Engineer will be with me this afternoon.
I'm now really looking at that Draytek if this keeps going on, 2 months nothing and now 2 new modem's in a couple of days. R well such is life.

iechyd da

I bought a Fritz!Box 7390, currently using it on ADSL2+ but plan to continue using it when I get FTTC later this year (cabinet installed 3 weeks ago, not yet active). It's a great piece of kit prividing real visibility into the DSL stats (graphed history of SNR margin and errors). I particularly like the fact I could pair my existing DECT phones and use the IP PBX with rules to route UK calls through the landline but international calls through VoIP.

I found the cheapest reseller to be Momilc in France. They sell it for EUR207 with free delivery:

http://www.momilc.com/avm-fritz-box-fon-wlan-7390.html

I had a total of four personal emails to keep me updated with stock and shipping. When it arrived they'd included the UK leads alongside the European ones, and thrown in a nice Fritz! baseball hat

In reply to a post by billford:

I think you're probably overstating the problem.

Sure, the modem isn't as reliable as perhaps we might like, but what is the actual proportion of those that have failed?

I suspect it's actually quite low, certainly mine hasn't caused a moment's concern since it was installed last August, and it even ran reasonably cool when it was horizontal on the desk!

As I intimated earlier, I wall-mounted it to get it out of the way- it stood a high risk of being buried if it stayed on the desk

You've got me worried now - mine was horizontally mounted on the carpet under the hall cupboard just beside the BT box. If you bend down you can just see the lights peeking out! It was placed there by the kindly BT engineer and has remained ever since. I best now go and check if it is hot and covered in dust and carpet fluff. Can't imagine that doing the vents much good He never suggested it would be better wall mounted - eeek. I best find a new spot for it - though she who must be obeyed has only just come to terms with the Netgear Router being on display for all to see instead of being hidden away in my office in the loft! Oh well

Tbh, if it isn't running hot I wouldn't worry about it. The orientation of the labelling indicates that it was designed for vertical mounting, but mine was quite happy when horizontal- I think it's just the luck of the draw .

Though if it's on carpet, I'd suggest a bit of wood or something underneath to stop the feet sinking in and blocking the underside vents.

... covered in dust and carpet fluff

If it is, tell SWMBO to take more care with the housework. Then run away

In reply to a post by billford:

Tbh, if it isn't running hot I wouldn't worry about it. The orientation of the labelling indicates that it was designed for vertical mounting, but mine was quite happy when horizontal- I think it's just the luck of the draw .

Though if it's on carpet, I'd suggest a bit of wood or something underneath to stop the feet sinking in and blocking the underside vents.

... covered in dust and carpet fluff

If it is, tell SWMBO to take more care with the housework. Then run away

Bill - I did SWMBO a dis-service it only had a very small amount of carpet fluff on top and while it was warm on the top the underside was hotter so I have placed it on the bottom shelf of the hall unit for greater airflow. I don't want to tempt fate having had a failed keyboard and PSU this week already. The first still in warranty the latter just outside



^taken wirelessly 2 floors up not hard wired^