So it broke? And you're getting it repaired?... First time I've heard of a router getting repaired.

In reply to a post by HEARTLY:

It's just an Ethernet cable, pretty much a commodity item these days

Sorry but I beg to disagree, many homes only use an Ethernet cable to connect their main PC to the router, and maybe to the occasional printer... and the rest is pretty much wireless.

Standard ethernet cables supplied with routers are I think one metre. The HH may be 1.5, 2 or 3m, but I'd be very surprised if it's longer than that. "Many homes" will have purchased longer ones. Huge numbers of longer ones are also in use in businesses throughout the country to reach from LAN points to desks.

They are commodity items, as described.

Just make sure you get a CAT5 at least, not a real cheapo.

Edited by RobertoS (Tue 03-Jul-12 23:26:19)

In reply to a post by greenglide:

In reply to a post by simon194:

In reply to a post by caffn8me:

... nested quotes trimmed ...

The Cisco 887VA does too. I'm using one now

The Billion BiPAC 8200N is another. I'm waiting for mine to come back from being repaired so I can carry on testing their SkyMER firmware.

Hmm - good price but it only has 100BaseT rather than a gigabit switch and the wireless only has two aerials rather than three, both standard on the 7800N and I would have thought would be standard on a VDSL device?

Shame because the rest of the spec is good.

The 8200N is a fairly old router now and there's a new one coming out to replace it soon which I presume will be more along the lines of the 7800N.

TBH I don't really need a gigabit switch on the router because I only use one port on it anyway.

In reply to a post by HEARTLY:

So it broke? And you're getting it repaired?... First time I've heard of a router getting repaired.

Billion do actually repair their products. I had a 7300G 6 years ago which got fried during a storm which they repaired, well swapped out the mainboard which is the same thing really.

Can anyone suggest a 1-box (modem + router), dual-band (2.4 + 5 GHz) solution?

Thank you.

You have a couple of choices, both around the £180 mark:

Draytek 2750 or AVM Fritz! 7390

I looked at the specs for both before deciding on the Fritz! but some people have plumped for the Draytek, if you can afford it look at the specs for both to see what you need, but I will say that I have had no problem with the Fritz! box since I installed it, and it also is very useful for managing the telphone line as well, all cold callers get sent straight to the internal answer machine, and only friends & relatives can wake me up during the night