Plusnet Router

Hi!
I'm getting broadband with plusnet and I'm NOT getting the router from them (the reviews that I saw online about that router are not great), but now I don't know which router to buy.

I'm looking for a wireless router with good coverage and under £50!!!

Thanks

Have a look at the reviews/forum posts with regard to the Billion Bipac 7700N which has just become available in the UK.

Harry

I never had a problem with the Plunet supplied router.

In reply to a post by rcac1981:

Hi!
I'm getting broadband with plusnet and I'm NOT getting the router from them (the reviews that I saw online about that router are not great), but now I don't know which router to buy.

I'm looking for a wireless router with good coverage and under £50!!!

Thanks

Hi, I second the Billion BiPAC 7700N router recommendation, I would like one myself.

http://www.speedguide.net/routers/billion-bipac-7700...

http://www.billion.com/product/wireless/BiPAC7700N-A...

Edited by deleted (Tue 05-Jul-11 14:50:01)

I took delivery of the Plusnet supplied 585 v8 modem router a few months ago and I can only state that it's performance has been outstanding on my moderately long line (att 42dB).
I installed the Plusnet supplied firmware when I got it and can honestly say that it's been the best of a long list of routers I've bought. It maintains a connection for weeks at a time and the wireless connection has never dropped once. I get a constant download speed of 6.75 Mb/s on a ADSL2+ line. I'm just hoping that it never goes feet upwards as I'm sure I'd be hard pressed to replace it.
Towdgeezer

I set up a PlusNet router for a contact recently. She's getting great speeds with no drops. It you want to invest in a spare router ("just in case") without spending a bomb, try one of these:


http://www.amazon.co.uk/TP-Link-TD-W8960N-300MBPS-Wi...

http://www.amazon.co.uk/TP-Link-TD-W8961ND-300Mbps-W...

The only disappointment is that there is not much scope for configuration .

Edited by ARD (Tue 05-Jul-11 17:05:52)

Thank you for all the answers!
It was a great help!!

What did you go for? I'd love the Billion BiPAC 7700N when my bank statements make happier reading and/ or when there is a date in view for my exchange to be FTTC enabled.

I'm going for the Billion!!!

...and I've got a green face! Enjoy!

I find it hard to believe that anyone gets a good line from a Plusnet router. Ours has never worked and they admitted that they have "issues" with this Thomson kit. I can't use a personal smtp server and I can't upload to an FTP server. They actually recommended that I buy a lengthy Ethernet cable and bin the router - honest, but not what I paid for. We're off to BT.

In reply to a post by Anonymous:

I find it hard to believe that anyone gets a good line from a Plusnet router. Ours has never worked and they admitted that they have "issues" with this Thomson kit.

Any known problems should have been resolved with the latest firmware builds so I'm surprised you've been told this?

In reply to a post by Anonymous:

I can't use a personal smtp server and I can't upload to an FTP server.

Odd because I've never had problems running hosted services behind this router? Namely an FTP server, media sharing software, VNC and Windows Remote Desktop.

Is it a v8 or v7 model that you have and what firmware revision is it running?

Rgds,