Netgear Router

gaming_guy

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flexrider

santer wrote: »

So, Virgin let you use your own router according to you, that hardly makes the statement that most ISP's will only support their equipment not true at all

Santer... i was talking about Old ADSL routers in that quote. and with Regards with Virgin they provide you with a cable moderm weather it is 10 or20 or 30 meg BB, 50mb and soon to be 100 meg they provide the router due to serivce.

So far as a ex Virgin media customer when i am/was home in the U.k i could use any Router i choose it was just a question of connectng the old cable modem black box of virgin media to the chosen router like this one i used to used before my famiy in the Uk changed to Sky broadband.



also this router was used with other ISps also with no problems.

Your point is only valid on the fact if you rang VM and told them you did not purchase the wireless modem from the tech support would not be valid or helpfull.

flexrider

esuhl wrote: »

A gigabit router is so called because the speed of your internal wired network can reach a theoretical maximum of one gigabit per second - not a gigabyte per second as you suggest, and it won't "pump out" at that speed in reality - it's a maximum.

Most modern non-gigabit routers have a maximum speed of 100Mb/s. The OP's Internet connection is up to 10Mb/s. So a gigabit router wouldn't make the slightest difference to Internet speeds - 10Mb/s is the limit. The increased network speed would only apply when transferring files between computers within that network. If the speed limit on a road is 30mph, buying a Ferarri won't enable you to (legally) drive any quicker.

Not only that, but "gigabit" doesn't refer to the wireless interface, so its wrong to suggest that a gigabit router would improve the reliability of a wireless connection. However, a router with 802.11n support should increase the range and signal strength of a wireless network (compared to 802.11a/b/g).

I just re-read what i posted with apoligies but i know what wireless is about thank you! never compared my routers to a ferarri but what ever turns you on i say :beer: lol!

John_Gray

If you are partly using your router as an ethernet switch, with a number of PCs on your LAN, and need to send data between them, then it can be a good move to get a router which supports 1 Gbps data traffic - assuming that the NICs on your PCs also support 1 Gbps!

The contrary view is to buy a 1 Gbps multi-port ethernet switch, for possibly less than £20!

kwikbreaks

flexrider wrote: »

Your point is only valid on the fact if you rang VM and told them you did not purchase the wireless modem from the tech support would not be valid or helpfull.

Many ISPs provide support for their supplied equipment. VM do. If you phone in and ask for support setting up a router or hub they supplied then they'll get out their little card and get you to mess it all up no problem at all. If it isn't something they supply they won't have a card so won't be able to get you to screw it up.

So his point is completely valid although having ISP support is rarely an advantage with most of the mass market ISPs.

kwikbreaks

John_Gray wrote: »

The contrary view is to buy a 1 Gbps multi-port ethernet switch, for possibly less than £20!

That would be the money saving way for sure. Just connect all your PCs and one of the router ports to the switch. That way PC to PC transfers can use gigabit ports and the modem/router combo just acts as an internet gateway. It doesn't provide improved wireless though but even N won't go much faster than 100Mbps in practice anyway.

InsideInsurance

It does depend on what you want to get out of upgrading.... The DG834G v3 is a good old router, have used one more or less since they were released but also as an ASDL modem.

I did decide to suppliment it however with a new router and so the DG834G is relegated to simple modem duties. My reasons for doing it were firstly to get a simultanious dual band 802.11n for quicker access for some of my devices without it being slowed by the few 802.11g devices that also connect wirelessly. Secondly the new router had a USB port which made my previously wired printer wireless.

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do you do alot of file sharing over your network asin directly from one pc to another? if not theres no point. your router is getting 10mb/s from virgin media, its then routing it via your wirless network I assume over 802.11g so at 54mb/s which is more than enough for you unless you have a) alot of devices or b) do alot of internal networking (such as moving files between machines, NAS units etc.) the only benefit of an 802.11n network is increased range and wireless speed, but it would also require that your devices supported it otherwise you will be stuck on G speeds still (more 802.11n routers run with dual networks now one being .n the other being .g)