Can anyone recommend a better router?

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LocalLad wrote: »

I only need a wireless router as the modem is already there.

Homeplugs could be the way forward. Would it be cheaper to get a homeplug and that router or get a router with better transmission through thick walls?

Homeplugs. I dont think you are going to get a better router. Wifi is rubbish - all hype. It never works as expected.

John_Gray

Have a look at Broadband Buyer's HomePlug Finder Tool...

And here's their "Starter Kit" page.

LocalLad

I think this is the solution: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Devolo-1409-dLAN-Wireless-N-Starter/dp/B00472MMC6/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top

Am I right in thinking that I plug one into the modem and elec socket, the other in an elec socket in the room I need it in, then I can connect to it wirelessly? If that makes sense.

InsideInsurance

Normally, you plug one into a router and the other into the room you need it. I dont know if you can go direct to the modem.

bod1467

IIRC, the smaller device plugs into a wall socket then you connect an ethernet cable between the modem/router LAN port and the device port. The larger device plugs into a wall socket in the required room and then you can either use an ethernet cable between it and your PC, or use wifi.

John_Gray

Very simplistically (see later):

Router ethernet socket

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homeplug [==========] homeplug

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PC or laptop ethernet socket

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is an ethernet patch cable (which you have to supply!)
[=====] is your mains wiring (which ought to be there already)

In fact you can have several separate homeplugs each connected to a PC or laptop, but only need the one port on the router.

free4440273

the Draytek routers are v good too ; not the cheapest but above par performance . they do both a cable and adsl version.