Every one we've had starts to drop-off & has to be reset until it gets so frequent I give in & get a new one. Our latest one is now at that stage after a couple of years.

Can anyone recommend a model that works long-term without having to be reset.

Our's are left powered on 24/7. Also need wireless functionality for the laptops.

I don't want to pay a fortune.

Thanks

Are you on ADSL or cable broadband?

How much do you want to spend.

Good ones can be had around the £200 price mark.

What I would say however if that in another 2 years tech will have moved on, so maybe another cheapy for 2 years would do.

I'm on ADSL.

I've never spent anywhere near £200 on one so I wonder if that's the reason I get these issues!

Draytek seem to be quite popular with the technical types on here.........

Dratek is a great make.

iPhone using Tapatalk

Another vote for Draytek had one at work for about two years without issue. The wireless signal is good and strong considering we are in a converted barn and some of the walls are around 2 feet thick.

ZyXel have some good products out there too.

If ADSL and you're prepared to spend a bit of money for something decent, you can't go wrong with the Draytek 2710

http://www.misco.co....L2-2plus-Router

Have been using Draytrek for years and years at work, not had a single thing go wrong with them, and if you know what you're doing, are highly configurable.

I've used a linksys for the last couple of years that cost about £40 and has been faultless

There are loads of routers on ebay for £5 or less. I looked at selling a couple of the spare ones I have, looked on ebay and realised there isn't much point. I gave one to the in laws so I only have three spare routers now.

I got a few lol

About 6 I think

Out of the domestic stuff the best one I used was the LInksys WRT54g I think it was callled, I only stopped using it as it doesn't have gigabit ports

I find netgear can be a bit flaky at times

I have a couple of Cisco units, but they don't play nicely with LLU, so now I have a Draytek 2820 (and I had a 2800 before that). Draytek stuff isn't cheap, but it does what it says on the tin.

The uptime on the current draytek is 2473:27:39 hours (and line connection is about half that figure). Sky LLU good stuff

I got a few lol

About 6 I think

Out of the domestic stuff the best one I used was the LInksys WRT54g I think it was callled, I only stopped using it as it doesn't have gigabit ports

I find netgear can be a bit flaky at times

I still run a WRT54GL with Tomato firmware at home as I don't need gigabit. Uptime is ridiculously long.

My Ciscos used to have an uptime of a good 2 1/2 years (UPS powered)

If it's just signal drop, then likely a channel interference issue with someone elses router.

I assume you've scanned the area to see what channels others are using?

I use a TP-Link ADSL Modem/Router it cost me £34 & has been going strong with just the very occasional glitch for over 12 months now.

Just don't buy Belkin, absolute ****, nothing but dropped connections, low speeds & support that's useless. :evil:

Aye - current one is a Belkin.

Thanks for the help everyone. I've gone for a 2nd hand Draytek (post major service, timing belt, winter tyres etc!) for now & will likely get the 2710 when/if that packs up.

+1 for Draytek. Their stuff is worth the money. I've used a couple of Vigor 2820s and found them to be rock solid reliable. You can get wireless versions.

IMO I would steer away from Netgear, Belkin and any new Linksys kit. The older Linksys stuff I found to be good, but modern stuff the wireless is terrible. Although they bear the Cisco nametag, they definitely aren't up to Cisco standard and are rather just a cheap subsidiary.

If you at are all technically inclined/IT proficient then I would recommend trying to flash your router with custom firmware first. Potentially could solve all your issues at no cost.

http://www.dd-wrt.com/site/index

Bit overwhelming if you are not a techie though.

I have a Linksys Cisco E3000 flashed with the above firmware and its flawless.

Draytek are superb! If you don't want to spend that type of money then Netgear.

I run a remote network over over 2000 Cisco/Linksys routers and they're pretty poor!

If you at are all technically inclined/IT proficient then I would recommend trying to flash your router with custom firmware first. Potentially could solve all your issues at no cost.

http://www.dd-wrt.com/site/index

Bit overwhelming if you are not a techie though.

I have a Linksys Cisco E3000 flashed with the above firmware and its flawless.

Thanks - I have the latest Belkin firmware but my model isn't in the dd-wrt database unfortunately.

The older Linksys stuff I found to be good, but modern stuff the wireless is terrible. Although they bear the Cisco nametag, they definitely aren't up to Cisco standard and are rather just a cheap subsidiary.

I fully agree with that statement. I have a 1Gbps "Cisco" (well Linksys) 24port switch, and the piece of junk was hardly any faster than my 100mbps Netgear unit, and then it decided one day that each port should be isolated from every other port..... rather handy - not. Link light, yes. Thru-put, no.

I fully agree with that statement. I have a 1Gbps "Cisco" (well Linksys) 24port switch, and the piece of junk was hardly any faster than my 100mbps Netgear unit, and then it decided one day that each port should be isolated from every other port..... rather handy - not. Link light, yes. Thru-put, no.

Yep, sounds about right! On the other hand I recently bought a gigabit 5 port Cisco (true Cisco) switch, and it is awesome. The throughput we get is fantastic. Not sure why Cisco bought out such a crappy make...

To get a piece of the residental/consumer market!

Linksys' old routers were better!