I have a feeling mine might be on it's last legs. It's a Linksys WRT54G and has been flawless for years. Decent range and mostly stable. But lately it's been dropping connection and I've had to reset it sometimes several times a day. It's often when I'm downloading a large file or got a few Youtube videos I want to watch open in different tabs but buffering. Not sure if it's a router problem or Virgin being arses when it sees I'm downloading something big.

My connection is with Virgin Media and is supposed to be 20mb. It was originally 2mb then 10mb and now 20mb, just upgraded when they wanted to. I have the original purple modem and I really don't want the Superhub. Heard it's got loads of problems. The modem should be good for 50mb anyway so good for a few years yet. The internet is used a lot now with several mobile devices, the downstairs TV and two computers all on the wireless. The majority are Wireless N compatible so I'll want that. Any suggestions?

I posted in a similar thread in December - http://www.briskoda.net/forums/topic/258324-recommend-a-router/#entry3039110 but I think after your last post there. The SuperHub is fine with the current firmware if in Modem mode. I had the older VMNG300 modem swapped out for a SuperHub, then that was swapped again, all to correct a non-existent fault at our end as it was actually a fault at the exchange. The NetGear WNR3500L router I have now works fine, certainly as well as, if not better, than the WRT54GL before it.

I have a feeling mine might be on it's last legs. It's a Linksys WRT54G and has been flawless for years. Decent range and mostly stable. But lately it's been dropping connection and I've had to reset it sometimes several times a day. It's often when I'm downloading a large file or got a few Youtube videos I want to watch open in different tabs but buffering. Not sure if it's a router problem or Virgin being arses when it sees I'm downloading something big.

My connection is with Virgin Media and is supposed to be 20mb. It was originally 2mb then 10mb and now 20mb, just upgraded when they wanted to. I have the original purple modem and I really don't want the Superhub. Heard it's got loads of problems. The modem should be good for 50mb anyway so good for a few years yet. The internet is used a lot now with several mobile devices, the downstairs TV and two computers all on the wireless. The majority are Wireless N compatible so I'll want that. Any suggestions?

I've had a superhub for about 3 1/2 years and can report that there are NO issues whatsoever. :yes:

It's a very good piece of kit.

So this Superhub can be modem only but then use a proper wireless router like that Netgear one? Specs on that look good. One make I don't want is Belkin. Bought one years ago and could never get it to stay connected for more than 10 mins

I bought the Netgear specifically to run Tomato firmware. It gives you a lot more control as well as pretty bandwidth graphs if you want to see how it's performing. I've had no problems at all with the SuperHub in modem mode - I just treat it like the old modem it replaced.

I've had a superhub for about 3 1/2 years and can report that there are NO issues whatsoever. :yes:

It's a very good piece of kit.

It's not as bad as it was on earlier firmwares, but the range is lacking in older houses with brick walls etc

It's not as bad as it was on earlier firmwares, but the range is lacking in older houses with brick walls etc

Which mine is. Solid brick walls with no cavity. Currently the router and modem are upstairs in my bedroom. If it go downstairs it's fine until I got into the extended bit and I lose signal completely. It's almost like a Faraday cage. I can forget getting signal outside either

http://www.maplin.co...e-router-678142

I've got one of those atm after giving up on the POS 'Super'Hub.

It's got good features, but we're on our second as it seems to be quite unstable if 2.4 + 5Ghz are used at once. Otherwise it seems OK, need the odd reboot, but miiiiiles better than the SH.

I'm with you on Belkin, but I'd also add Netgear to that list personally.

Edited 21 February, 201313 yr by TriggerFish

http://www.novatech.co.uk/products/networking/wirelessnetworking/wirelessrouters/dslroutersntl/virgin/tl-wdr4300.html

I bought one of these. Still needed a range extender for the back end of the house as I'm the same with brick walls. Plus my router is in what was the garage which is lined with those foils insulating panels which act like a faraday cage too.

One thing I have noticed 5ghz isn't as good as 2.4ghz signal wise. Something to do with the wavelength I believe.

http://www.novatech....tl-wdr4300.html

I bought one of these. Still needed a range extender for the back end of the house as I'm the same with brick walls. Plus my router is in what was the garage which is lined with those foils insulating panels which act like a faraday cage too.

One thing I have noticed 5ghz isn't as good as 2.4ghz signal wise. Something to do with the wavelength I believe.

Yeah. Think it's faster but isn't strong enough to go far. Amazon reviews are good and it's only £70. I'll order it and see how it goes

I paired it with one of these http://www.novatech.co.uk/products/networking/wirelessnetworking/wirelessextenders/tl-wa830re.html

Now I know it halves the data rate and all that but it was a piece of cake to set up and it more than enough for the needs in the back end of the house as homeplugs do the rest, I did try configuring a router as a repeater, which did work for 24 hrs then gave up on me and I couldn't be arsed messing about, I do enough of that for Joe public in evenings !!

Thanks I'll keep that in mind.

The one I posted is the same as Dave's (I think), just without out of the MIMO streams, so lower throughput. Devices will only connect at 150mpbs anyway, as that's all the standard allows.

The reported 600mb on mine for example = 150mb up + 150 mb down X 2. (2 for the different frequencies - 2.4 and 5Ghz) If it wasn't dual band it would just be 150 + 150.

http://www.briskoda.net/forums/topic/263043-replacement-adsl-router/

I posted about ADSL.

Billion was coming out as a good brand and not one I knew. Not a budget brand it seems

Aplogies if im teaching you to suck eggs here.

Restarting a router numerous times a day will unfortunately lead to your ISP throttling your connection. Its not their fault really, its just how the principles of internet connectivity and TCP/IP work .

If you want a rock solid connection I recommend bouncing the router, then letting is sit there for a couple of hours without using it (ISP's recommend 24 hours but ive never seen the point in this)

Also, try a different wireless channel. I noticed some devices seem to struggle on certain channels and the channel you are using could be getting interference from someone elses wireless or other electrical device. Go through all 13 channels (I think) and see if any are noticeably better than the others.

It's not as bad as it was on earlier firmwares, but the range is lacking in older houses with brick walls etc

Fixed that for you

Have got 3 locations with Super-Hub. All three are now using the Super-Hub as a modem and have separate routers (2xLinksys E2000, 1xTPLink).

The Super-Hub is made by Netgear, as such it's going to be fairly awful straight out the box, unless you're lucky.

Wasn't there an Android app for checking the best channel with minimal interference?

Wifi analyzer