Seeing as O2 are kindly terminating my contract for my apparent abuse of the FUP, ive switched to plusnet, Ive opted out of the supplied router in favour of getting my own (their stock router is the same as my O2 one and im not a big fan). I dont want to spend crazy money and have so far come up with options: Netgear DGN1000 Wireless-N Linksys WAG120N I dont really want to spend any more than £60 ideally. Ive never had any problems with any of the netgear products ive had in the past, but ive heard good things about the linksys. Anybody got any opinions on either of them, or can point me to a better solution. Ohh and another thing has anybody sent a router back to O2 before? im not sure if its just the router that goes back or everything that came when i got it. I was told by customer services that its just the router but want to make sure.
Well, I bought a DGN2000 from someone on here, and its going fine. The Netgear DG834 we used before that was excellent too. IMO, you can't go wrong with netgear. Brilliant reliability, and clear, sensible and easy to use GUIs.
Make sure you check out any forums that Plusnet users use. There may be a specific type of chipset used by the ISP that means a specific modem/router performs better than others e.g. Broadcom chips & Netgear routers. When I have sent routers back to an ISP, I usually send everything back in the box it came in. If unsure, send them an email and ask them and you can't go wrong.
NetGear are generally good though, assuming your PC/laptop's wireless adapter can handle 300Mbps, the 2000 would be the better bet (& give or take your budget) - i set one up for my folks & it was dead simple... Though admittedly i had a WN111 usb wireless adapter to hand that made it all the easier (think they're about £20 or so). The only reason for paying more is if you also either needed to use it as a faster wired router (DGN3500 - it's 1Gbps rather than 100Mbps) but it looks to be about twice your budget. There's also a dual band (using both 150Mbps & a 300Mbps) DGND3300 but it seems to have some very mixed reviews. Yeah, personally have a cable version that kind of mixes the 3500 with the 3300 - the WNDR3700. Admittedly i don't use the wireless day-to-day (though it is dual 300Mbps instead of the odd compromise with the 3300), but all in & imho it's great - not least as it was something of a bargain... ...well, it would have been more of one if Virgin had given me one of them free instead of the WNDR2000 but i guess i can't have everything.
yeah ive had a nosey around their forums and people are using the two listed, without any problems, Im edging towards the netgear, but only because ive had them in the past and they've all been great.
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