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Posted on Tuesday, February 5, 2013 at 6:31 AM
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dave69_
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Hi, Presume what is good and what is bad are the same in NZ as the UK, so any of you nerds want to recommend a good router? Flatmate is telling me an Asus RT-N56U is the one to go for... Will be running up to three PCs, laptop, phones etc and possibly at some point trying to hook up a PC for films etc to get to the TV, but that's down the line. I haven't bought one since I was in Glasgow, last 3yrs been using some fancy ass Cisco industry standard thing the flatmate has, but moving house soon and need to get my own again. Help appreciated. 
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Posted on Tuesday, February 5, 2013 at 10:01 AM
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Dr J.Zoidberg
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Hello Dave, your flatmate is correct. Currently using the said Asus RT-N56U after much persuasion from the guy at the shop as it is rather pricey, but it has been completely faultless, easy to set up and decent connection at all areas of the house! Do it!
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Posted on Tuesday, February 5, 2013 at 10:05 AM
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Swervin_Mervin
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I got me one of these. Has been completely faultless since May last year. Billion BiPac 7800 Bit pricey but you get what you pay for imo.
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Posted on Tuesday, February 5, 2013 at 10:53 AM
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Beany
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Tim said... Draytek Vigor 2820.
This, although I'd go for a 2830 for IPv6 goodness.
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Posted on Tuesday, February 5, 2013 at 2:57 PM
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speedcamera said... Apple Extreme
Is the only difference between that and an Express the lack of ethernet ports on the back of the Express? I.e. if you already have a gigabit switch can you buy the Express without missing out on anything?
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Posted on Tuesday, February 5, 2013 at 4:31 PM
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Mito Man
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So these aftermarket routers just replace the usual sky, bt, virgin one?
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Posted on Tuesday, February 5, 2013 at 4:39 PM
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Generally yes, if you connect to the internet over a phone line. If you're a cable customer you would normally carry on using your normal cable box, and use the new wireless box in addition.
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Posted on Tuesday, February 5, 2013 at 4:41 PM
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Though not always the case - the apple one for example has no ADSL part, it's just a wifi point.
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Posted on Tuesday, February 5, 2013 at 4:43 PM
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Mito Man
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Won't that give off 2 wireless signals? (One from your own original router and one from the new one?) Tempted to try one but the one at home has no problems despite having loads of devices connected to it. Although maybe it does have problems but I don't notice since we don't have a fancy router.
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Posted on Tuesday, February 5, 2013 at 4:47 PM
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integrale_evo
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The £50 netgear one I bought from pc world 3 years ago does the job fine..
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Posted on Tuesday, February 5, 2013 at 10:39 PM
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dave69_
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Thank you chaps. Out of interest what are those DrayTek units worth in the UK? Here they are out of stock everywhere and seem to cost the equivalent of about 450 quid. Ergo, too much... Billion unit not available here, so that Asus thing is looking the nuts currently.
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Posted on Wednesday, February 6, 2013 at 11:38 AM
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Beany
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Around £200 depending on exact spec... They are a bit much for most home use - they're normally used for keeping SMB/SMEs ticking over. Which they're bob on for. The Asus one is pretty good I hear, so I'd go with that if it's available.
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Posted on Wednesday, February 6, 2013 at 11:44 AM
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Dinny_G
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integrale_evo said... The £50 netgear one I bought from pc world 3 years ago does the job fine..
This
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