Which is the Best Wireless N Modem Router in your opinion

mark8par:

I am looking for a wireless N Modem Router but there are that many to choose from i am hoping someone can give me some suggestions from experience.

It will be used with sky and will connect a nas drive.

i have been looking a DLink, Buffalo, etc and currently have a Belkin N+ modem router that i have had for a couple of weeks but its a load of rubbish

I use a Netgear DGN3300v2. So far it's been a good router. It's used for internet / gaming / Sonos plugged into. Can't comment on sky as I don't have it.

It also is dual band so it covers b/g as well.

Gerrardasnails:

mark8par:

I am looking for a wireless N Modem Router but there are that many to choose from i am hoping someone can give me some suggestions from experience.

It will be used with sky and will connect a nas drive.

i have been looking a DLink, Buffalo, etc and currently have a Belkin N+ modem router that i have had for a couple of weeks but its a load of rubbish

I use the Linksys WRT160N (I think it's called). I use it with Sky and I expect you know that you have to do some googling as Sky don't allow you to use anyhting but their own routers. It's easy enough and the Linksys has been perfect for me - had it about a year.

Gerrardasnails:

Gerrardasnails:

mark8par:

I am looking for a wireless N Modem Router but there are that many to choose from i am hoping someone can give me some suggestions from experience.

It will be used with sky and will connect a nas drive.

i have been looking a DLink, Buffalo, etc and currently have a Belkin N+ modem router that i have had for a couple of weeks but its a load of rubbish

I use the Linksys WRT160N (I think it's called). I use it with Sky and I expect you know that you have to do some googling as Sky don't allow you to use anyhting but their own routers. It's easy enough and the Linksys has been perfect for me - had it about a year.

Sorry, my router's correct name is Linksys WAG160N. I've just checked prices for it and it amazes me how a product can divide opinion!

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Linksys-Cisco-WAG160N-Wireless-N-Router/dp/B00164IRRW/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1267528452&sr=8-1

thank's for the info guys i have been having problem, i think i have to replace it with the one mentioned in sites

Well after some research i have decided to opt for the following modem router and some home plugs

Billion BiPAC 7800N Wireless-N Modem Router

Billion BiPAC 2073N Wireless-N HomePlug AV 200 Wall Plug Ethernet

Billion P104 BiPAC 2071 HomePlug AV 200

I am hoping this will give me a decent speed throughout the house, so we will have to see.

Billion? Hardly a household name. I've never heard of them.

Draytek make some of the best routers available (Expensive though)

They seem to have had some really positive reviews in the computer mags.  I also have a friend who works for a computer company and he mentioned them to me, but in honesty when he mentioned Billion i thought the same "Never heard of them".  Proof is in the pudding though and we will see how they perform.

Anything has goto be beter than this Belkin N+ thing i bought, its not been very good at all.

mark8par:

They seem to have had some really positive reviews in the computer mags.  I also have a friend who works for a computer company and he mentioned them to me, but in honesty when he mentioned Billion i thought the same "Never heard of them".  Proof is in the pudding though and we will see how they perform.

Anything has goto be beter than this Belkin N+ thing i bought, its not been very good at all.

did anyone get the Billion router???

I am struggling with this whole router/modem thing.  I am progressing from a BT Home Hub 1 which has a modem built in but can't understand why all the best routers are without modems. I have some old USB modems but presume this is slower than ethernet connections.  What options are there to get a top spec router but with modem functions too. 

I bought this Billion router (click) about a month ago and it's been rock solid so far. Also, have read pretty much nothing but good about it from other users.

What do you mean by modem? If you mean an ADSL modem, virtually all routers have them built in as standard. If you're talking about an old dial-up type modem, why would you need this if you have broadband? A dial-up modem would normally be included in your laptop, or you can buy one which will fit into one of the PCI slots on your PC.

In the three and a half years we have had wireless, we have only used the Apple Airport Extreme 802.11N. Never had any problems with range or reception.

There might be better devices. Luckily I don't need to find out.

I went for the best of both worlds, as I have some devices that are stubbornly 54Mb/s, and got a dual band Netgear WNDR3700. It's an a/b/g/n router, running at both 2.4 and 5.0 GHz, with 5 gigabit ethernet ports (one for the cable modem) and a USB port, which you can plug any USB drive in and share it across your network. Seems pretty solid. You can run the b/g at 54, 108 or even 300Mb/s, but I run it a 54 as this seems to give me best lower speed coverage...

some are advertised as 

for example Netgear Wireless N Router with built in ADSL2/2+ Modem DGN2000

Others are referred to just as a router and There is no built in modem for connecting to the internet with this device. 

I run ADSL broadband and am not sure if I need the former or can use the latter?  thanks 

Okay then, yes you do need the ADSL modem in the router in that case. However, there is a lot of choice of routers which have this included so you shouldn't get any issue as long as you read the description. The Billion mentioned above definitely has one.