Just wondering as I have a cheapish one at the moment, and it only ever gives the odd freeze.
Would a better one cut this out and can anyone recommend one if so?
Thanks
Does your router make much of a difference?
- daveyboy
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Are you using a BT line (ADSL) or Virgin Cable (DSL)?
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Im in Ireland mate.
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UPC or Eircom then. Does your service come down a twisted pair phone line or through a Cable service?
Nano
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Via small box on the chimney which runs a cable directly to router.
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Nah you've lost me lol.
The reason i am asking is that ADSL routers require more settings that some routers have and others don't. Chipsets on certain routers can also cause issues.
I used to have Issues with O2 when i had ADSL. It turned out that O2 network doesn't work too well with Connexant Chipset routers, where as they work fine with routers that use a Broadcom chipset. Most broadband providers have their own selfhelp forums where you will probably find out your answer. Just don't mention cardsharing as most ISPs get a bit narky about it.
It may be worth looking there to see which is the best router for you to use. If you get your services from a cable company like UPC it may well be the same as Virgin Media where they provide the modem/router.
They gave me a 100Mb Netgear Superhub which is crap. I ended up putting the hub into modem mode and connecting a different router to it, to resolve port forwarding issues.
Nano
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i was using talktalks own dlink dsl2680 router and it was pants. was recommended a tp link w8960n and find it is excellent and only $40
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leave well enough alone daveboy you proberly have about 2 mb connection if you are in a rural area
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haha pretty much, range is shocking on the router I have tho.
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