Anyone else have an outage this morning?

Gary · Apr 03, 2013, 00:19:19

Quote from: Simon on Apr 03, 2013, 00:11:43
Sorry Gary, I'm not sure in what context 5Ghz is relevant. All I want is for it to stay connected to the bloody Internet!

If you are buying a new router is good to look at whats coming to market so you dont have to buy another router again. 5ghz over 2.4Ghz is now getting more popular for wireless devices, buying a solely 2.4Ghz device I think would be maybe a mistake personaly as a dual band router gives you the flexibility of running both.Buying a device that suits your needs now but may not in six months could be an issue, thats all. Hence why I say look at Dual band routers.

Most new phones run on 5Ghz and you get better speeds than with 2.4Ghz and less interference too.

Simon · Apr 03, 2013, 00:25:56

OK, I'll give it some more thought tomorrow.

Gary · Apr 03, 2013, 00:34:16

Quote from: Simon on Apr 03, 2013, 00:25:56
OK, I'll give it some more thought tomorrow.

And on that note with Firefox 20 freaking out and trying to restore sessions when its not meant to (20.0.1 soon I bet) I'm off to bed before my head explodes

Simon · Apr 03, 2013, 08:50:57

To be honest, I feel that over £200 is a lot to pay for a router, especially when I have no use for the 5Ghz at the moment. I may just go for the 7800N.

Lance · Apr 03, 2013, 20:55:08

I wouldn't personally worry about 5ghz unless you happen to have a very large number of strongly competing 2.4ghz wifi networks and you have the devices which will make use of it.

The 2.4ghz band isn't going to be defunct any time soon, and I'm sure that all devices for the foreseeable future will be backwards compatible.

Simon · Apr 03, 2013, 21:16:41

Thanks Lance, and for your previous 'N' clarification. I just have a feeling that this DGN2200 isn't quite right, or simply isn't that good. I had problems with it from the start, when I had to manually enter the DNS, as browsing was very slow when set to Auto.

Niall · Apr 04, 2013, 21:31:44

Quote from: Simon on Apr 03, 2013, 21:16:41
Thanks Lance, and for your previous 'N' clarification. I just have a feeling that this DGN2200 isn't quite right, or simply isn't that good. I had problems with it from the start, when I had to manually enter the DNS, as browsing was very slow when set to Auto.

Same with mine. I swapped it within a month or so of having it, to the 7800N. Immediately I noticed web pages loaded faster and at worst, more consistently.

Simon · Apr 04, 2013, 21:53:43

Thanks, Niall. At least that's more evidence of the router not playing ball, than a connection issue.

Niall · Apr 04, 2013, 22:45:25

This was going back to ADSL+ though, rather than fibre. Speed wise, I never saw a change, just the stability and web side of things.