Best ADSL Router

[Gary]

The 2700HGV can be bought direct from the BT shop on line (new) for £92.82 inc V.A.T. and you dont have to have your broadband with BT. 

I noticed the evil that is Dabs had them a while ago for the same price, but since they are owned by BT, no surprise there

[Gary]

So are Drayteks, Gary. And then there's... Cisco!!

We wont even go there Rik, unless you doing that bank job with me later 8)

[Lona]

Er, £34.99, Lona. You've not been taking your 'medicine' again have you?

What's a few quid among friends.  Actually I put the wrong url up then went in and modified it but forgot to change the price. 

[Rik]

We wont even go there Rik, unless you doing that bank job with me later 8)

I've got the striped T shirt ready, Gary.

[Rik]

What's a few quid among friends.  Actually I put the wrong url up then went in and modified it but forgot to change the price. 

You'll fit in just fine here. 

[Gary]

I've got the striped T shirt ready, Gary.

I have mine too 

[Simon]

Here's my router which I've had from day one on BB.  It has never let me down.  I paid over £56 and Amazon are doing it for just over £31.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Linksys-Wireless-G-ADSL-Gateway-Annex/dp/B000IG78QA/ref=pd_sbs_ce?ie=UTF8&qid=1204831165&sr=8-1

I remember you getting that, Lona.  Must have been about the same time I got my Netgear, in the days when Pipex were good.

[Simon]

What's a few quid among friends.

Don't say that, Lona, they are experts at spending other people's money round here!  They have already cost me a printer, several routers, and a digital camera!   

[Niall]

the evil that is Dabs

Evil, dirty, dirty retailer.

My mate worked for them for a while and was escorted off their premises because he was moving jobs to a small rival, and mentioned it to someone that worked at Dabs. Paranoid much?

[Simon]

Actually, I've never had a problem with Dabs.   

[Rik]

So it's the dibs which trouble you is it?? 

[Mytheroo]

I'm down to just one or two dabs a weekend now.

[Gary]

Actually, I've never had a problem with Dabs.   

I have never had a product from Dabs that's not had to go back Simon, and the fact you have to rely on email is just a pain in the backside as well, sometimes you need to call someone to sort things out, I  received a digital camera for someone and it broke within a month, I wonder how their stock is treated or where it comes from, I won't touch them with a barge poll after two Sony computers failed to even boot and a monitor turned up with a green hue you could not get rid of and the box looked suspiciously like it had been opened, the other thing is it takes to damn long to get refunds sorted as well.

[uxbod]

Evil, dirty, dirty retailer.

My mate worked for them for a while and was escorted off their premises because he was moving jobs to a small rival, and mentioned it to someone that worked at Dabs. Paranoid much?

In IT it is not uncommon to be walked off the premises.  I have had it done to me at a couple of place, its quite a laugh really.  One place I got a whole months gardening leave when I resigned.  I did have 'root' access though to a lot of systems

[somanyholes]

i'd be quite tempted to get a cisco tbh, especially if you are still thinking about putting the asa in. you can get something like an 837 off ebay cheap enough. If you are using an asa i can't see the point of having a natted routers features, not a fan of the two wires myself, though people on here like the line stats.

[uxbod]

Yeah I have the got ASA5505 now, and also a 1130AG AP to sit behind it Locking down my whole network so will see what Cisco have to offer aswell. Just need it to provide the ADSL routing function as everything else is performed by separate units. I appreciate when using separates you get a little extra latency but the higher level of security outways the performance loss.

Do appreciate everyone's posts

[somanyholes]

get cisco then mate, all your doing by having another natting/partial security device is adding latency and troubleshooting issues. the asa will do everything you need on the security front. As you have said all you need is a routing device nothing else.

http://search.ebay.co.uk/837_W0QQ_trksidZm37QQfromZR40


cheap enough as you can see, i get decent speeds with one of these.

[Rik]

In IT it is not uncommon to be walked off the premises. 

It's very common in sales, too.

[Simon]

I have never had a product from Dabs that's not had to go back Simon, and the fact you have to rely on email is just a pain in the backside as well, sometimes you need to call someone to sort things out, I  received a digital camera for someone and it broke within a month, I wonder how their stock is treated or where it comes from, I won't touch them with a barge poll after two Sony computers failed to even boot and a monitor turned up with a green hue you could not get rid of and the box looked suspiciously like it had been opened, the other thing is it takes to damn long to get refunds sorted as well.

You've obviously had some bad experiences with them, Gary.  I can only speak as I find, but have to say, I haven't used them recently, mainly because of the rise of Ebuyer.

[somanyholes]

mainly because of the rise of Ebuyer.

thank god you can actually ring them up now was a real pain before with their enotes which where terrible most of the time.

[uxbod]

Well got my eye on a Cisco 877 (without) WiFi Cisco all the way through the network then which is nice.

[somanyholes]

even better

[Lona]

I remember you getting that, Lona.  Must have been about the same time I got my Netgear, in the days when Pipex were good.

It is indeed my one and only router I've ever had.  It's running 3 pc's plus a wireless connection to laptop and has never let me down.

My daughter has a netgear which I got her on Ebay for £28 and it works fine also.

[Rik]

You're not running a 'net cafe on the side are you, Lona? 

[Lona]

You're not running a 'net cafe on the side are you, Lona? 

Never thought of that, I could make a fortune.

Hubby, Son and me.