Reliable ADSL Modem/Router recommendations please?

[portseven]

Had a Draytek 2600v for something like 6 years, and can honestly say I have only rebooted it about 3 or 4 times.

Good kit, but as others have said, pricey

[lilelvis2000]

Have you tried changing your ADSL filter? I had a cheapo one that gave me noise on the phone and the ADSL connection would take a while to connect. Changing it for a supposedly better one fixed both problems.

True. Our line was so noisy a BT technicial had to come out and sort the problem.

[lilelvis2000]

That all singing, all dancing Draytek looks the dogs danglies. I'm very impressed by the spec and it's features. A bit pricey though, about £140.

I have seen this DrayTek Vigor 2700 Series for about £90. I wonder if this would be similar quality without the bells and whistles of the more expensive device?

The 2820 handles the Annex A which O2 and BeThere are using to acheive those fast speeds. I get 20Mbps down and 2.5Mbps up. But if you are on a standard ISP you won't need that, so yes the 2700 should manage.

[Fred Bloggs]

Have you tried changing your ADSL filter? I had a cheapo one that gave me noise on the phone and the ADSL connection would take a while to connect. Changing it for a supposedly better one fixed both problems.

Thanks for the suggestion we have a BT iPlate (I think that is what it is called) so there isn't a seperate filter. We have tried the test socket with a filter. Exactly the same. Cheers.

[Fred Bloggs]

True. Our line was so noisy a BT technicial had to come out and sort the problem.

Yes, we had that happen about 18 months ago. The BT bloke fitted a new master socket with an iPlate (I think that's what it's called). It's been fine till last weekend. We always get a connection in the morning and through most of the day. But we haven't got a connection after 5.00pm. Our ISP (VISPA) who are very good people are lending us a new modem to try.

[Fred Bloggs]

The 2820 handles the Annex A which O2 and BeThere are using to acheive those fast speeds. I get 20Mbps down and 2.5Mbps up. But if you are on a standard ISP you won't need that, so yes the 2700 should manage.

Thanks, the most we can get is 512kb, over a wet string phone line.

[chef]

The DrayTek Vigor range have a good reputation for reliability, but that comes at a price premium.

I have a Draytek Vigor 2820n which I haven't had to touch in months.
"Nobody ever got fired for buying a Draytek" - me

Had a Draytek 2600v for something like 6 years, and can honestly say I have only rebooted it about 3 or 4 times.

Good kit, but as others have said, pricey

Ive had a Draytek Vigor now for 6 or 7 years (jeez, might need to start looking at new routers), in all that time i've reboot it 2 or 3 times whenever ive done a firmware upgrade and that was only because I saw it collecting dust and thought "it MUST need updating by now".

They are the most reliable thing I've ever had, even outlasted 2 girlfriends.

Highly recommended, if you buy cheap, you buy twice, Vigors cost more than the average but are def worth it.

something like this would be slight overkill but ideal

[Fred Bloggs]

Thank you. I foresee a Draytek modem/router in my future.

[VectraMan]

Ive had a Draytek Vigor now for 6 or 7 years (jeez, might need to start looking at new routers), in all that time i've reboot it 2 or 3 times whenever ive done a firmware upgrade and that was only because I saw it collecting dust and thought "it MUST need updating by now".

Yes, but I can say the same about my Netgear router. The first 11Mb one I had wasn't as good, but the second 54G one I've had for 3 or 4 years now has been perfect.

Most people aren't going to gain anything by paying three times as much.

[Fred Bloggs]

Yes, but I can say the same about my Netgear router. The first 11Mb one I had wasn't as good, but the second 54G one I've had for 3 or 4 years now has been perfect.

Most people aren't going to gain anything by paying three times as much.

I had two Netgear boxess, both were rubbish for our situation because they had a chipset (called AR7 I think?) that eventually they found out wouldn't work properly with long loop length wet string type UK telephone lines. I gather that both Netgear and BT covered up this fact for a long while. Hence, I efectively was conned into buying a 2nd Netgear box when the 1st one started losing connections. Never again will I buy Netgear, thanks.