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    4 port Gigabit ADSL Wireless N Router

    Simple question, could anyone recommend a Wireless N ADSL Router with 4 Gigabit LAN ports and VPN.

    I've always been a big fan of Draytek but after looking here:

    - the 2820n is of ADSL wireless N standard but only has 1 Gigabit Lan port
    - the 2920n has 4 gigabit LAN ports but isn't ADSL

    The obvious choice is to buy a Gigabit switch and use that with the current router but before I go with that option I thought I'd ask on here as ideally dont want yet another box in my ever expanding home network setup, I'd prefer to replace the existing router.

    cheers
    Chef

    EDIT: oops I forgot to add, it needs to have VPN capability also
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    Originally posted by chef View Post
    Simple question, could anyone recommend a Wireless N ADSL Router with 4 Gigabit LAN ports and VPN.

    I've always been a big fan of Draytek but after looking here:

    - the 2820n is of ADSL wireless N standard but only has 1 Gigabit Lan port
    - the 2920n has 4 gigabit LAN ports but isn't ADSL

    The obvious choice is to buy a Gigabit switch and use that with the current router but before I go with that option I thought I'd ask on here as ideally dont want yet another box in my ever expanding home network setup, I'd prefer to replace the existing router.

    cheers
    Chef

    EDIT: oops I forgot to add, it needs to have VPN capability also
    I've always been a bit of a D-Link fanbois, but have just had a quick look at their website and can't see anything that matches your requirements exactly, always missing one of the items.
    Never has a man been heard to say on his death bed that he wishes he'd spent more time in the office.

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      #3
      Originally posted by chef View Post
      Simple question, could anyone recommend a Wireless N ADSL Router with 4 Gigabit LAN ports and VPN.

      I've always been a big fan of Draytek but after looking here:

      - the 2820n is of ADSL wireless N standard but only has 1 Gigabit Lan port
      - the 2920n has 4 gigabit LAN ports but isn't ADSL

      The obvious choice is to buy a Gigabit switch and use that with the current router but before I go with that option I thought I'd ask on here as ideally dont want yet another box in my ever expanding home network setup, I'd prefer to replace the existing router.

      cheers
      Chef

      EDIT: oops I forgot to add, it needs to have VPN capability also
      I know my opinion doesn't mean much, but you may want to look at Belkin. I've been fairly happy with mine. Must admit, haven't done any VPN stuff with it.
      If your company is the best place to work in, for a mere £500 p/d, you can advertise here.

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        #4
        Originally posted by pmeswani View Post
        I know my opinion doesn't mean much, but you may want to look at Belkin. I've been fairly happy with mine. Must admit, haven't done any VPN stuff with it.
        the Belkin Play Max I presume? looking at specs of it, it only has VPN passthrough which puts it equal to the Netgear DGN3500 Rangemax, I was looking for a router that supports VPN end points to connect to the home network as a whole rather than having to specify and setup an endpoint on a specific machine.

        So far Draytek, Belkin and Netgear don't provide anything.. I'll keep looking
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          #5
          Found it..

          Billion BiPac 7402NX

          Wireless N - tick
          IPSec VPN Tunnels - 16 tick
          ADSL2 - tick
          4 port gigabit LAN - tick

          the only thing concerning me is that it was released in 2008 and yet not one of the main big players seemed to have done the same thing and I've never heard of Billion... well supported? stable? I'll start doing my research..

          among other reviews it seems to be stable
          Last edited by chef; 25 August 2010, 15:47.
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            #6
            Originally posted by chef View Post
            Found it..

            Billion BiPac 7402NX

            Wireless N - tick
            IPSec VPN Tunnels - 16 tick
            ADSL2 - tick
            4 port gigabit LAN - tick

            the only thing concerning me is that it was released in 2008 and yet not one of the main big players seemed to have done the same thing and I've never heard of Billion... well supported? stable? I'll start doing my research..

            among other reviews it seems to be stable
            All I'll say is that for everyone who recommends a particular manufacturer, someone else will have a bad word to say about it!

            I did a lot of research before getting my new router (didnt want \ need gigabit ports or VPN) and various people recommended Draytek, Thomson, Linksys, Netgear, Billion, Buffalo etc etc.

            Then, when I did further research every one of them had poor reviews and some ISP positively didnt recommend them ie draytek, billion and buffalo.

            So I went for a Linksys WAG160Nv2. Have to say its been faultless in the time I've been using it. The only drawback is I can no longer view my connection stats as fully as I could with my old Netgear. Isnt a major problem but would have been nice to have.
            I couldn't give two fornicators! Yes, really!

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              #7
              Ironic isn't it? The most expensive ADSL modem/router I bought (Draytek) had the best supporting control panel software but it didn't work at all on my rubbish ADSL line, I had to return it. The cheapest ADSL modem (Thomson) I have bought has virtually no control panel software worth mentioning, but it performs faultlessly!
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                #8
                Originally posted by Fred Bloggs View Post
                Ironic isn't it? The most expensive ADSL modem/router I bought (Draytek) had the best supporting control panel software but it didn't work at all on my rubbish ADSL line, I had to return it. The cheapest ADSL modem (Thomson) I have bought has virtually no control panel software worth mentioning, but it performs faultlessly!
                iirc they have a real man's interface. You can get super detailed line stats out of them as well.
                While you're waiting, read the free novel we sent you. It's a Spanish story about a guy named 'Manual.'

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by chef View Post
                  Recently purchased a BiPAC 7800N as I wanted gig speed for a couple of systems. Works a treat for me - no problems whatsoever.

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by Spoiler View Post
                    Recently purchased a BiPAC 7800N as I wanted gig speed for a couple of systems. Works a treat for me - no problems whatsoever.
                    mine should be delivered by the weekend
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