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Re: [LUG] New router

 

Rob Beard wrote:
> On 29/04/10 12:22, Edwin Rhodes wrote:
>> We have a bt home hub router, which has some good features, however
>> not as
>> stable as I would like, have to reboot about once a week.
>> Ed
>>
>>
> 
> The BT Home Hub is locked to BT Broadband though, and at that, the Home
> package, it won't even work with BT Total Business Broadband!
> 
Thanks for the warning. I will never touch anything to do with BT. IMHO
the second greediest company in the world. I will leave you to guess who
comes in at number 1.

> Now I'm not sure how much you're looking to spend, and I don't know how
> good this particular model is, but Draytek have a Vigor 2710 which has a
> USB port for printer sharing...
> 
> http://www.draytek.co.uk/products/vigor2710.html
> 
> You won't get much change out of about £75 though.  It will however also
> support ADSL2+ (so up to 24 Meg if your ISP supports it) and Wireless N
> (up to 300Mbit with a compatible wireless adaptor).
> 
> I've had some experience with Draytek routers, I've always known them to
> pretty much offer features that the more 'home' type routers don't tend
> to offer, along with good reliability.
> 
> Also Gordon tends to recommend them too, and since he deals with more
> business class broadband services, I'd also take that as a good
> recommendation.
> 
> Rob
> 
Draytek look good. I will do some research. Thanks.

Neil

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