Did you increase Web devices in your household? You might need this.

biebiebie

Heres a good router I've been keeping an eye on.

Bargain AC Router imho. Best price to date and a good quality one at a that for £135.90.

Also good parental control too of you've bought the young ones a phone, tablet or laptop.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00G323PG0?ie=UTF8&at=&force-full-site=1&ref_=aw_bottom_links

Edit. Meant to say that this is a router only and no modem. However it can be used in conjunction with either a fibre or phone modem router (don't forget to turn off wireless in your old router modem).

The_Conductor

This is £140 Sterling?
Seems a tad expensive for a 'bargain' router.......?

Ok- on reading up on it- its one hell of a decent piece of hit.
However- unless you have a/c compatible peripherals- its overkill- as your devices will not be able to utilise it to its full potential.

If you're buying this- and your laptop (and/or other devices) aren't a/c- but have USB 3.0 ports- buying the Asus USB 3.0 a/c adaptor- along with the router- makes most sense.......

Its a nice device- but unless you can use it- its overkill........

stimpson

This is the daddy of ac routers. Bought one myself a couple of months ago after much research.

http://www.amazon.de/dp/B00HBYGCOG/ref=pe_386171_51767411_TE_M3T1_dp_1

unklerosco

Have one myself, tis the business.. rock solid and a pants load of features.

sharkman

unklerosco wrote: »

Have one myself, tis the business.. rock solid and a pants load of features.

Asus or Netgear ??

evolutionqy7

Meh went ahead and ordered the netgear one. Been looking for an upgrade to a better router for ages.

Most of the Internet usage is done on the phone which all the phones in the household have AC.

Plus my surface also has ac support so streaming stuff from phone to TV will be a big help.

The plan is to stick the HDD into the router as well and stream movies off it rather than having to plug it in all the time.

heffsarmy

This is an excellent router at great price, have oneself paid 155euro last year for it. Linksys EA6700.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Linksys-EA6700-AC1750-Gigabit-Ethernet/dp/B00CFEBUM6/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1419602201&sr=8-1&keywords=linksys+ea6700

unklerosco

sharkman wrote: »

Asus or Netgear ??

Asus

clevtrev

heffsarmy wrote: »

This is an excellent router at great price, have oneself paid 155euro last year for it. Linksys EA6700.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Linksys-EA6700-AC1750-Gigabit-Ethernet/dp/B00CFEBUM6/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1419602201&sr=8-1&keywords=linksys+ea6700

looks like savage value (£65.99 on amazon) for an ac router with 3.0 usb and 1750 mbps but some mixed reviews of it on Amazon complaining about poor coverage also that support isnt great ?

heffsarmy

clevtrev wrote: »

looks like savage value (£65.99 on amazon) for an ac router with 3.0 usb and 1750 mbps but some mixed reviews of it on Amazon complaining about poor coverage also that support isnt great ?

I haven't had a problem with it, its been rock solid. I upgraded the wifi cards in all laptops, and get 867Mbps downloads over the 5Ghz band. Intel Network 7260 HMWG wifi card.

http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/wireless-products/dual-band-wireless-ac-7260-bluetooth.html

dozy doctor

Sorry to hijack but what is the purpose of getting a router.... I'm with sky and we already have a router supplied. I'd there any benefit of getting this one instead ?

clevtrev

heffsarmy wrote: »

I haven't had a problem with it, its been rock solid. I upgraded the wifi cards in all laptops, and get 867Mbps downloads over the 5Ghz band. Intel Network 7260 HMWG wifi card.

http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/wireless-products/dual-band-wireless-ac-7260-bluetooth.html

Yeah looks like it can do everything the asus can at less than half the price - seems like a no brainer - very good pro reviews on the web as well

clevtrev

dozy doctor wrote: »

Sorry to hijack but what is the purpose of getting a router.... I'm with sky and we already have a router supplied. I'd there any benefit of getting this one instead ?

many reasons from parental controls, streaming of data from the router, significantly higher wireless speeds on both N and AC wireless protocols, less interference on the 5ghz frequency, remote access to your network, backup of data on your network etc etc. Not essential for most internet users but more important if you are an online gamer, need remote access or have a lot of users in the house.

KilOit

For that money I'd rather put power line adapters in most of the rooms, keep it wired for consoles and TV and wireless for phones

evolutionqy7

KilOit wrote: »

For that money I'd rather put power line adapters in most of the rooms, keep it wired for consoles and TV and wireless for phones

Ah cables are a nightmare. Want to keep as little as possible. Every time I need to move my xbox I have to untangle a snake nest of wires.

mad m

How would these router be with upc horizon. I find the horizon wifi not the best.

frostypants

I have this one
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Asus-RT-N66U-Wireless-streaming-Warranty/dp/B007W16SMO/ref=sr_1_1?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1419615593&sr=1-1&keywords=asus+rt-n66u

It's one hell of a router. It does drop down to sub £100 now and again (keep an eye on camelcamelcamel).
I have 2 3TB HDDs onto it and I can stream media to iPad, TV and phone through SMB with no issues so it's like having a NAS also. It also has nzb/torrent clients built in and the range is without doubt the best I've ever had. I can pick this up 200 feet away in another house.

Only the new iPad Air 2 has 802.11ac afaik

biebiebie

frostypants wrote: »

Only the new iPad Air 2 has 802.11ac afaik

Many recent devices have ac wireless, and the list is growing.

For example the iPhone 6, HTC One, Samsung S4/S5/Note 4/Alpha, Nexus 9... the list goes on.

For a complete list see the products list at http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_802.11ac