Help me Choose 360mb Wireless Router

Lostphrophet

Hi All
So I am upgrading Virgin 240mb to 360mb service
Current Set Up is a Thompson Wireless Router With 2 Antennae (5 years Old)
My main aim is to mainly increase the Coverage area and get faster speeds on all our devices
Options are
Keep the 5 year Old Thompson (has never given any trouble in fairness Very Stable)
Virgin Media Hub (Free with upgrade)
TP-Link AC2600
Archer c9
NETGEAR R6400 (looks Cool)
I dont mind spending a few quid if I get speed and good coverage thanks

ED E

Take the hub, it can be bridged to your own router easily unlike the Thompson (you cant keep the Thompson with 360 anyways).

Use SmallNetBuilder for reviews on your prospect devices.

degsie

Out of interest, do VM automatically put you on ipv6 if you upgrade?

ED E

degsie wrote: »

Out of interest, do VM automatically put you on ipv6 if you upgrade?

Yep.

Install
Wait 10 minutes
Call VM, turn DSLite off
When its removed, Reset Hub

Lostphrophet

thank you kindly ED!
Should i expect increased coverage and speed over the Thompson? Allways very nervous leaving something that never let me down for so long. Im old skool that way.

Just goes to show what the VM staff know the woman i spoke to said you can keep your Thompson for the 360MB wont make any difference as it has two aerials lol

Lostphrophet

IPV6 now im lost.... i take it thats good :P

Lostphrophet

ED E wrote: »

Take the hub, it can be bridged to your own router easily unlike the Thompson (you cant keep the Thompson with 360 anyways).

Use SmallNetBuilder for reviews on your prospect devices.

Virgin Media Hub ordered Wooo! Cheers Mate

ED E

Mr.S wrote: »

Is there any reason to not be on IPv6?

None.

Mr.S wrote: »

Is there any reason to not be on IPv6DSLite?

YES!

ED E

Mr.S wrote: »

Why should you request to be taken off it?

Double NAT. Bridging (which you may as well do if you're purchasing a €150 router).

gtaking111

ED E, Do you know if the newer Compal modem supports multiple routers in bridge mode like the old Cisco EPC 3925 does? I was going to upgrade to the 360 but they said I had no choice but to take the new modem so I refused for now.

I've kept the same IP's for over a year now and it's nice to have a separate network for guests / CCTV which is why I am reluctant to take the upgrade, thanks.

ED E

Yes it does. I've my LAN on one address and a totally isolated SamKnows box on another. You can lease at least 3 addresses.


The process you go through will end up releasing that IP back to the pool and chances are you'll lose it. Thats where No-IP or DynDNS come in.

Lostphrophet

ED E wrote: »

Take the hub, it can be bridged to your own router easily unlike the Thompson (you cant keep the Thompson with 360 anyways).

Hi Edd:

Thanks for advise

So to report:

Replaced the UPC Thomson 870 router with the Virgin media Hub. Its in the exact same location but have definitely noticed a substantial reduction in wifi range. Used to get signal in full house now it cuts off at at about 70% of the previous range. Is the Virgin Hub just bad at range? If I use as you were saying above the VM Hub as a Modem / switch and bridge it to a new Wireless router what would be the BEST (range wise) wireless modem to attach to it to get maximum range. Strangely enough no wireless router really mention range at all
Nearest mention of range is on the TP link (6 Antennas for Fully Expanded Coverage) Cheers :cool:

ASUS DSL-AC68U Wireless Modem Router - AC 1900, Dual-band
TP-Link Dual Band Wireless Gigabit Router | Black

http://www.pcworld.ie/Product/asus-dslac68u-wireless-modem-router-ac-1900-dualband/324335/402.0.0


http://www.harveynorman.ie/computing/networking-and-connectivity/modems-routers/tp-link-wireless-dual-band-gigabit-router-ac1750-archerc7.html

srsly78

To fix coverage problem you want 2 wifi routers at either end of house, with overlapping coverage. Connect them via ethernet cable.

Don't mind how many antennas it has or whatever, a single router will only reach so far.

Lostphrophet

Cheers Seriously Might get a second hand Virgin media Hub to keep things simple and daisy chain that :cool:

srsly78

Nah fsck that yoke. For your second wifi router you don't need something with dsl/cable functionality - just a barebones wifi router. Just set the passwords/encryption the same on both and your clients should seamlessly move from one to the other as needed.

Lostphrophet

srsly78 wrote: »

Nah fsck that yoke. For your second wifi router you don't need something with dsl/cable functionality - just a barebones wifi router. Just set the passwords/encryption the same on both and your clients should seamlessly move from one to the other as needed.

Thats great Information mate I figured adding a second wifi point would mean interference and extra passwords etc. but that seems cool. By any chance would my original Thompson do? Even though it wasnt able to handle the 360MB coming in? If daisy chained off the VM Hub will that work? If not will get a decent one in PC world
Cheers for Input :cool: