Best router for Virgin 50mb
 

Hi
had 50mb for a while but want to go wireless - whats the best cable router to obtain for this?

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Anything wrong with the one you got?

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Didn't you receive the free wireless router when you started on the 50mb tier, personally I don't rate the free ones vm offer 50mb customers but others may disagree.

Ive tried the netgear WNR2000 and the D-link DIR-615 one from VM both of which I had issues with, so I bought a Cisco/linksys WRT610N, as its a simultaneous dual band wireless N device so is pretty future proof, it seems to cope well with everything I can chuck at it, the wireless range is good, as I have mine set to medium power and the playstation 3 upstairs still get a 100% signal strength.

It depends on what you plan on doing with your wireless connection, if its just for general browsing, watching you tube etc then pretty much any wireless router will do, but if your planning on running multiple appliances, gaming etc, then you want something half decent.

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Sound advice as he is on the 50Mb tier as well.:)

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Doh! I actually forgot that I got a router and dongle when I went over to 50mbs last ear - I will give em a go - thanks guys for all your advice :)

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have 50mb broadband my wireless n netgear it keeps turning its self off from my pc 0r ps3. virgin are sending a 3 box out today can't get 50mb going through box is there a better box i could buy

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The d link does me, streaming hd as we speak

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can you get more than 20mb through the wireless box

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Yeah depends on how good a signal you have and what channel it us set to. Also it helps if your wireless device is wireless n enabled

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got 2 netgear n router virgin are sending out a d link to day

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The most I get through any wireless "G" device is about 20 to 30Mb which is ample for me, there are peeps on here who get the full 50Mb through wireless"N" devices so it is possible.

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what channel should i set it to

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Why thank you Sir :D

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Try auto first and see how it goes, if its still pants try starting at 1 and working your way up to see which channel gives you the best results

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done channel by channel still pants

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Throw a dog a bone mate, give us a clue exactly what your problems are, what kit your using, how your testing the speed etc etc, in might actually help us give you the right advice.

what do you consider pants?

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I am testing it on speednet. the problems are that i cannot get 50M through my current netgear N router

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I am testing the speed on a website given to me by virgin media engineer called Speednet. the problems are that i am not gettingn anywhere near the correct speed considering that i have paid for 50M and am normally only receiving about 20M. i am using a netgear N router.

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Are you using London server? Aberdeen can only handle 20

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A good place to start would be to set your router to only broadcast over wireless "N", then check if your (I'm presuming) laptop is actually connected via the wireless "N" standard and do a speed test to speedtest.net via the London server and see how you go from there.

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virgin are sending me a new wireless box itis being delivered today see if that work

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Ok but if your laptop or computer isn't capable of running via wireless "N" it wont make any difference, you still need to confirm if your gear is at fault dude

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my laptop and computer are both are wireless n

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Do you get the 50Mb wired? If so Id check the following...

router away from any sources of interference i.e TV/power cables,not near fish tank etc

make sure the only devices connected are "n" if you have four N devices but another at G the router will only work at G speeds I believe. Set the router to "N" only if possible

To check the best channel download something like this http://www.metageek.net/products/inssider to see if you are clashing with something on the same channel

Hope that helps

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thax for your help just put the new router on in work fine now thank you all for ur help

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could get one of these... They arnt bad...

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/201376

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Is this the best router you can up with Chris :D,

cheap as chips though

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Why does something have to be expensive to do what the user needs? Most users just want wireless connections and that will do exactly that and more.

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I am using the Virgin supplied DIR-615 and although it works fine and can get top speeds on speedtest.net, I was disapointed that it didn't have gigabit LAN ports.
I went out and bought a DIR-825 to remedy this shortfall (all of the rest of my network was running gigabit) but found that I could NOT get anywhere near 50Mb speeds with that router (best I could get was 17Mb), despite flashing different firmwares and messing with various settings for weeks on end !
I ending up flogging it on ebay and going back to the DIR-615 and full speed.

Anyone know why this would be?