[resander]

Thanks for all info.

THE TENDA N60
The spec of the Tenda N60 is impressive (see end of this post). It is available at ebuyer.co.uk for £34 including postage, overclockers.co.uk for £53 and and amazon.co.uk (sold by QualityInks an amazon merchant) for £68. There are a few single-sentence reviews at ebuyer.co.uk, no reviews at overclockers and one 2-star review at amazon. This:

+++ start amazon review +++
Hard to recommend - firmware flawed and unit is very restrictive, 14 Jan 2013
By
TR (Northampton, UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: TENDA N60 300MBPS W/L BB Router DUAL (Personal Computers)
Firmware prevents more than 16 MAC filtered addresses. Other settings were similarly restricted. Looks like the number of wireless clients is capped. If so, this should be disclosed.

There's no way to import/export client by list. Settings are not designed for bulk or quick input. For example, you have to tab five times to store a single MAC address - well-meant perhaps - but makes real-world input and revision incredibly long-winded and laborious.

Some of the entries and settings did not seem to store consistently.
Once we came across the client-cap we stopped investigating.
Summary: Not used due to client-capping and poor interface design.
Might work in Mr Lonesome's house...
+++ end amazon review ++++

I don't remember ever having to specify MAC addresses to a router - only IP addreses if the router is to be used as a firewall, but we don't need one.
What is the significance the 'client-capping' mentioned in the review by TR (Northampton). We are five in the household. If client-capping means the number of users then there would be no problem. On the Superhub (and other routers I have seen) one would select security mode and password once only and that is about it for all of us. Then each user would specify password for the connection via Ubuntu/Windows for desktops/laptops and via Android for phones and tablets and this would be 'remembered' by each OS, so I don't understand what the reviewer is concerned about.

newegg.com in US also sells the Tenda N60 (ca $40) and 6 reviewers is giving it 4 eggs out of 5. However, most of the reviewers report that the Tenda quickly gets very hot. That is alarming because we want to have Internet on tap 24 hours a day without having to worry about fire risks during the night.

qasdfdsaq:
Do you agree with TR's amazon review?
Did you notice the Tenda getting hot? Did the wifi distance range get significantly better with the Tenda? Are you still using the Tenda?

GrimUpNorth & thenry:
I got a basic Belkin router 2007 for use with the Virgin modem at 10mbs. I don't think it would have worked at speeds 30mbs and higher. Gave it away.

Did the Asus RT-N56U and Asus RT-N66U solve all your wifi problems? Especially wifi range problems if you had any?

Wifi range is important to us, more so than speed. We only need useable steady wifi in all rooms.


Ken
P.S.
Tenda N60 spec in plain text:
Hardware Features
Standards
2.4GHz: IEEE802.11n, IEEE802.11g, IEEE 802.11b;
5.0GHz: IEEE 802.11n, IEEE 802.11a; IEEE802.3, IEEE802.3u, IEEE802.3ab
Interface 1*10/100M LAN/WAN (interchangeable) port
Antenna Internal high performance, omni-directional antenna
Button 1*Reset 1*Mode
Power Input: AC 100-240V～50/60Hz 0.3A;
Output: DC 12V1A.
Temperature Operating Humidity: 0℃ ~ 40℃;
Storage Temperature: -40℃ ~ 70℃.
Humidity Operating Humidity:10% ~ 90% RH non-condensing;
Storage Humidity: 5% ~ 90%RH non-condensing.

Dimensions (L*W*H) mm 171.6mm*111.2mm*25.5mm
LED USB, WAN, IPTV, LAN (1, 2, 3), 2.4GHz, 5GHz, WPS, Power/SYS
Transmission Media Twisted-pair, WiFi

Wireless Features
Wireless Speed 2.4G: 300Mbps;
5G: 300Mbps.
Frequency Works over both 2.GHz and 5GHz bands concurrently
Basic Features Wireless: Enable/Disable;
SSID Broadcast: Enable/Disable;
Band Option: 2.4GHz, 5GHz;
Channel-2.4GHz: 1-13;
Channel-5GHz: 149, 153, 157, 161, 165;
Network Mode-2.4GHz: 11b/g/n mixed (default mode),11b/g mixed, 11b, 11g;
Network Mode-5GHz: 11a/n mixed (default mode),11a;
Connection List.
Security Wireless MAC Address Filter (Wireless Access Control);
WEP,
WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK, WPA/WPA2;
Wireless Security: Enable/Disable;
WPS fast encryption.
Operating Mode Wireless Router Mode;
Wireless AP Mode;
WDS Mode.
Software Features
Internet Connection Type PPPoE;
Dynamic IP;
Static IP.
DHCP Server DHCP Server;
DHCP Client List;
DHCP Reservation.
Virtual Server Port Forwarding;
DMZ Host;
UPnP.
Security Client Filter;
MAC Filter;
URL Filter;
Access Control.
DDNS No-IP, dyndns
VPN Passthrough PPTP/L2TP Passthrough
Bandwidth Control Yes
Static Routing Yes
Logs Yes
VLAN No
Other features Flexible bandwidth control, P2P download control;
USB Sharable: storage & printing
IPTV service;
Guest Network;
MAC Clone;
Traffic Statistics;
Backup & Restore configurations
Firmware upgradeable via Web.
Others
Package Contents N60;
Power Adapter;
Quick Install Guide
Factory Defaul Settings IP Address: 192.168.0.1
Login User name/Password: admin/admin
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