[General Maximus]

in an ideal world yes, but you get what you pay for and when VM bang stuff out for free it doesn't always work properly. Although shub1 was made on the cheap, I think it cost VM in the long run indirectly because the number of complaints and tech support calls they had (especially about wireless) must have been unreal. Shub2 has gone a long way to address those issues but you still can't beat buying your own proper router. As an extension of what I suggested earlier, not only could you/ I have bought an additional router to extend my wireless range throughout my house, I also bought a new router (first) simply to act as my primary router and put the shub in modem mode (I have actually been doing it since before shub's existed). Routers have many features and if you are going to use multiple media devices on your network then you need to have decent equipment which can support them. As an example, you mentioned you had Sky, and I also have media players and bluray players in addition to my tablets etc. All of those devices have apps on them and will require access to resources on the internet. I don't like the idea of having to rely on VM's DNS servers to make sure all the devices which I use and enjoy work properly. Sooooo, I use a proper router where I can statically set my own DNS servers (which you cant do on the shub) and then that information is handed down to each device through dhcp and everything works absolutely super duper spiffingly great. (shub's have also been known to throw tantrums when too many devices start accessing the network simultaneously and try doing different things at the same time).