New router conundrumI live in the countryside and have an ADSL 2+ on a fairly noisy line about 2km from the exchange :
- Operational Mode ADSL2+
Upstream 980
Downstream 9480
SNR Margin(Upstream) 5.3
SNR Margin(Downstream) 2.3
Line Attenuation(Upstream) 23.6
Line Attenuation(Downstream) 42.5
I have been through various routers (most recently TP-Link W8980) and have found through experience that they mostly struggle to maintain as stable a connection as my Billion 7800N (good old Broadcom chipset)
I now have a job abroad, working in Africa for 3 weeks at a time. I have an internet connection and am missing my home comforts so I am considering using a VPN service to access UK webpages and we have also recently bought a number of new wireless devices which support 11ac so I would like to 'upgrade' to a router which can do this stuff.
I need to tread cautiously though, as I want maintain my good stable connection, there is also possibility in the future we will get FTTC and ideally I would like to buy a router which will support this also (although I could probably live with a bridged modem if I have to)
So my question is, can anyone recommend a good ADSL router to fit this spec?
- Broadcom ADSL modem chipset or equivalent sync performance
- 11ac wifi
- VPN server onboard
- gigabit network
It needs to be able handle a relatively large number of simutaneous devices for a home network as we have a lot of geeky stuff at home! Budget is flexible and I am open to separate router combos because I guess I can just use the 7800N in bridge mode (although its not as tidy)
I am currently looking at the
Asus DSL - AC68U but I am sturggling to find what modem chipset it has, to be honest - anyone know?
All the best
Chunks