Hi,
I'm after some advice on selecting an ADSL router with a strong signal (for a 3 floor house) that will support G & N clients and also work with ADSL2+.
There is a little background to my request - about general connection problems - that may have a bearing on any advice you give!
To elaborate in the past few weeks my connection has been dropping - up to a few times a day - and I have not been able to work out whether the problem has been caused by hardware or my phone link to the exchange.
The key points are:
- My old router (Netgear DG834G) started dropping my connection
- I ruled out all possible issues relating to my internal phone wiring by connecting the router directly into the test socket (did not fix the problem)
- I tried a different router (a
Belkin N+ F5D8635uk4A but it still dropped the connection and did not work reliably ("limited connectivity" errors) with a couple of laptops
- I tried another router (a
Linksys Cisco WAG160N) which also dropped the connection although it did work perfectly will all my wireless kit
- I finally tried yet another router (a
Netgear DGN2000) and that has maintained the connection but the signal is not quite strong enough for the whole house!
So I think I would like to replace my router (again!) with another one that is going to be strong enough to cover the whole house. While investigating this issue my research has led me to look at modem chipsets and I am wondering whether my phone line is better suited to some chipsets than others. I understand that the Netgear has a Broadcom chipset and that they are particularly well regarded. However I believe that the Linksys I tried also has a Broadcom chipset so am puzzled as to why that did not work.
Another point to consider is that I currently have an ADSL Max connection but would like to upgrade to an ADSL2+ service imminently. I am wondering whether I should bear that in mind - and in particularly the ISP I select from the options on my
LSWAN exchange - as I choose my modem just in case the chipset is not well suited to the new ISP's equipment.
Any advice as to options for new routers, or alternative steps I should consider, would be much appreciated!