Recomend me a router

[mat13]

My old thompson router seems to be losing range and being generally slow so im looking to replace, budget of 40 to 50 quid, cheaper would be preferable but i dont mind paying if theres something good to be had.

[c123]

Avoid the cheaper ones. I took a belkin ADSL router back because I thought it was broken and got a cheap netgear DGN1000 and that was just as bad. Went from a stable 5 megs to cutting out every 10 minutes the only way to solve it was to get the ISP to reduce the speed down to 1.5 megs until it was replaced. Mind you this is talktalk so who knows!

Try and tap your ISP up for a free one before buying.

[GTIR]

I've got a Netgear and it's ste.
Constantly cuts in and out, even though all the lights flash, especially on wifi.

I think it's just not compatible with Mac's or IPhones.

[mat13]

Just seen this on ebay, http://www.ebay.co.uk/ctg/Linksys-WAG160N-300-Mbps... look any good? Does it matter it that it doesnt have the little aerial things?

[Berlin Mike]

Fritz!Box 7390, or one of its lesser cousins. I find them really easy to use, all the features are reasonably logical. You can run VOIP telephones off them. I've seen them on the UK Sipgate website so I expect it's possible to get them in GB too.

[Stu R]

Apple Airport Extreme. Fantastic piece of kit, but out of your budget. Airport Express might suffice though?

[66comanche]

Have a Netgear 834 or summat, has been fine, wasnt cheap at the time - bought to replace a nasty cheapo unit which was st.

[antspants]

Who's your service provider and why aren't they replacing it?

[surveyor]

Billion.

next.

[14-7]

Slightly over budget (well double actually) but I got a Netgear N900 about 6 months ago.

It's the 4th router I've had in the last 8 years and by far the best and easiest to use.

The interface is simple and easy to use, it set itself up and it's only been powered off a few times in the time I've had it when going away for a week or so. It's never needed rebooting or anything doing to it, it just does what it says on the tin. It is also DNLA ready so you can plug in up to two external hard drivers to the router and anything on the network can access them for media etc.