TP-Link TL-WDR3600 Dual Band N600 Router + FREE wireless dongle worth £20 quid £48.92 @ Ebuyer £48.82

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  b1g1an9 months, 6 days ago1 Like #1Show comment toolsReply

  Good price for a simultaneous dual band router, most of the cheaper ones are only one band at a time.
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  Harryisme9 months, 6 days ago1 Like #2Show comment toolsReply

  Might be worth a punt, at the moment I can't use the higher frequency because all the mobiles phones in my house are 2.4Ghz only, so with ths I can set up my PC and Xbox to run at the higher frequency and it shouldn't effect the other devices.
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  Kafkaesque9 months, 6 days ago1 Like #3Show comment toolsReply

  Just be aware that range on 5Ghz is lower than on 2.4. It doesn't penetrate walls etc very well...
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  madmax6669 months, 6 days ago #4Show comment toolsReply

  very good deal voted hot
  thanks op and dont forget topcashback and maybe quidco (someone can confirm quidco)
  

  
  Edited By: madmax666 on Aug 15, 2012 20:02
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  kunyk9 months, 6 days ago #5Show comment toolsReply

  any reviews for this? mainly interested in wireless transfer speeds.
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  Goibs9 months, 6 days ago #6Show comment toolsReply

  This review is for the 4300 but very good speeds so imagine its simular http://www.legitreviews.com/article/1983/
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  b1g1an9 months, 6 days ago #7Show comment toolsReply

  From what I've read the idea of dual band routers is to use the 2.4 to connect to devices and the 5 to connect other dual band routers to extend the 2.4 signal. Obviously you can use it however you want though.
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  kunyk9 months, 6 days ago #8Show comment toolsReply

  really tempted by this one. shame there seem to be no reviews for this particular model.
  
  but for 50 quid - selling that dongle on ebay - cashback ... this still looks like a good buy.
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  Saintledger9 months, 6 days ago #9Show comment toolsReply

  Don't lie op, we all know you like it rough :p
  
  Heat
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  Shonk9 months, 6 days ago #10Show comment toolsReply

  I would wait a while the 4300 is overpriced atm in the UK
  due to not that much stock yet
  
  its £55 in the USA
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  jayjayuk12349 months, 6 days ago #11Show comment toolsReply

  shame the Tplinks use atheros chipsets, or would be good with dd-wrt for use as a repeater bridge
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  cRuNcHiE9 months, 6 days ago #12Show comment toolsReply

  jayjayuk1234

  shame the Tplinks use atheros chipsets, or would be good with dd-wrt for use as a repeater bridge

  
  
  Ddwrt works just fine on other tplink routers as I'm using it on my wr1043nd.
  
  http://www.dd-wrt.com/phpBB2/viewforum.php?f=28&sid=97d170ffe0cd94003d7fe9a479634d10
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  Goibs9 months, 6 days ago #13Show comment toolsReply

  There are several wireless and cpu chipsets we do not support (yet). Please check the following list for incompatible chipsets:
  
  TEXAS INSTRUMENTS
  MARVELL (maybe in future versions)
  Ubicom (no way, there is no Linux support available)
  Realtek
  
  Checking DDWRT forum http://www.dd-wrt.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=156445
  
  they are currently working on the 4300 which i believe is the same chipset
  

  
  Edited By: Goibs on Aug 16, 2012 08:35
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  jayjayuk12349 months, 6 days ago #14Show comment toolsReply

  cRuNcHiE

  jayjayuk1234

  shame the Tplinks use atheros chipsets, or would be good with dd-wrt for use as a repeater bridge

  
  
  Ddwrt works just fine on other tplink routers as I'm using it on my wr1043nd.
  
  http://www.dd-wrt.com/phpBB2/viewforum.php?f=28&sid=97d170ffe0cd94003d7fe9a479634d10

  
  
  Yeah,it works, but no repeater bridge mode with atheros
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  shadowdogg9 months, 6 days ago #15Show comment toolsReply

  DD-WRT not supported, what a shame. I was tempted by this price. I guess I shall have to look at getting the TL-WR104ND, my 100Mb connection is being wasted on this 100Mb router I have.
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  Pookiepoo9 months, 6 days ago #16Show comment toolsReply

  Quick question has anyone ever actually managed to get the speeds advertised on routers in general? I tried FTP on a 300mbs router and only got a transfer speed of 20mbs. If no one has ever achieved the actual speeds the manufacturers have placed on their products I will probably stick to my 300mbs.
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  jayjayuk12349 months, 6 days ago #17Show comment toolsReply

  Pookiepoo

  Quick question has anyone ever actually managed to get the speeds advertised on routers in general? I tried FTP on a 300mbs router and only got a transfer speed of 20mbs. If no one has ever achieved the actual speeds the manufacturers have placed on their products I will probably stick to my 300mbs.

  
  
  Are you comparing Megabits with Megabytes?
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  Pookiepoo9 months, 6 days ago #18Show comment toolsReply

  jayjayuk1234

  Pookiepoo

  Quick question has anyone ever actually managed to get the speeds advertised on routers in general? I tried FTP on a 300mbs router and only got a transfer speed of 20mbs. If no one has ever achieved the actual speeds the manufacturers have placed on their products I will probably stick to my 300mbs.

  
  
  Are you comparing Megabits with Megabytes?

  
  
  I think its the Megabits. I currently use Filezilla for transfers to my NAS with a netgear dgn1000 router which claims to have 300Mbps speed.
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  rash9 months, 6 days ago #19Show comment toolsReply

  Pookiepoo

  Quick question has anyone ever actually managed to get the speeds advertised on routers in general? I tried FTP on a 300mbs router and only got a transfer speed of 20mbs. If no one has ever achieved the actual speeds the manufacturers have placed on their products I will probably stick to my 300mbs.

  
  
  There is NO way you are going to get 300mbps in real life. The 802.11n protocol itself needs bandwidth for ACKs, CTS, CTR etc, then there is interference from other 2.4ghz sources. Power is inversely proportional to distance squared, so the further away you are the SNR drops like a stone.
  
  FYI my WRT610N dual band router is on the ground floor and I am in the attic, but I can still get decent signal, ~15mbps (I haven't use jperf to perform a speed test but this is a wild guess), which is not stellar but it's more than enough considering the distance and the fact that Internet is around 10meg anyway. The wrt610 does NOT have external antennas, but I have a PCI 11n card with external antennas which helps alot.
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  feelthevibe9 months, 5 days ago #20Show comment toolsReply

  This is just a router, no modem right? Can anyone recommend a Gigabit dualband ADSL router? My Belkin is absolutely terrible...

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