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then the measuring system is insufficient or there is a fault on the wired connection, it doesn't take much to realise that the level of encryption and compression on a wifi vs a wired connection cannot happen instantaneuosly.

The settings arent as comprehensive as the ones you quoted, but I think you are mistaken with them being direct competitors; at launch they were double the price of the TPL variants this is based on; and the Asus had loads of problems that made them very unstable for over a year after launch. As for weak wifi, it is a mantra I've kept hearing in reviews of TPL gear, going back a decade; but is it? I can connect to my parents Archer VR200 AC750 (the baby of the range) from 200 metres away; across a busy road, a carpark, and a childrens play area filled with metal climbing frames - bog standard set up and a cheap Xiaomi phone

I measured it in-game, over a couple of hours; game pings vary quite a lot (connection to a US server), but the min ping was the same for both. Also tested static to a local ping test server and also the same results over multiple tests with both. YES radio interference can affect Wifi, I had it myself with older "Draft N" gear, but then it was a very severe problem that also took out TV AND radio. So yes, if you get a lot of local RF noise, Wifi isnt the best, but no, the actual latency, ping etc under normal conditions was the same. OLDER routers with older chipsets DID have an issue with the wifi connection latency being higher than ethernet; which is where all this "wifi is no good for gaming" came from.

I had one and yes it was reliable, however the software is very limited in what you could do with it compared to on paper and at launch price direct competitors, eg Netgear R7000 and Asus A68U. Apart from the very early ones there's, or at least was, very little you can do about it as flashing with something more useful gives you a good chance of ending up with a brick. Wifi was also surprisingly weak compared to the R7000 that replaced it.

Ethernet

Really no need to bring colour into it mate.

Going to wait for black Friday as on the look out for a good router. By the comments above doesn't sound like this is the one.

I'm in the market for a new access point but there's a lot of reviews suggesting that this is a bit of a dog. Sadly a poor product, sold cheaply, is still a poor product.

No his deal went cold, was that not clear.. I'm surprised so many people didn't know what I was referring to.. :/

Did he die or sutin?

I just ended up buying this router. https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B07C8DNJZL?psc=1&ref=yo_pop_mb_pd_title It is pretty cheap and obviously not as good as ones others have mentioned but seems to be fine. Any views on this model?

Ditto the ASUS RT AC 86u. I have one and its awesome. it is the best router you can buy under £200 in terms of performance and features.

Can’t comment on this particular router, but I’ve had many netgear, linksys, drink and tplink routers in the past, all with problems. Now using an asus ac86 and wish I had paid the extra for asus years ago. Absolutely rock solid, doesn’t require rebooting once a week like most others (daily for a couple of the linksys ones), can handle loads of connections (both physical and ip connections) without getting choked, has a fast enough processor for vpn, rock solid WiFi, and can be expanded using other asus products to create a mesh network. I am of the opinion that it’s probably the best router money can buy, short of going for enterprise grade kit.

Some one should contact Frontier Developments, someone has stolen the Cobra Mk3 design!

Does this have any form of QoS packet prioritizing like 'Killer'. It's a must have for gaming.

Great to make your old style hive hub wireless

I've got the older version of this, and it's great! We only have ethernet into our office, so I bought one of these, and can connect wirelessly to the network no problem!

I have Virgin so I have to connect my Virgin box to my Virgin router. Which means it needs to be close to the tv. I have multiple smart hubs connected to it. Taking space at the tv. can I plug this in the hall way and plug 2 hubs into it? Just to save space round the tv? or possibly under the stairs or will that give the hubs a poor signal

as said above, depends on how weak it is, as if it cannot pick up the signal it cannot boost it. i ended up using the TPLink wireless power line adapter for another room as the wireless signal just wasn't strong enough to boost. the TPLink power line kit i used allowed me to clone the existing wifi setup. then using an Ethernet cable from router to power line in the front room, this connected to the wireless extender in the bedroom (which had been cloned so looked like the existing setup) connected and just worked. so i have 1 ssid between 2 AP's using the power lines. sounds like hard work, but once you get your head around it, worked really well. and the signal is really strong thoughout the house now

To be clear, any data sent to this device will be sent over wifi from this device to your home router. That means if the signal is weak in that area this device will offer no benefit, it's using the same wifi signal you would be if you connected your device to your home router's wifi network. The one advantage it may have is that it's a dedicated device so can have better bigger antennas than for instance those found in your mobile phone. As for using this as a wifi client and having it provide connectivity to other devices over ethernet, yup that'd work.

For those who don't want to spend that much. rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F283047811955 Original Xiaomi WiFi 3G Router Extender Repeater 1167Mbps 2.4G 5GHz Dual Band Wi-fi 128MB Flash ROM 256MB Support APP Control http://s.aliexpress.com/qaeIjaEn

I think you should have gone to specsavers😏

I can tell the difference

Looks decent and can be setup with a vpn! perfect!!! https://www.ipvanish.com/vpn-setup/routers/#dd-wrt

Received it today. Very impressed (going in with very low expectation). :) Wifi speed went from 30MB to about 73MB (out of 76). Now I have 3 APs (5Ghz, 2.4Ghz, and Guest). Will put Alexa onto 2.4, everything else needing speed onto 5Ghz.

Ah, I had this router and it was not all that. It functions as a wired router pretty well, but for wireless it kinds sucks and the usb port on it is pretty useless. It can only handle 500 or 5000 files (cant remember exactly its been a year since i used it) but it would always crash every time that i treid to load something from a drive.

Interestingly yodal tried to deliver today. Couldn't find the address as usual. (lol) Hope to get it tomorrow.

Maybe, I was under the impression that powerline adapters don't work well across different rings but apparently they actually do! I'll pick up some powerline adapters, thank you for prompting me to take another look at them.

Wouldn't powerline be better for that than wifi (unless you have electrically noisy mains appliances, which could degrade performance), such as the gigabit ones posted earlier (unfortunately only one port and no wifi AP) https://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/tenda-ph3-powerline-av1000-gigabit-powerline-adapter-kit-pair-2294-delivered-box-3066729

Can you pick these up in store?

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Template-Kitchen-Bedroom-Bathroom-Mounting/dp/B00OZMIQK0/ref=sr_1_32?ie=UTF8&qid=1538575509&sr=8-32&keywords=hinge+drill+bit+set Buy this and a F bit

Some very helpful replies in here helping edanfalls out. How kind.

I think it will be ok for that mate. It is small and accurate, its ability to plunge properly with speed will be its deciding factor.

It's a similar price for just the jig, but you can get jigs specifically for this purpose, that come with their own forstner bit. They work with a standard power drill. If that's all you need it for, it'll probably do a better job - worked really well for me and lets you easily get them in exactly the right place etc.

You just need a router. The fiber broadband modem will be fine but you can use it in "Modem" mode (tells the modem to not broadcast a wireless signal) and connect one port from the back of it to your new router. You can use just a router or if you decide to buy a modem/router you will need to switch it to Bridged mode which tells the modem/router that it only needs to work as a router and the internet connection will be coming from the Zen modem that it's connected to.

not sure how to find this option?

Does your modem/router have a modem mode? That would be simpler

Maybe a silly question but I have fibre broadband with Zen, my router is an Asus Ac68u Modem router! I have a big problem with the wifi dropping out and i'm looking for a better router! Does it have to be a Modem Router or just a Router and what is the best most reliable ones out there please

Went to Argos on Sunday to pick one up. However after half an hour of being messed about they said they couldn't find it,looks like I had a lucky escape. Went to Currys yesterday and after some debating and somewhat reluctance got them to price match. So far so good, no dropped connections, very solid. Connection has improved and no longer getting dropped connections like I was with the Openreach modem on Plusnet. However someone could have mentioned that this thing is Humongous! Why so big? (shock)

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whats bad about this one? budget is £100 ish if you suggest anything

I ask cos I'm on BT 52mb and we use loads of devices inc Sam knows white box. Connection speed magnificent around house also using just normal BT router

Do you reallllyyyy notice £100's difference?

I've had this nighthawk with cfw running my entire house hold. The kids 4 tablets mine and the wife's phones. Smart home assistant and Nvidia shield running premium IPTV 24/7. Consoles and numerous other devices on a daily base it never skips a beat I had one crash in 3 years and it was down to virgin media coming out or modem mode. I highly recommend it and the circle app for it is excellent being able to turn of internet per device at will great for limiting the kids screen time.

Good luck finding one as it's OOS everywhere

Yes your correct the amazon link is for the 3c version which i wouldn't bother with. the aliexpress link seems to be for the 3g version by the specs, but is titled just 3, but it is the English version which is nice, no problem with the Chinese version which i have, as I just use the app to set up the router which comes in English, you can also use translate in chrome once set up.

That's about £33 delivered from the FE. Get it from Amazon instead for under £25 in a few days: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Xiaomi-MI-ROUTER-3C-Spec/dp/B078HPWPS1/ - my bad, it's not the same one, is it? Just over £22 delivered from Aliepress - this appears to be the same one? https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Original-English-Version-Xiaomi-Mi-Router-3-2-4-5G-1167Mbps-128M-ROM-RAM-4-Antennas/32873433721.html I've heard it doesn't work with all ISP-supplied routers, so definitely get it from Amazon for the easy returns at the very least!

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Xiaomi-Mi-Router-3G-WiFi-Router-1167Mbps-Dual-Band-2-4-5GHz-128MB-ROM-4-Antennas/302563493917?epid=8011317139&hash=item467230881d:g:GVgAAOSwBkRaMKYO if you can wait

there`s not many scenarios where the average user needs gigabit speed ports

No Gigabit ports :(

No worries! (y)

D'oh, didn't think it would be that simple! - cheers!

You tried TELSEP18?

Darn, see the voucher's expired now :(

Can Ton connect switch to bt home disk