Need to get new ADSL router

Forums › LAN (ethernet/Wifi/routers/Bluetooth) › Need to get new ADSL router

jevvv

some call me @jevvv
658 posts

Ultimate Geek

Retired Mod

ID Verified

Trusted

Lifetime subscriber

#70593 27-Oct-2010 11:02

Living in the boonies of north Rodney (Warkworth) we get iffy power and phone at times, which means my D-Link G604T router is finally in need of replacing. Yes I checked with my ISP on how it's doing and they confirm this.

The only place I can pick up anything useful is DSE in town.

So what should I be looking at? We need 4 ports (home network) and I'd like to get something where I can monitor the port activity - throughput, since we have students boarding with us and they tend to hog the monthly data allowance.

Any suggestions? Something reliable but not really expensive please ;)

<- don't ask me where I am - I haven't a clue: its a tech thing ;)
Housewife computerer: not particularly great at either.
And don't take me too seriously.

1 | 2 | 3

2566 posts

Uber Geek

#396181 27-Oct-2010 11:29

You could get a D-link and install dd-wrt/tomato it.. although you might want to check the site for compatible models, etc.

While you're there, you should pick up a UPS. The APC or Dynamix ones have worked for me so far.

muppet

2570 posts

Uber Geek

Trusted

#396187 27-Oct-2010 11:33

I just bought a Netgear dg834g. Make sure to get the v4, with the Broadcom chipset. You can install a custom firmware for it from here: http://dgteam.ilbello.com/

I know where you can get them off the shelf for $90

ADSL2+, 802.11g

Very good, runs linux, supports SNMP, you can tweak lots of ADSL settings if you so desire. You can monitor it with RouterStats:http://www.vwlowen.co.uk/internet/files.htm

Audiophiles are such twits! They buy such pointless stuff: Gold plated cables, $2000 power cords. Idiots.

OOOHHHH HYPERFIBRE!

jevvv

some call me @jevvv
658 posts

Ultimate Geek

Retired Mod

ID Verified

Trusted

Lifetime subscriber

#396189 27-Oct-2010 11:39

Thanks - looking into that now.

Tips on finding out more about dd-wrt and Tomato?

<- don't ask me where I am - I haven't a clue: its a tech thing ;)
Housewife computerer: not particularly great at either.
And don't take me too seriously.

kyhwana2

2566 posts

Uber Geek

#396203 27-Oct-2010 12:11

jevvv: Thanks - looking into that now.

Tips on finding out more about dd-wrt and Tomato?

http://www.dd-wrt.com/site/index and http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Tomato_Firmware#Supported_devices

jevvv

some call me @jevvv
658 posts

Ultimate Geek

Retired Mod

ID Verified

Trusted

Lifetime subscriber

#458678 14-Apr-2011 12:53

Thanks for the links kyhwana2.

Well it's taking a while for me to get there, but hopefully this week we'll be getting a new modem/router.

As usual the issues in this house are that we have international students using the home network to access the internet. I'm still flabbergasted that HOME modem/routers don't routinely come with built in user bandwith monitoring... surely there are thousands of people flatting/boarding etc who need this sort of service :)

... at very reasonable modem/router prices!!!

<- don't ask me where I am - I haven't a clue: its a tech thing ;)
Housewife computerer: not particularly great at either.
And don't take me too seriously.

Ragnor

8223 posts

Uber Geek

Trusted

#458828 14-Apr-2011 16:51

jevvv: Thanks for the links kyhwana2.

Well it's taking a while for me to get there, but hopefully this week we'll be getting a new modem/router.

As usual the issues in this house are that we have international students using the home network to access the internet. I'm still flabbergasted that HOME modem/routers don't routinely come with built in user bandwith monitoring... surely there are thousands of people flatting/boarding etc who need this sort of service :)

... at very reasonable modem/router prices!!!

Most countries have unmetered internet services without usage monitoring so they don't need monitoring.

Oceania is at a unique disadvantage in that we consume a large amount of US based content rather than local content and we are very very far away.

jevvv

some call me @jevvv
658 posts

Ultimate Geek

Retired Mod

ID Verified

Trusted

Lifetime subscriber

#458844 14-Apr-2011 17:06

Yes, you're right Ragnor, kind of like our tv programming is loaded with overseas stuff, eh?

But the function is still very useful in a shared house- even if it is to do a proportional split on the "rental" aspect of the connection... the big user pays big, the small user pays small

I think I think too much ;)

<- don't ask me where I am - I haven't a clue: its a tech thing ;)
Housewife computerer: not particularly great at either.
And don't take me too seriously.

Quic Broadband

Move to New Zealand's best fibre broadband service (affiliate link). Free setup code: R587125ERQ6VE. Note that to use Quic Broadband you must be comfortable with configuring your own router.

jevvv

some call me @jevvv
658 posts

Ultimate Geek

Retired Mod

ID Verified

Trusted

Lifetime subscriber

#462718 26-Apr-2011 19:59

Ok. I am now the proud owner of a TP-Link TD 8840 modem and a TP-Link TL WR1043ND router.

They both seem to work.

Home configuration is my computer plugged through the home wired network into a port on the back of the modem; the router is fed through the home wired network to a position upstairs where all the 8 inch steel-reinforced concrete walls don't get in the way (top of the stairwell)

Problem: I can't access the other computers - previously I could. (D-Link modem/router and Linksys AP - both in the positions the new equipment is now) This also means that hubby can't print. The printer is plugged into my computer and previously it was accessable, now isn't

I know this is all VERY BASIC!!! But my brain has turned to mush, so please help me sort it out

Thanks guys - you really are awesome!

<- don't ask me where I am - I haven't a clue: its a tech thing ;)
Housewife computerer: not particularly great at either.
And don't take me too seriously.

kyhwana2

2566 posts

Uber Geek

#462725 26-Apr-2011 20:06

Are you using the LAN port or the WAN port in the router plugged into the modem?

jevvv

some call me @jevvv
658 posts

Ultimate Geek

Retired Mod

ID Verified

Trusted

Lifetime subscriber

#462731 26-Apr-2011 20:26

Ooooo - I'll have to go check - duh me!

<- don't ask me where I am - I haven't a clue: its a tech thing ;)
Housewife computerer: not particularly great at either.
And don't take me too seriously.

jevvv

some call me @jevvv
658 posts

Ultimate Geek

Retired Mod

ID Verified

Trusted

Lifetime subscriber

#462746 26-Apr-2011 21:14

WAN port on router is plugged in to modem

<- don't ask me where I am - I haven't a clue: its a tech thing ;)
Housewife computerer: not particularly great at either.
And don't take me too seriously.

kyhwana2

2566 posts

Uber Geek

#462753 26-Apr-2011 21:22

Login to the router and disable DHCP and plug the modem into one of the router's LAN ports, it sounds like your modem is already doing NAT/DHCP/etc (router stuff)

jevvv

some call me @jevvv
658 posts

Ultimate Geek

Retired Mod

ID Verified

Trusted

Lifetime subscriber

#462764 26-Apr-2011 21:39

Fabulous!

It WORKS! :D

Thanks!!!

<- don't ask me where I am - I haven't a clue: its a tech thing ;)
Housewife computerer: not particularly great at either.
And don't take me too seriously.

kyhwana2

2566 posts

Uber Geek

#462770 26-Apr-2011 21:48

jevvv: Fabulous!

It WORKS! :D

Thanks!!!

No problem :) That's a common mistake people make.

jevvv

some call me @jevvv
658 posts

Ultimate Geek

Retired Mod

ID Verified

Trusted

Lifetime subscriber

#462851 27-Apr-2011 08:11

Yeah - my not having used a separate router before is why I hadn't learned it earlier.

<- don't ask me where I am - I haven't a clue: its a tech thing ;)
Housewife computerer: not particularly great at either.
And don't take me too seriously.

1 | 2 | 3