I had a Netgear DGN2000 router, and was having all sorts of problems - my MacBook and MacBook Pro would drop the WiFi connection frequently, then when I tried to reconnect I was getting "Connection timeout" and "Invalid password" repeatedly, and eventually, after pressing "OK" 10 or 12 times, it would connect.
I was also having major problems trying to print to my WiFi Lexmark printer (took forever to print, connection errors, etc), so I replaced it with an HP WiFi printer, but have the same problems.
I tried changing WiFi channel, changing from WPA2 to WPA, moved the router into the same room as the computers, etc, no luck. I eventually thought it must be a faulty router, and decided to buy a brand new one (good excuse to upgrade to one with Gigabit Ethernet anyway!).
I plumped for a brand new Netgear DGN3500, set it all up, and am having more or less the same problems - i.e. WiFi connection dropping frequently, having to re-input password, etc.
I decided to move away from Netgear and thought "I'll return the DGN3500 to Amazon and swap it for a different brand". Trouble is, reading the reviews of other brands on Amazon (Linksys, Belkin, etc), there are always about 10-20% of reviews report connection problems like I was having with the Netgear!
So my question is, can anyone recommend a good router, in the UK, that they've had no problems with?
My requirements are:
1) 802.11b/g/n
2) Gigabit Ethernet ports
3) Ability to manually assign static IP addresses to my devices (I had a Belkin N1 Vision which didn't allow this)
4) Not Netgear (I have nothing against them, have always used them, I just need to try another brand to see if it helps)
On my network I have:
MacBook Pro (wireless)
MacBook (wireless)
Windows 7 laptop (wireless)
iPhone 4 (wireless)
2 x iPhone 3G S (wireless)
HP printer (wireless)
iPad (wireless)
Wii (wireless)
Xbox 360 (now wired, as I was having Xbox Live problems with WiFi)
PlayStation 3 (now wired, as I was having PSN problems with WiFi)
I was also having major problems trying to print to my WiFi Lexmark printer (took forever to print, connection errors, etc), so I replaced it with an HP WiFi printer, but have the same problems.
I tried changing WiFi channel, changing from WPA2 to WPA, moved the router into the same room as the computers, etc, no luck. I eventually thought it must be a faulty router, and decided to buy a brand new one (good excuse to upgrade to one with Gigabit Ethernet anyway!).
I plumped for a brand new Netgear DGN3500, set it all up, and am having more or less the same problems - i.e. WiFi connection dropping frequently, having to re-input password, etc.
I decided to move away from Netgear and thought "I'll return the DGN3500 to Amazon and swap it for a different brand". Trouble is, reading the reviews of other brands on Amazon (Linksys, Belkin, etc), there are always about 10-20% of reviews report connection problems like I was having with the Netgear!
So my question is, can anyone recommend a good router, in the UK, that they've had no problems with?
My requirements are:
1) 802.11b/g/n
2) Gigabit Ethernet ports
3) Ability to manually assign static IP addresses to my devices (I had a Belkin N1 Vision which didn't allow this)
4) Not Netgear (I have nothing against them, have always used them, I just need to try another brand to see if it helps)
On my network I have:
MacBook Pro (wireless)
MacBook (wireless)
Windows 7 laptop (wireless)
iPhone 4 (wireless)
2 x iPhone 3G S (wireless)
HP printer (wireless)
iPad (wireless)
Wii (wireless)
Xbox 360 (now wired, as I was having Xbox Live problems with WiFi)
PlayStation 3 (now wired, as I was having PSN problems with WiFi)
