What decent wireless router for i buy for ~£40? - Page 2

Burble · 25-11-2009, 23:37

Apparently the WRT54GL will happily route 50Mbit when it has had Tomato installed on it. I'm yet to try it though as my WRT was getting a bit iffy but I'd much rather use the WRT than the Netgear that Virgin Media supplied.

Zico · 26-11-2009, 00:28

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Originally Posted by Burble

Apparently the WRT54GL will happily route 50Mbit when it has had Tomato installed on it. I'm yet to try it though as my WRT was getting a bit iffy but I'd much rather use the WRT than the Netgear that Virgin Media supplied.

Hmm

If that is the case then I will hang onto when I've got the thumbs up on the install and order one. Prices online are ~£45 which is the same as the TP-Link TL-WR541G that vFast ask for pre-configured (cheap but cheerful router apparently).

Burble · 26-11-2009, 11:03

If I get some time tonight I'll put my WRT54GL back in and see what throughput I can get from it.

Burble · 27-11-2009, 15:15

I put my WRT54GL running Tomato 1.25 back in use and it wouldn't go past about 25Mbit/sec. I upgraded it to 1.26 and still, 25Mbit/sec.

Shame! I'm going to look into these LITX based machines and try out M0n0wall and/or pFsense.

LeperousDust · 27-11-2009, 17:49

Yeah the old school WRT's really are getting long in the tooth i guess which is why i was trying to find other things, wish i'd bought that buffalo while it was cheap, apart from built in aerials i'd imagine its fine. http://gdgt.com/buffalo/nfiniti/whr-g300n/review/1x3/ The quick user review here would assume so to me, i'm still umming and ahhing over buying it now its back down to £32 on Amazon, its not that bad i guess. Most importantly i get a warranty as well!

Burble · 27-11-2009, 17:52

It's a real shame there isn't a more up to date version as the WRT platform is fantastic!

Zico · 27-11-2009, 20:02

Got the WRT54GL in the end.

Got our vFast install fitted but yet to hook it up to the router. If the 25mb service is made available then I will wait and see if it's worth the extra to upgrade.

Paying £24.99 per month for the upto 10mb down and 2mb up service at the moment.

27-11-2009, 17:49	#15
LeperousDust Bananaman Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Liverpool/Edinburgh Posts: 4,817	Yeah the old school WRT's really are getting long in the tooth i guess which is why i was trying to find other things, wish i'd bought that buffalo while it was cheap, apart from built in aerials i'd imagine its fine. http://gdgt.com/buffalo/nfiniti/whr-g300n/review/1x3/ The quick user review here would assume so to me, i'm still umming and ahhing over buying it now its back down to £32 on Amazon, its not that bad i guess. Most importantly i get a warranty as well! __________________

27-11-2009, 20:02	#17
Zico Shacked up with the Archbishop Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Canterbury Posts: 378	Got the WRT54GL in the end. Got our vFast install fitted but yet to hook it up to the router. If the 25mb service is made available then I will wait and see if it's worth the extra to upgrade. Paying £24.99 per month for the upto 10mb down and 2mb up service at the moment. __________________ 360 Blog - My Flickr - TopCashBack Link

25-11-2009, 23:37	#11
Burble Rocket Fuel Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 7,826	Apparently the WRT54GL will happily route 50Mbit when it has had Tomato installed on it. I'm yet to try it though as my WRT was getting a bit iffy but I'd much rather use the WRT than the Netgear that Virgin Media supplied.

26-11-2009, 11:03	#13
Burble Rocket Fuel Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 7,826	If I get some time tonight I'll put my WRT54GL back in and see what throughput I can get from it.

27-11-2009, 15:15	#14
Burble Rocket Fuel Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 7,826	I put my WRT54GL running Tomato 1.25 back in use and it wouldn't go past about 25Mbit/sec. I upgraded it to 1.26 and still, 25Mbit/sec. Shame! I'm going to look into these LITX based machines and try out M0n0wall and/or pFsense.

27-11-2009, 17:52	#16
Burble Rocket Fuel Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 7,826	It's a real shame there isn't a more up to date version as the WRT platform is fantastic!