new router

[Prokart2000]

Hi guys 

im having to restart my bt hub 3 everyday now to make it work and ive had enough

can you suggest some routers that could replace it and give a bigger wireless area (only cos of ps4, pc is ethernet!)

any help appreciated!

Thanks

Pro 

[Prokart2000]

Price range? wifi AC? and do you want to use powerline? I like powerline.

im going to use wifi and ethernet and around £40-60

[Prokart2000]

Do you want wifi AC or just bgn? and personaly I like powerline compared to wifi. i think it is more reliable and delivers a faster speed(in my experience). as a cheaper option I have had a good experience with the TP-link WR1043ND I has taken a serious beating at our lanpartys. But you will need to replace the powersupply/transformer because I fried mine with in hours and it almost set it self on fire. But the router is fine. gigabit with a decent to great wifi range and USB

whats the different between ac and bgn

[Prokart2000]

I updated the video... but wifi ac is a new ish standard with a shorter range but faster speeds. compared to the other-standards wif ac only works with devices that work on the 5G range. but wifi AC routers will also have the 2.4G range or bgn and all devices would all work on that standard. Make sense?

i just want one that works well can have about 6 devices on (rarely) and can use wireless and etherent with good range, could you list some good ones?

[Eniqmatic]

Hi guys 

im having to restart my bt hub 3 everyday now to make it work and ive had enough

can you suggest some routers that could replace it and give a bigger wireless area (only cos of ps4, pc is ethernet!)

any help appreciated!

Thanks

Pro 

Are you on infinity or just normal broadband?

[Prokart2000]

Are you on infinity or just normal broadband?

infinity

[Eniqmatic]

infinity

What speeds? I assume FTTC?

[Prokart2000]

What speeds? I assume FTTC?

iget get 75mbps on ethernet but when my router messes up it goes really low speeds and really high ping and i dont have a clue what fttc means

[Eniqmatic]

iget get 75mbps on ethernet but when my router messes up it goes really low speeds and really high ping and i dont have a clue what fttc means

Fibre to the Cabinet

 

Have you got another OpenReach modem before your router? Should be a white square box and has the openreach modem on top?

[Prokart2000]

Fibre to the Cabinet

 

Have you got another OpenReach modem before your router? Should be a white square box and has the openreach modem on top?

yeah i think it says stuff like LAN 1 and LAN2 on it

[Prokart2000]

Fibre to the Cabinet

 

Have you got another OpenReach modem before your router? Should be a white square box and has the openreach modem on top?

it has a red cable from it too 

[Prokart2000]

any suggestions?

[techguru]

asus ac56u

or 66u

[Prokart2000]

asus ac56u

or 66u

ok i will look

[Prokart2000]

asus ac56u

or 66u

how would i hook that up to bt infinity though

[techguru]

make the bt hub a dumb modem..connect it to the asus router and connect everything to the asus router

[Prokart2000]

make the bt hub a dumb modem..connect it to the asus router and connect everything to the asus router

i have a open reach modem like this

[techguru]

same deal

make the modem a dumb router with no routing or wifi

[Prokart2000]

same deal

make the modem a dumb router with no routing or wifi

can you explain how i would do that, im good with computers but not networking

[techguru]

in the modems settings

if it has a bridge mode..thats what you want to set it to

if no bridge mode..then you can still config it as a basic modem

[Eniqmatic]

yeah i think it says stuff like LAN 1 and LAN2 on it

 

Yeah cool, should be a HG612. 

 

I would flash and unlock the firmware on it to get better more reliable speeds and take advantage of G.INP. I've done this and internet is so much more reliable and slightly faster but much more consistant speeds too.

 

But onto the main problem, by another router, then use the router to dial the connection through the OpenReach HG612 using PPPoE.

[Prokart2000]

Yeah cool, should be a HG612. 

 

I would flash and unlock the firmware on it to get better more reliable speeds and take advantage of G.INP. I've done this and internet is so much more reliable and slightly faster but much more consistant speeds too.

 

But onto the main problem, by another router, then use the router to dial the connection through the OpenReach HG612 using PPPoE.

god that sounds confusing, could you go into to detail (im a noob) thanks

[techguru]

decide on the router...(asus ac66u/ac56u)

buy it

then  make a new post and ask how to set it up

[Eniqmatic]

god that sounds confusing, could you go into to detail (im a noob) thanks

 

What's the model number of your white modem? Should be a ECI or Huawei, but can you post a picture of the label on the bottom or the part number?

 

Out of interest why do you need to restart your HH3 is it the internet that drops from it or you can't connect to the WiFi?