Basic networking help

[AinsleyHarriot539]

I currently have a Billion BiPAC 7404VGO this was provided by the ISP several years ago. As you can guess its time for an upgrade I need very good wireless capabilities as most devices connected to it will be laptops and phones. The price range I'm looking at is around $200-$400 AUD. The other requirement is that it needs to support ADSL, ADSL+2 and all varients. As you can guess I'm quite new to networking. Would I need a modem / router unit or can i just use a router by itself. Thanks for your assistance.

[dzonidev]

Something like a Nighthawk would be overkill right now, but would very well age.

https://www.amazon.com/NETGEAR-Nighthawk-AC1900-Non-cable-D7000-100NAS/dp/B0111MRL4S/

 

There is also a cheaper variant.

https://www.amazon.com/NETGEAR-AC1600-WiFi-Modem-Router/dp/B01BG8AOH8/

 

The reason for choosing these models is that they support ADSL, ADSL 2, ADSL 2+, VDSL, VDSL 2. And if at any point you move to another service provider it has Ethernet WAN support.

 

TP-Link has a few offerings, but they are either compatible with VDSL or ADSL.

https://www.amazon.com/TP-Link-Archer-D7-Wireless-1300Mbps/dp/B00IU85YE6/

 

Either of these will work for you very well.

[CookieMaster]

How many devices are you gonna have on the netowork? How many lf them are wireless? 

[AinsleyHarriot539]

1 hour ago, CookieMaster said:

How many devices are you gonna have on the netowork? How many lf them are wireless? 

I have about 5 tablets and phones and 4 computers all over wireless. I would had put the computers on cat 6 wired but i cant put holes in walls and cant run a 12m cable through my house. Any other recommendations?

[AinsleyHarriot539]

2 hours ago, dzonidev said:

There is also a cheaper variant.

https://www.amazon.com/NETGEAR-AC1600-WiFi-Modem-Router/dp/B01BG8AOH8/

 

The reason for choosing these models is that they support ADSL, ADSL 2, ADSL 2+, VDSL, VDSL 2. And if at any point you move to another service provider it has Ethernet WAN support.

 

I just want to confirm this before I purchase the D6400 due to its price. If I just use the DSL port with a splitter would i be able to connect to the internet or would I need to use the Internet Port? I apologise for the dumb question but I just want to confirm this before I buy it.

[Guest]

If you're happy spending bang on the budget of $400, an Edgerouter Lite, UAP-AC-Pro and a TD-8817 or similar modem in bridge mode would do it.

[dzonidev]

2 hours ago, AinsleyHarriot539 said:

I just want to confirm this before I purchase the D6400 due to its price. If I just use the DSL port with a splitter would i be able to connect to the internet or would I need to use the Internet Port? I apologise for the dumb question but I just want to confirm this before I buy it.

No you don't need to use the internet port. If you have DSL, plug it into the DSL and configure the login details your ISP gave you. The WAN port is there if at some point you decide to switch to cable, then you would have a cable modem which you would have to plug into the WAN port.