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Post by wvengineer on Feb 18, 2016 10:53:31 GMT
I am thinking I will replace my wireless router soon. My current ones works fine, but all the new devices in the house over the last year or two are bogging it down. So I am looking at my options. One requirement I have is I want one with a USB 3.0 port that allows for a network file sharing drive when you plug in an external harddrive or a flash drive.
What brands are good these days? Any thing you like/don't like?
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Post by The Urban Mythbuster on Feb 18, 2016 14:41:44 GMT
Netgear Centria (Amazon price range)
$77-125 router only (any NAS device can be attached)
$250-400 with hard drive included
My brother uses it and likes, no problems found after six months of use.
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Post by silverdragon on Feb 19, 2016 7:59:11 GMT
Having problems answering this at the moment, as Netgear Good, Belkin NOT as good as they were, and others also questionable at this time, and I havnt had the time to read up on the latest product recall pages....
May I suggest you get something like the PC World reviews sections up for a read and find out who is saying what at the moment?.
As far as I know, PC World is not in favour of having sponsored reviews, as in, if they find someone is getting paid to write a review, good or bad, it will be removed.
Therefore their customer reviews are pretty much real customers.
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Post by kharnynb on Feb 22, 2016 7:31:33 GMT
asus and netgear both do good routers, as does 3com, but mostly they only sell wholesale/business.
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Post by c64 on Mar 13, 2016 10:24:50 GMT
Buy a real NAS system which is independent. You can buy inexpensive NAS adaptors which are as good as any NAS capable router.  Using a cheap router and a cheap NAS adaptor is still cheaper and better than using a medium priced router with built in NAS. A much better option is to buy yourself a decent standalone NAS.  The advantage is that you can arrange the HDDs in a RAID. If a HDD fails, you don't loose your data. Also you can upgrade the size easily by removing one HDD, plugging in a bigger one and wait until the discs have synced, then switch out the other disk. Also you can replace one HDD and keep it in a different safe place as an emergency backup. The trouble with NAS running over USB is that the NAS must assume that you plug the HDD into a computer so it must use a versatile file system like FAT32. Files larger than 4GB are usually split up and there are different strategies to do that so you might not be able to read your big files back after buying a new router or moving stuff when the HDD is plugged into a PC. Those "real" NAS systems often come with an USB port so you can plug in a flashdrive or an external HDD to get it online as well. If you don't want redundancy and save money, get a Western Digital "Mybook" NAS. It works very well and cooperates well with Smart TVs and cell phones and comes with a decent and easy to use backup solution ("Time Machine"). I rent the cheapest router from my provider. I pay 39 cents a month and when the thing breaks I can grab a new one from the provider's shop next door. I use 2 Raspberry Pi and a decent 4HDD NAS system for everything else. One PI driving the printers, vinyl cutter and feeding satellite TV into the network, another PI runs my all-IP phones. |
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Post by wvengineer on Mar 17, 2016 23:06:32 GMT
Ended up getting a Linksys WRT AC1200. Had a bit of trouble getting it to talk to my modem. Turns out it is a bit picky about startup sequence. Had to start up the router with the modem off and then turn it on after the router booted. It was really nice that I set it up with the SSID and key from the old router and everything connected without having to do anything.
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