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Anonymous 05/13/18(Sun)22:33:41 No.65927860

best dsl router?

So I moved to a new city and I only have dsl with TWC as an option.

My provider is TWC Spectrum.

Does anyone know the best available ADSL Router on the market that is compatible?

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Anonymous 05/13/18(Sun)22:43:07 No.65927932

So you need a DSL or ADSL router?

Seems spectrum provides a modem, so most routers should work, but it depends on your budget what you will get OP

Anonymous 05/13/18(Sun)22:48:20 No.65927979

ADSL. Yeah, they provide a simple D-link router that seems rather substandard. Under 120 would be great if possible.

Anonymous 05/13/18(Sun)23:01:32 No.65928071

TWC gives you a modem for free. They can also provide you with a router but for $5/month.

Just get your own router.

Buy an Asus router.

Anonymous 05/13/18(Sun)23:03:21 No.65928086

You don't need a "adsl router", you just need any router. The modem takes care of the adsl stuff.

Anonymous 05/13/18(Sun)23:03:48 No.65928089

>>65927979
Wouldn't any DSL router work?
If they provide a router it means it has a modem already, so in this case second router would act as a repeater, so it does not need to
be an ADSL.
Try to get a used Netgear nighthawk.
Or save up couple more $ and buy a new one

Anonymous 05/13/18(Sun)23:05:57 No.65928108

>>65927860
do you really need the best available on the market for under 120? If it were me I'd just go with whatever is adequate or sufficient for
my needs, and whatever the tech is bringing to install is probably at least adequate.

Anonymous 05/13/18(Sun)23:16:59 No.65928203

>>65927860
if you can find the AVM FRITZ!Box 7490 in a relatively OKish price then hit it

Anonymous 05/13/18(Sun)23:24:29 No.65928268

It's called a modem you dumbfucks

Anonymous 05/14/18(Mon)01:23:16 No.65929411

DSL and your router have nothing to do with each other.

The most you, the luser, have to interact with ADSL, is a modem. A router is not a modem, a modem is not a router.

fuck off

Anonymous 05/14/18(Mon)03:06:47 No.65930267

>>65929411
90% of the stuff the isp's give for free are modem/routers together
ok?

Anonymous 05/14/18(Mon)03:13:49 No.65930326

>>65927860
>getting a router with a built in modem
NO. BAD. GTFO

Anonymous 05/14/18(Mon)03:15:37 No.65930336

>>65930267
yeah, the shit they *give* you is retarded modem/router hybrid shit. But actually spending your own money on such an atrocity?
disgusting, sad, laughable, moronic

Anonymous 05/14/18(Mon)03:20:05 No.65930371

>>65927860
>>65930326
>>65930336
Fucking this, it's so horseshit so I decided to add my own router. Basically just put the combo in bridgemode OP and you'll be fine.

Anonymous 05/14/18(Mon)03:23:49 No.65930394

>>65928071
When did they start giving you a modem for free? Right before Spec took over and I was twc i paid like 10 bucks a month for their
Cable Modem, are the DSL ones free?

Anonymous 05/14/18(Mon)03:27:18 No.65930411

>2018
>ADSL
Move out of your shithole, that's not acceptable.

Anonymous 05/14/18(Mon)03:36:26 No.65930486

>>65930394
you can buy a modem that works for like $20. I mean seriously, paying $10 a month is for ignorant tech illiterate plebs.

I got a wifi router with 4 gigabit ports, a usb port, 3 removable antennas, and good openwrt support for like $25. Then I got whatever
modem that was compatible with my cable internet, for like $20. If I switch to DSL or Fibre or some shit, I can KEEP MY NICE
ROUTER

Anonymous 05/14/18(Mon)03:38:11 No.65930498

>>65930411
What would be a better alternative?

Anonymous 05/14/18(Mon)03:39:52 No.65930503

>>65927860
USG from unifi

Anonymous 05/14/18(Mon)03:46:03 No.65930562

>>65930498
tether off your cell phone

Anonymous 05/14/18(Mon)03:46:15 No.65930564

>>65927860
I use tp link and range extender by the same company. Just get one with AC wifi and it just doesn't fucking matter.
Doesn't matter how good the wifi antenna is on the router just get a range extender in the bedroom or wherever you shitpost from too.
I used tomato and other such opensource firmwares on Cisco switches then I just got fed up with the geeky shit.

Anonymous 05/14/18(Mon)03:47:12 No.65930570

>>65930336
gee why spend money on a serious modem router than each has its own cpu to handle things instead of a prefab shit

one could wonder

Anonymous 05/14/18(Mon)03:54:33 No.65930635

>>65930570
wut did he mean by this?

Anonymous 05/14/18(Mon)07:05:06 No.65932066

>>65927860
literally FUCK every router manufacture that isnt enterprise level. Ive bought just about every brand/make/pricepoint of router and ALL
of them are straight garbage. Every single one has atleast one glitch that makes the router infuriating to use at best, or completely
broken garbage at worst.

Quick rundown of my routers so far and the problems they had:

> netgear g wifi router (uknown, years ago) terrible reception, random rebooting, wouldnt connect to some devices
> netgear wireless n router(unknown model) no massive issues, sometimes would not automatically reconnect to some devices
when reset, UI was terrible.
> tp-archer random router terrible wifi range, router worked decently though.
> linksys wrt1900ac worked great for about a year and then would randomly lock up and require a reboot, after rebooting some
settings would be missing and require hard resetting to factory. Found this is a known issue, and it has to do with the proccessor
failing causing memory corruption which eventually will fuck up the firmware and brick the router (which it did).

Finally i bought a ubiquiti edgerouter x and a unifi wireless access point. Uptime has been solid for about 6 months now, with zero
issues. it just fucking works.

So i would highly recommend an enterprise grade router, if your willing to put a little extra effort into the setup.

Anonymous 05/14/18(Mon)07:14:56 No.65932154

>>65932066
i want to addon to this because i ran out of room, the change from shitty homegamer routers to a commercial router is astounding,
the UI on the edgerouter is hundreds of times better than any other router ive used. is it as easy to navigate? no. But it does have a
shitload more features, such as multiple separate/combined VLAN's. Plus now i can run multiple access points to extend coverage, or
set them up for dedicated radios who fucking knows but now i have a choice, instead of being locked into whatever the manufacture
thinks i need.

Anonymous 05/14/18(Mon)08:35:28 No.65932935

>>65932154
I agree, I went from using my ISPs included router with 3x3 802.11AC wifi.
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maxed out around 250-300mbps over wifi

Upgraded to a 2x2 Unifi AP-AC Lite (for like $65).

Now I max out at around 500mbps over wifi, using the same client device.

Being able to set the channel, the channel width, and do an RF scan to determine which is the best channel to use for my area, etc.
Features you just don't get on most consumer gear. And performance way beyond it's price range.

Anonymous 05/14/18(Mon)10:23:47 No.65933917

>>65930394

Spectrum took over TWC. Spectrum gives you modems for free. They charge $5 for a "wifi" fee in which they give you a modem with
wifi capabilities, or a wifi router all separately. but just get their modem for free and screw the $5 fee.

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