ADSL modem which one?

[Redsbaron]

Telkom has the following :
Netgear N300 DGN2200 @ R839
DLink DSL-2750U @ R689
Makro has
Billion N73X @ R799
Linksys WAG120N @ R749
Billion N150 @ R699

I use the modem for home / small business at home with 3 laptops and couple of cellphones.
I think the Telkom routers has 3g fall over.
I wonder if any modem will allow "hot swapping" of multiple ADSL accounts to say Mweb, Telkom etc. I have more than one adsl account to fall back on.

I do not want to buy anything on mail order. I want to pay for the thing on the spot.

Please asdvise.
Telkom tech says Dlink. Thanks

 

[DrJohnZoidberg]

Never been a fan of D-Links. I like TP-Link routers, you can check here: http://www.dbg.co.za/index.php?cPath=1_55_57 although a lot of them seem to be out of stock.

 

[sand_man]

Wait for the tp-link 8970!! You won't regret it.

 

[DrJohnZoidberg]

Wait for the tp-link 8970!! You won't regret it.

That thing looks insane

 

[Redsbaron]

Thanks to you all!

 

[TheRedBar0n]

Never been a fan of D-Links. I like TP-Link routers, you can check here: http://www.dbg.co.za/index.php?cPath=1_55_57 although a lot of them seem to be out of stock.

I can definitely vouch for TP-Links! Excellent product, got the W8960N.

 

[MDKza]

http://www.dbg.co.za/product_info.php?products_id=894&osCsid=9p4qmdpu1obenndpk42kujted5

High end router, but i have heard nothing but greatness from everyone who has tp-link

 

[Rickster]

I recently got the Netgear N300 DGN2200, and I'm very happy with it. Although it doesnt have the 3G failover but ADSL account swapping is easy.

 

[MickZA]

One of advantage of the Telkom products is that the Telkom Direct shops are very good at swopping them out if the techies think there could be a problem with them.

 

[quik]

One of advantage of the Telkom products is that the Telkom Direct shops are very good at swopping them out if the techies think there could be a problem with them.

You can do the same with any other router, it's called a waaaaah raaaaan teeeeee

 

[Compton_effect]

There are quite a lot of good ones. The one piece of advice I can give is not to buy a combination modem/router.
If a lightning strike does take your modem out you have to replace the entire package. If you have separate ones its a R200+ replacement. I had a strike blow my surge protector and my modem a while ago. My router was fine. Took 45 minutes to go get a new one and configure it. Not even worth the insurance claim.

 

[ArnoVermeulen]

Hi

I Have a DLink DSL-2750U for the past year. no problems at all.

 

[kyton]

I have the old Telkom VWR200 ADSL router, would it make any difference if i get a newer modem. I am on ADSL 1m uncapped.

shows this as the connection type in the routers settings

Operational Mode G.Dmt
Annex Type ADSL2A