NETGEAR D6000-100UKS AC750 750 Mbps (802.11ac) Wifi DSL Dual Band Gigabit Modem Router for Phone Line Connections (BT, YouView, TalkTalk, EE and Plusnet)

Update:-------Have been using for several months now, and the connection generally stays up for around a month at a time... Very happy :-)I've noticed that Amazon in their wisdom have lumped together reviews of several different netgear models... so unfortunately you need to sift through the reviews to get a true picture of any particular model <sigh>Original Review---------------I bought the DGN2200v3 a month ago and have been using it since it arrived. I bought it because I had been having issues with ADSL connection with my 7 year old modem router, which kept dropping the connection several times each day. Before buying I did a fair amount of research to try and get a modem that would maximise reliability. Many people on forums etc recommend the  Billion BiPAC 7800N Dual WAN ADSL2+/Broadband Wireless-N Gigabit Firewall Modem Router , however, I couldn't justify the high cost of that unit, so in the end chose this one.Setup:------Setup was really, really easy. My provider is TalkTalk, and the unit immediately recognised the provider and configured itself accordingly and connected to the internet as 'guest'. All I had to do then is enter my TalkTalk ADSL username and password. My home network was based on a different subnet and gateway address than the netgear, but changing the settings on the netgear to match my existing network was no trouble, and saved me having to reconfigure many other devices on my home network.ADSL Reliability:-----------------Initially the ADSL connection stayed up for 10 days with no disconnections :-)But then I started to have some issues. This is when the unique strengths of the unit came into play.As well as all the standard diagnostics via the web interface, it is possible to put the device into 'debug' mode and then access the unit via telnet. (The way to enable this is <router_ip>/setup.cgi?todo-debug and then you can telnet to the unit using the same username and password as the web interface). This allows you to access additional diagnostics and configure additional parameters (the ADSL Control command line tool to use is adslctl - google adslctl to find out more about how to use this).Also you can run a free monitoring tool against the unit to see in graph form what is happening to the connection over time (google RouterStats or RouterStatsLite - the 'lite' version is recommended unless you need the more advanced features of RouterStats).These features allowed me to 'see' what was happening with noise on my line... it turned out to be a fault on a phone extension cable. Once I could 'see' the problem, I was able to eliminate it, and maximise the quality of my connections. I now have the fastest and most stable connection that I've ever had. The connection stays up for more than a week at a time, at a speed of 8.2Meg (I used to get 7 - 7.5Meg with regular disconnections).Wireless:---------The wireless is where I have one issue with the unit. There seems to be a weakness in the wireless that is related to instability of the connection. While I was having the ADSL connection issues described above and the wireless radio turned on, the unit would get itself into a state where ALL internet access (either wired or wifi) would slow down to a snail's pace (200K on a speedchecker web site vs the usual 8Meg, even though ADSL was still claiming to be connected at 8 Meg) and once in this state, the only way to rectify was to reboot the router. On googling, this seems to be an issue that has affected other owners too ... in the end, while I was still having the ADSL connection problems, I had to disable the wireless radio to avoid the issue (fortunately I have a separate wifi access point that got me by). Now that the ADSL connection issues are all sorted out, wireless is back on and works just fine, with no repeat of the issue at all. (I guess that the unit's internals just got overloaded while having to cope with both the connections issues AND the wireless).I have very thick walls within my house (even internally), and this does a reasonable job. I use the wireless on this unit plus a seperate wireless N access point, each at a different end of the house, to cover the whole house. This unit seems to do an adequate / good, if not remarkable job.Chipset:--------The DGN2200v3 has a broadcom chipset (Broadcom BCM63281). Many people claim that it is best to match your ADSL modem chipset with your ISP's DSLAM chipset. I can't vouch for that theory as I can't really compare this unit to anything other than the really old one which it replaced (not a fair comparison). However, my TalkTalk servers at the exchange do also use Broadcom chipset (as do most TalkTalk exchanges - but beware there are exceptions particularly if the exchange equipment was 'inherited' by TalkTalk acquiring another ISP). One of the advantages of the DGN2200v3 is that it allows you to verify the chipset used in the ISP exchange equipment. This info is obtained via the adslctl command line (via a telnet session using the debug mode mentioned previously). IIRC it's "adslctl info --vendor" From which you'll be given a ChipSet Vendor Id. If the id is BDCM then the ISP uses Broadcom chipset at the exchange. The other chipset Vendor Ids can be found by googling for them.Overall:--------I debated whether to drop a star due to the wireless issue, but given that it has been resolved and considering all the other plus points (and most importantly a fast stable connection), this is getting a full 5 stars.

We have around 15 wi fi devices in the house connected to the internet and consequently our venerable Netgear DG834G router has recently been feeling the strain. In addition earlier this month we moved our broadband account to BT who supplied us with their Home Hub 3, however having been more than happy with my old Netgear device, and reading adverse comments about the Home Hubs performance I decided to invest in a new Netgear router with the `N' wireless technology.The N300 is allegedly designed for BT connections, in fact the box has been over stuck with a blue label proclaming that fact. Being familiar with the old Netgear router and how to set it up using the 'Wizard' I felt confident enough to put myself through the hoop once more of setting up a `new' network. I shouldn't have been worried because the old `Wizard' has now been replaced by the Netgear `Genie' which makes setting up a breeze even for someone like myself a 60 something with not a great deal of understanding of most things technical.I am however blessed with a reasonably logical mind and so found that this new modem is as near plug and play as you can get. The genie steps you through the set up process in an orderly and understandable way. It assigns a pre-determined name for the modem and a password which can be changed later in the set up process. In fact the only two pieces of information you are required to input in the 5 minute process are your ISP user name and password, information which your broadband provider assigns to you when you initially sign up with them.So 5 minutes down the line I was connected to the internet, and about an hour later I had all the net books, lap tops, phones, notebooks, printers, tv's, internet radios etc. etc. connected to the network ! It is early days yet but the first thing I noticed was that the connection speed has improved both on upload and download by about 20% which is a bonus as my prime consideration was not improved speed but the requirement for greater range and the ability to handle more devices simultaneously.As a final point it may be of interest to those reading this review that the old DG834G is compatible with a BT internet connection, and for the last month it has soldiered on giving us a stable connection and therefore I will retain it as a back up device. So on the basis of ease of set up, the increased down load speed plus the greater wireless range I have no hesitation in giving the N300 a 5 star rating !

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