Buffalo AirStation Wireless-N 300Mbps Cable Router with 4 Port Switch

WOW
This router is incredible!! Previously i had a netgear router that was nearing the end of its working life, with a reboot needed everyday. I am on virgin, and since you need a cable router for that, it narrowed down the search options a little. Not being a massive computer know-it-all, i didn't know fully why i needed a cable router, and for all the people who don't know a lot about computers like me, a cable router is when the internet connection is plugged into the router via an Ethernet port.
Now, about the router speed and coverage, it is unbelievable compared to my old router.
With this router, in my house, upstairs, i only used to get about 3 Mb/s and that was always fluctuating, but this was my full network speeds - 10Mb/s all over the house. Thoroughly chuffed with this product and i would definitely recommend it.
A good reliable router
I've had this cable router for around a month now and so far it has worked very well. It seems to give a reasonable wireless coverage, and the connection either wired (over ethernet) or wireless never loses the connection. And the Buffalo has never unexpectedly dropped the PPPoE (cable) connection at any time - which has meant a nice stable 'always on' internet connection.

The web-based interface is user friendly (with integrated help and explanation of configuration options) and appears to have all of the features I require. This Buffalo router has DMZ (good for online gaming) and the IP address to put in the DMZ can be permanently assigned on the router to your console (Services->Static Leases).

The router also records your broadband usage so for people with a limit on how much then can download each month (say 40GB for example) you can keep on eye on monthly download limits (information divided into days, weeks, months, years in MBytes). The only problem...
Good product, excellent UK support
I chose this router on the basis of user reviews on Amazon, having originally been intending to go for Netgear, as recommended by my ISP, or Linksys, and been put off by reports of unreliability and unhelpful help lines.
I ran into some problems installing this, but as I've never even used a wireless router before, let alone installed one, I'm probably not typical. On the other hand, the BT engineer who installed my FTTC connection couldn't work it out either.
The very brief printed initial setup instructions that come with the router suggest over-writing the pre-installed DD-WRT firmware with what they call "user friendly firmware" using a setup wizard on the supplied CD, but I was unable to do this. The "Change Firmware" option just didn't work. I therefore needed the username and password for the DD-WRT firmware setup. Surely Buffalo should print this information in the initial setup instructions?
Luckily Buffalo technical support have UK telephone help staff who...

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