I currently have a DGL-4300 that appears to be failing to live up to my ever-increasing expectations. I now have VOIP, both wired from two PC's with softphones, as well as two smartphones with 802.11G. A also have a linksys ATA wired to the router for a plain old wired telephone.
Sometimes the smartphones and VOIP ATA will fail to connect to the VOIP server. A router reboot always solves the problem. I am losing patience with this.
Also, my understanding is the DGL-4300 only has one-way QOS. Despite this being configured, heavy downloading from the PCs appears to cause some problems with VOIP connectivity, even though that traffic has a low priority.
I am looking for a robust, full-featured router that can run for long periods without a reboot. I am willing to go wired-only with a separate wireless access point if that gets me better performance/reliability. I do require excellent wifi range for the smartphone VOIP. It does appear the DGL-4300 at least has decent range with a proper external antenna. But if an external AP with better amplifier get's me better range, I am interested. I read on this board that 'consumer' wifi amplifiers were run backed off from FCC rated power to provide the necessary linearity for the OFDM modulation scheme. If this is true, I would like to look into a separate AP with proper amp and antenna.
The Draytek 2110(n) occurred to me as a possibility, but I am not a router expert.
Any suggestions?
Sometimes the smartphones and VOIP ATA will fail to connect to the VOIP server. A router reboot always solves the problem. I am losing patience with this.
Also, my understanding is the DGL-4300 only has one-way QOS. Despite this being configured, heavy downloading from the PCs appears to cause some problems with VOIP connectivity, even though that traffic has a low priority.
I am looking for a robust, full-featured router that can run for long periods without a reboot. I am willing to go wired-only with a separate wireless access point if that gets me better performance/reliability. I do require excellent wifi range for the smartphone VOIP. It does appear the DGL-4300 at least has decent range with a proper external antenna. But if an external AP with better amplifier get's me better range, I am interested. I read on this board that 'consumer' wifi amplifiers were run backed off from FCC rated power to provide the necessary linearity for the OFDM modulation scheme. If this is true, I would like to look into a separate AP with proper amp and antenna.
The Draytek 2110(n) occurred to me as a possibility, but I am not a router expert.
Any suggestions?
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