Hi

I am looking at upgrading an old router, switch and AP for one of these.
The spec looks good and the VPN and WPA2 support would be useful however, I
saw a test recently in one of the magazines that didn't really rate the
wireless capability of the Draytek - OK subjective to some extent as each
users physical building will impact performance but they're tests where
back to back on a number of products. Admittedly a different model, 2500 I
think, but I doubt they do things that differently between models.

What experience do users have of this unit - is it reliable and worth the
extra money?

The mag rated the Belkin unit as the best but I have had varying success
with Belkin cards when used commercially and don't like their products or
support.

Thanx

Jay

Drayteks are utterly reliable, so much so I just buy them on Ebay at half
price.
The WiFi performance on my 2600VG is excellent, in fact I went back to it
because Zyxel 2602 HW, which being ADSL2+ could maintain higher speed,
wasn't cutting the mustard in the WiFi dept.
The 2500 was a cheaper model, with just one aerial, now superseded by 2700
range.
Regards,
Martin

never@give.one declared for all the world to hear...
I'll echo that - Draytek 2600VG has been rock solid from day one. One
slight annoyance is that the print server is not compatible with my
printer, but I could have found that out before I bought it, and I don't
print that often anyway.
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Regards
Jon

"Jay Hendry" <jlhendry99@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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I always spec and use Draytek routers.
I have a 2910 VG myself andd swear by it. And the wireless is good.
I have had a couple of issues with the latter 2800G re firmware but was soon
sorted.
As another poster has already said, the older ones are that good you can fit
a s/hand one and forget it.
Several of the ones I have supplied have nearly 2 years uptime on them when
I log into them remotely for a check.

Alastair

Jay Hendry wrote:
Excellent. Great value for money compared to things like 3COM and
Cisco....

occassionally-confused@nospam.co.uk declared for all the world to
hear...
Sorry mate, but thats not true. My SSID is hidden and the wifi works
just fine.
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Regards
Jon

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You have to have SSID enabled before you set up the wireless clients.
Having set them up, you can then disable the SSID. Is this what you tried?

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Graham

Yes, indeed ... I generally go for a non wireless router where possible
and use basic linksys wap54g access points which I seem to get
reasonable results with when used with a wide range of wireless clients.

Im now looking for a more enterprise wap to do multiple ssid and 802.1x
auto vlan assignment, etc for use with either microsoft ias or cisco acs
radius servers. May end up with cisco but id prefer something that
doesnt require arcane knowledge of IOS and has a central management
ability for multiple waps.