ADSL modem/router with wireless and IPv6 in UK?

[allenlux]

Can someone suggest a current model ADSL modem/router with wireless, sold in the UK, which supports IPv6?

I'm trying to advise my brother, who lives in the UK, for a new purchase for his house. I'd favour Netgear (for familiarity), or Draytek, for its generally good reputation, but any other make sold in the UK would be of interest.

There seem to be two recent Netgear models listed for the UK: DGN3500 and DGND3300. It's not clear to me if either of these support IPv6.

The Draytek 2710 series appear not to support IPv6.

 

[Osamede]

You're always better of having a separate ADSL modem and wireless outer.

The modem is a well-solved problem, wheras the router is an ever-evolving one. You can get the cheapest dog of a modem and it will do what it is supposed to, where as the job of a wireless router is always in flux and you end up chosing between stability and features.

I'd always recommend Draytek, as aI am a big fan, but even there I'd still say split the router and modem jobs.

 

[bimmerdriver]

You're always better of having a separate ADSL modem and wireless outer.

The modem is a well-solved problem, wheras the router is an ever-evolving one. You can get the cheapest dog of a modem and it will do what it is supposed to, where as the job of a wireless router is always in flux and you end up chosing between stability and features.

I'd always recommend Draytek, as aI am a big fan, but even there I'd still say split the router and modem jobs.

I agree. Get a modem that's compatible with the DSLAM and deal with the router separately.

 

[allenlux]

You're always better of having a separate ADSL modem and wireless outer.

Well, I am aware of the debate about whether or not it's better to have the modem and router separate or not. I've been doing this for quite a few years and for my own setup I had for a long time a very reliable Thomson Speedtouch modem and a Linux system which acted as the router for the rest of the network.

However, I've come to the conclusion that the one-box approach has some advantages in terms of simple setup, one interface, fewer cables etc, and nowadays these things are cheap enough that I don't really care that if I have to replace the router, I'm also replacing the ADSL modem. On the market here it's much easier to find combined modem/routers than separate ADSL modems, and the relatively high cost of a separate modem means that the two-box solution is significantly more expensive to start with.

The point of my question was to ask about IPv6 support, so I'm still hoping that someone can answer this.

 

[overdrive31]

Just use an xDSL bridge modem and get an IPv6 supported router. You can try looking at IPv6 DSL ISPs, to see what they use for hardware, most use bridge modem + router w/ IPv6.

http://www.sixxs.net/faq/connectivity/?faq=native

http://www.getipv6.info/index.php/Broadband_CPE

 

[Osamede]

Well, I am aware of the debate about whether or not it's better to have the modem and router separate or not. I've been doing this for quite a few years and for my own setup I had for a long time a very reliable Thomson Speedtouch modem and a Linux system which acted as the router for the rest of the network.

However, I've come to the conclusion that the one-box approach has some advantages in terms of simple setup, one interface, fewer cables etc, and nowadays these things are cheap enough that I don't really care that if I have to replace the router, I'm also replacing the ADSL modem. On the market here it's much easier to find combined modem/routers than separate ADSL modems, and the relatively high cost of a separate modem means that the two-box solution is significantly more expensive to start with.

The point of my question was to ask about IPv6 support, so I'm still hoping that someone can answer this.

Amen to the Spedtouch - I used to have the old ST516, which was an absolute rock. Not a single second of downtime. All people I knew with the 585, they ALL had issues. Then my ISP forced me to switch to Zyxel all-in-one box and what do you know - back to problems again.

IMO the issue isnt price. Its just that modems work - and wireless routers dont. So putting bot in one box is in itself going to create more problems than not. And that's before you get into the many feature limitations with all-in-ones, as you are finding out with the IPV6 issue.