There's also the modem version available for £10 more

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/computing-accessories/networking/network-routers-and-switches/routers/asus-dsl-ac68u-wireless-router-ac1900-dual-band-10026294-pdt.html

Bit pointless saying it's fiber ready when it's not really as you still need a modem / Homehub

Hmm, beware that there are 129 critical reviews for this router on Amazon : https://www.amazon.co.uk/product-reviews/B00FB45SI4/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_viewpnt_rgt?ie=UTF8&filterByStar=critical&showViewpoints=0&pageNumber=1

If you have fibre to the house then you can get up to 300mbps, but i'm paying £50 a month just for 200mb which doesnt even include line rental

Had this router since it came out (about 3 years) and has been solid. Always used with merlin aswell.

Just bought this - hope it will improve coverage.

I use one of these in AP mode and have to say pretty impressed with throughput and coverage. It's solid. Don't remember when it last had an outage. This thing has really held its price well can't believe its 3 years old! Mega popular on the custom firmware scene.

Pretty good router, need to faff around if you're on BT fibre to make it work though by changing the login settings

I have it in the cupboard under the stairs, and out of 200mb Internet I get 110mb on WiFi when I'm upstairs

probably give the DSL ones a miss due to the issues with sync rate and drops. but this router is a good deal

Same price on Amazon - temporarily out of stock but with option to place order now.

​It's expensive but fritzbox 7490 is vdsl/adsl router all in one box, it also handles all your telephone traffic too replacing your dect base unit too & can do call blocking & it operates as a virtual switchboard.

Highly recommended if you can run to it

is there Merlin firmware for DSL version of the 68? also how decent is the stock firmware?

The 68 performs a lot better than the 66 when it come to running a vpn. I'm unsure if it has the processing power to max out the speed of a fiber connection though.. Seems to manage around 50mbps under good conditions, if you're happy with a little less then go for it!

​I travel a lot and connect to my home cloud and VPN to watch iPlayer and Sky Sports etc.
The torrent manager is good with decent support for Android and iOS.

As a general rule the custom firmwares don't support modems, from what I understand, just routers.

​i don't want a modem and a router. I want them in one box. atm got the TP VR900 which is solid. bit doesn't run custom firmwares so no VPN and don't fancy leaving my computer turned on all day for a VON either.

hmm really tempered to get the modem one as would like the ability to run a VPN

I use one of these.

Great router with terrible firmware. Changing the firmware makes it much much more reliable.

Great router and even better with third-party firmware:

http://asuswrt.lostrealm.ca/features

Amazon price matching but temporarily out of stock.

the one with built in modem are fetching 115 on eBay so not a bad deal

Am I right to believe this is a couple years old now?

Bit pointless saying it's fiber ready when it's not really as you still need a modem / Homehub

There's also the modem version available for £10 more

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/computing-accessories/networking/network-routers-and-switches/routers/asus-dsl-ac68u-wireless-router-ac1900-dual-band-10026294-pdt.html