MrSnrang

For about 3 years, I used a Linksys device that worked just fine but it eventually stopped working. I bought another model of Linksys router, but the wireless connection was unreliable so I returned it. I used a Belkin router but the signal was poor throughout my house (total area of ~400 M^2).

I ended up using a TP-Link W8960N unit for about the last six months. The connection quality has been horrible and I can't load websites without refreshing multiple times. Speed tests average less than 0.5mbps in Thailand, and I can't download a file larger than 10 mb from Filesonic with a premium account. It was shit.

A technician from True came over to diagnose the problem. He brought the Billion modem that True supplies to new users and the connection worked just fine, getting the download speed I pay for. My phone line was fine, but my router was not working.

So the only conclusion was that the TP-Link router I had was faulty. I took it in to be exchanged but the new one I got wouldn't detect a LAN cable, and the new-new one is performing as poorly as the first TP-link unit I had. My connection to True ADSL is consistently unusable. Whether using LAN or WLAN, speed tests rarely average above 0.5 mbps though I can occasionally muster the full speed for a few minutes a day. The parameters within my router are consistent with the settings for True, and I have tried using the proxy.asianet/trueonline.co.th:8080 proxies, openDNS, Google DNS, and the DNS servers provided by True.

tl;dr: I've had five wireless routers that don't work well; three that don't really work at all. I may need a new wireless adsl router that will do what the box says it will do. I don't want to spend much more than 2,000 baht. Can anyone help me out or recommend me a new router?

I don't know if this should go here, but here goes.
Today, my father received a phone call from an anonymous number. he answered and they said that they were a center for credit card fraud, and that someone had opened a credit card with Bangkok Bank and had accumulated some debt that needed to be taken care of. He hasn't used Bangkok Bank in years.
Gullibly, he gave out his ID number, cell phone number, date of birth, and he told him that he had an account with a certain bank at a certain branch with credit cards from two banks.
Realizing what he did, he went and drained his account at an ATM and went to Bangkok Bank, who told him that this is an ongoing scam and they claim to be, among other things, the DSI.
They said not to worry about any credit fraud, and that anything odd will be taken care of by mail and not through the phone.

That said, should he worry about the information he gave out?