Below is a comparison of two routers used by Sky Broadband (UK). I’m currently using the Sagem, mainly due to the “potential” power savings (0.7A vs 1A) and also a slight improvement in the wireless strength. If someone could provide Wattage usage that would be great (in various states).
Netgear DG834G
Firmware Version V2.02.44
ADSL Firmware Version 7.03.01.66
| Port | Status | TxPkts | RxPkts | Collisions | Tx B/s | Rx B/s | Up Time |
| WAN | PPPoA | 181828 | 295492 | 0 | 147 | 4849 | 23:15:43 |
| LAN | 100M/Full | 848379 | 1446190 | 0 | 783 | 23876 | 23:16:25 |
| WLAN | 11M/54M | 1743430 | 1028056 | 0 | 28694 | 904 | 23:16:13 |
| ADSL Link | Downstream | Upstream |
| Connection Speed | 17021 kbps | 797 kbps |
| Line Attenuation | 10 db | 3 db |
| Noise Margin | 10 db | 10 db |
Sagem
Firmware Version 1.9Sky
ADSL Firmware Version A2pB023o.d20h
| Port | Status | TxPkts | RxPkts | Collisions | Tx B/s | Rx B/s | Up Time |
| WAN | PPPoA | 883 | 1078 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 01:20:54 |
| LAN | 789 | 207 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 01:21:54 | |
| WLAN | 2814 | 2244 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 01:21:27 |
| ADSL Link | Downstream | Upstream |
| Connection Speed | 17018 kbps | 798 kbps |
| Line Attenuation | 9.5 db | 3.8 db |
| Noise Margin | 6.9 db | 10.0 db |
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