sony786
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Hi Guys and Girls, I’m new here at Corsa Sport
Need some help in buying a router?
I’m on telewest broadband, 2mb AND looking for a WIRELESS router
The way I plan to connect the internet in my house is
Home PC: Via LAN connection to Router
Laptop (which has wireless features): Via Wireless
I know there’s a lot of wireless routers out there. Just want suggestions on the BEST yet cheapest for Blueyonder 2MB connections
Thanks in advance
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Tim
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http://www.broadbandbuyer.co.uk/Shop/ShopSearch.asp?CategoryID=65
Netgear/Linksys are pretty ok for a home install. If you want to splash out on something a bit more professional look at the Drayteks (but I really doubt you'll need the stablity/features of these).
No point suggesting a 108Mbps wireless connection as I doubt your laptop will support it.
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myke
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Registered: 7th Feb 01
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one of my sisters friends came over tonight and installed a linksys wireless router to my pc so my sis can share my 2mb aol.
seem to be working great and even better is that i don't need aol software anymore.
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Adam_B
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Registered: 13th Dec 00
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i have Linksys on my blueyonder 4mb connection, not had it long but no problems so far 
[Edited on 13-02-2006 by Adam_B]
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gear_1052000
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i have a belkin 54g its sooooo easy
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_Allan_
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quote:
Originally posted by gear_1052000
i have a belkin 54g its sooooo easy
Yes I have set two of these up and they are relatively easy to set up and secure. A few linksys ones I have seen are far more complicated than they need be. I have also heard that netgear ones are very simple to setup.
http://www.broadbandbuyer.co.uk/Shop/ShopDetail.asp?ProductID=2074
PC world had a good price on these the other week with a USB adapter included.
[Edited on 14-02-2006 by _Allan_]
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Bart
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quote:
Originally posted by _Allan_
quote:
Originally posted by gear_1052000
i have a belkin 54g its sooooo easy
Yes I have set two of these up and they are relatively easy to set up and secure. A few linksys ones I have seen are far more complicated than they need be. I have also heard that netgear ones are very simple to setup.
http://www.broadbandbuyer.co.uk/Shop/ShopDetail.asp?ProductID=2074
PC world had a good price on these the other week with a USB adapter included.
[Edited on 14-02-2006 by _Allan_]
indeed. Netgear are the way to go.
There are several versions of wireless router to go for, depending on your budget, but they are all good;
Netgear DG834g (regular wireless),
Netgear DG834GT (faster wireless),
Netgear DG834PN MiMo (multi in/multi out) supposedly alot more range and also quicker.
Hope this helps slightly
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Tim
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Not sure I could recommend Netgear as highly, but they should be fine for a home install.
Linksys have produced some excellent equipment since being taken over by Cisco though, so I'd have to give them the thumbs up
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Bart
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Registered: 19th Aug 02
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out of curiosity Tim, any particular models you'd recomend?
might look into them myself.
Adam
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Tim
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BEFSX41 is great for a wired broadband (non-ADSL) router.
I only complain about the Netgear's as UKonline forced me onto a DG834GT and i've never had such a flaky wireless access point. The actual WAN connection is flaky too.
I used to use a Draytek 2600G and that was pretty flawless. We're talking £150 routers now though -- I might sell the UKonline supplied Netgear and buy the new Draytek 2800
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