Can anyone recommend a router?

[Church Mouse]

Ben B

Re your post on 20/01/08

Last week I went into my local (small) computer shop to enquire re connecting my laptop wirelessly to my desktop pc.
I told him I had Virgin, cable broadband.
I was advised to use the:-

Belkin Wireless 802.11N Bundle With Belkin ADSL Wireless N Router & Belkin Wireless 802.11N USB Adapter

The dealer told me that he had connected these to cable modem computers as easily as connecting to ADSL.

He said if there were problems to return the Belkin bundle to him.

I have, with the help of my daughter-in-law, set up my wireless connection easily.
I have kept my desktop wired, just through choice.

REGARDS

Church Mouse

[dragon]

^ then surely its not an ADSL router if it works with cable but rather a cable/dsl router.

[Ben B]

Originally Posted by Church Mouse

Belkin Wireless 802.11N Bundle With Belkin ADSL Wireless N Router & Belkin Wireless 802.11N USB Adapter

Yeh I think I am going to go for one of these kits, just comparing prices for them in various places. As said by dragon its probably a cable/dsl router if it works with Virgin.

~Ben B~

[popper]

Originally Posted by ben_b

Yeh I think I am going to go for one of these kits, just comparing prices for them in various places. As said by dragon its probably a cable/dsl router if it works with Virgin.

~Ben B~

your going to buy some kit without confirming weather it infact even works with your chosen BB connection, thats brave or something else of you Ben.

you did at least do a quick problem search on the belkin 11n USB stick didnt you?, that would have shown that currently, the USB stick has some fault with its driver and so its probably better to get the PCi/PCMCIA/cardbus version rather than the USB version at this time.

what is the exact model No. of this Belkin Wireless 802.11N Bundle Church Mouses salesmens recomended, direct URL the PDF/html spec please.

like i already said in this very thread, you obviously didnt take the advice given, so good look to you getting a good throughput, or even managing to connect all your new kit and getting it working together.

[Church Mouse]

Hi

Exact model no. is FSD7230uk4

I took the advice of the salesman because I visit this shop regularly and purchase most of my pc requirements from them, they have always been excellent with support.
I was also told I could return the product if I had problems.

Anyway, I am satisfied with this product.

My desktop pc (XP) is wired and my laptop (Vista Home Premium) was wireless enabled when I bought it.

Regards

Church Mouse

[handyman]

You can use adsl routers with cable broadband but you will have issues with the way that they work. In a adsl router they are designed to connect to adsl broadband gain and ip and distribute it. On cable broadband it works in a similar way but you could have issues with port forwarding on certain routers.

I'd following the excellent advice from users here and go with the linksys. You could always get something like a dlink and add a larger antenna (such as a 6db one) You can also get larger antennas for your pc card which may do the job without the need to upgrade the router.

[dragon]

Depends if its an ADSL router or a cable/dsl router.

If its an ADSL router it will have the ADSL modem built in and therefore likely be usless for cable (Unless it has a second WAN port, but I've only ever seen 1 router that had an Inbuilt ADSL2+ modem and a wan port for cable and it was £180)

If its a cable/dsl router then it will just have an ethernet Wan port and can be plugged into either an ADSL modem or a Cable modem, this is the type you need for virigin cable.