[Bradford] Which Router

[Robert Burrell Donkin]

Yeh - a few years, the routers handed out were rubbish, which is why I
was surprised by the good kit now often dished out

Robert


On Tue, Dec 23, 2014 at 6:15 PM, Steve Wilson
<bradford-lug at swsystem.co.uk> wrote:
> They're probably ok for the majority of their customers.
>
> I've been using real cisco (not linksys) kit on mine for a few years
> now. This started when sky were giving out the little netgear things
> with 4 port 100m switches built in.
>
> I think the supplied router was replaced because I found it so unstable
> and after replacing it then did custom dynamic IP, IPv6 and opendns
> updating etc.
>
> When I switched to Infinity I used the BT supplied equipment for a
> couple of days before discovering that there was always an external port
> open which couldn't be closed and some naff limitations in the port
> forwarding and I think dynamic ip updates were hard coded to certain
> providers. The whole lot got replaced with cisco again and normal
> service has resumed.
>
> I think these things are like cars, what's suitable for one person may
> not be for the next. If it's for giving 5-6 people internet access then
> the supplied kit's probably fine.
>
> One thing I did learn is that sky have you contractually bound to use
> their equipment, I believe they have ways of knowing if you've replaced
> it although I've not investigated, it could be that MAC cloning may hide it.
>
> Steve.
>
> On 23/12/2014 17:58, Robert Burrell Donkin wrote:
>> The routers which arrive with many broadband packages are often quite good now
>>
>> On Mon, Dec 22, 2014 at 5:41 PM, Mike <mike.goodman at zen.co.uk> wrote:
>>> Needing a router for new workshop/office. There's a bit of time to sort it
>>> out because the phone line won't be in until early Jan. What's available
>>> that's reliable, either locally or online?
>>>
>>> TIA
>>>
>>> Mike
>>>
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