[Lancaster] wireless routers

[Ken Hough]

Andy,

Yep! That should do nicely!

I guess that it could be described as an updated version of my router, but 
with greater wi-fi range.

Just one small point which I guess that you will attend to. My router runs 
quite warm. If you intend to keep yours in a cupboard, make sure that there 
is enough circulation of cool air over it.

BTW, when BT set up my broadband, the 'engineer' provided me with a master 
broadband/telephone junction box. The telephone outlet socket includes a 
broadband filter. This junction box is connected directly to the incoming 
phone line and provides me with one broadband socket and one phone socket. 

I then made a connection from the phone line system in the rest of my house 
into the junction box so as to pass via the filter. This way, my various 
phone lines cannot interfere with/degrade the broadband signal and I don't 
need separate filters at the various phone outlet sockets.

Regards

Ken Hough

On Sunday 18 July 2010 11:56:28 andy baxter wrote:
> Hi ken,
>
> Thanks for the reply. I guess I should have waited longer for people to
> reply - I have just ordered one of these:
>
> http://www.amazon.co.uk/Netgear-DG834PN-RangeMax-MIMO-G-Wireless/dp/B000BRY
>OQ8/ref=pd_ys_iyr_img?ie=UTF8&coliid=I3D1MAE2S56XY2&colid=KD2JK32BBLBN
> <http://www.amazon.co.uk/Netgear-DG834PN-RangeMax-MIMO-G-Wireless/dp/B000BR
>YOQ8/ref=pd_ys_iyr_img?ie=UTF8&coliid=I3D1MAE2S56XY2&colid=KD2JK32BBLBN>
>
> Which is supposed to be able to adjust the signal between multiple
> aerials to cancel out interference and give a better range. I guess it
> would have the same firmware as your one though, which sounds good. The
> router will have to be in the kitchen at the back of the house in a wall
> cupboard, because that's where the phone line is, so I wanted something
> which would reach the whole house easily.
>
> cheers,
>
> andy
>
> On 18/07/10 10:59, Ken Hough wrote:
> > Andy,
> >
> > I sent a message on this topic, but it is presently being held up pending
> > clearance by moderator. I guess that this is because I attached an image
> > file, so here is the message without the attachment:
> >
> > My Netgear DG834GT ADSL/wi-fi/4 port ethenet router has served me very
> > well.
> >
> > Wi-fi provides b and g speeds (plus a 2x g speed, but that requires a
> > Windows driver). This model is now quite old. Wi-fi range is OK around my
> > 3 bedroom bungalow, but you might need to think about siting of the
> > router for a 3 storey house.
> >
> > I guess that this router includes what you want. eg wi-fi encryption,
> > firewall, access restriction via MAC address, DHCP server, etc. It does
> > include for WPA/WPA2 although I've left it on the WEP setting that I
> > started with. Yes, I know this isn't great, but with MAC restriction, it
> > does OK for me.
> >
> > Hey, I live out in the sticks!   ;-) And the router is switched on only
> > when I need to use the Internet.
> >
> > I've attached an image file which shows the main screen/menu.
> > (NOT included here)
> >
> > My broadband account is with BT which provides me with a very reliable
> > link at around 2700 kbps. Not bad, bearing in mind that as the crow
> > flies, I'm 6 to 7 km from my local exchange. I'm sure that the copper
> > lines are significantly longer than this!
> >
> > Even at peak times, the link doesn't slow down much and email gets
> > through in a matter of seconds.
> >
> > BT insisted on giving me one of their flashy looking routers which IMHO
> > is rubbish! It's physically quite large and stands up vertically. Very
> > obvious! It includes a holder/socket for one of their flashy phones which
> > isn't included, and takes forever to boot/connect to the broadband
> > service.
> >
> > My Netgear device is small and flat, and boots/connects in approx 15
> > seconds!
> >
> > Hope that this helps
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Ken Hough
> >
> > On Saturday 17 July 2010 17:52:53 andy baxter wrote:
> >> On 17/07/10 16:32, andy baxter wrote:
> >>> Hi all,
> >>>
> >>> Does anyone have any recommendations for a good wireless router? The
> >>> minimum requirements are that it supports WPA, has a built in
> >>> firewall, and also a proper interface for routing traffic to
> >>> particular machines based on the incoming port. Nice extras would be:
> >>
> >> P.S. if anyone has a second hand one they don't need, that would be good
> >> too.
> >>
> >> Also, if anyone else is looking for unlimited download broadband, I
> >> think demon look quite good (?). Not as expensive as I thought when you
> >> compare to other companies that do unlimited packages. The 24 month
> >> contract on the website isn't the minimum - they also do 12 months for
> >> 15 pounds/month plus vat.
> >>
> >>
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