[Sderby] Networking

Chris sderby at mailman.lug.org.uk
Wed May 28 19:33:01 2003


There's cheaper ones available locally:

http://www.gladiatorcomputers.com/acatalog/ADSL_Products.html

Chris


David Bottrill wrote:

>David Coulson said:
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>>Thanks for all the valuable advice, which I am now busy assessing. I am
>>thinking of buying an all in one router/modem unit with four ports for
>>networking from Maplin at £99. Anyone know of a better deal?
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>Dave,
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>You need to check it is an ADSL router, not a DSL/Cable router I've had a
>look at the Maplins web site and they only appear to be selling DSL
>routers that expect your ADSL modem to be equipped with an Ethernet
>Interface, which is highly unlikely.
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>A quick trawl on Dabs brings up this Linksys unit BEFDSR41W This will
>connect directly to you phone line and has a 4 port ethernet switch and
>builtin wireless access point or for £105 + VAT they bundle it with a
>laptop PCMCIA wireless card for £129 +VAT.
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