[Wylug-help] ADSL & CCL

[Scorer, Paul [IES]]

=09I too have heard good things about pipex.

=09microfilters:=09I suggest that you do *not* have more than one phone
downstream of a microfilter. I know of someone who has blown up the
microfilter like this (It's the solution that everyone wants, so ....)

=09computer-component.com
(http://www.lynx.net.uk/adsl/code/products.asp?catid=3D44) have microfilter=
s
for =A33.75
=09BT have them for =A36

=09An old 486 might make a good adsl interface / firewall / router /
... (if you can stand the noise of the fan)

=09HTH

=09PaulS

> On Thu, 20 Feb 2003, Gary Stainburn wrote:
>
> > Hi folks,
> >
> > My chairman's just come up to me asking about Broadband and I had to
> admit I
> > didn't have much of a clue.
> >
> > He's currently on Freeserve Pay-as-you-go so is he okay to stay with
> Freeserve
> > for the ADSL or are there issues here?
>
> Have a look at adslguide.org - Pipex are pretty cheap and not too
> unreliable (although, if he's a chairman he may not care about cost!),
> and currently have a free activation offer I think.
>
> If you go for the wires-only ADSL (which I suggest) you will need to buy
> some microfilters, as a rule of thumb one per phone, but you can get
> away with less if you have something like this (warning, asii art ahead,
> and I can't do it well!)
>
>
>     BT      micro  /-ADSL router
> ---MASTER---filter-
>    SOCKET          \------ phone  /--- a phone of some sort
>                           splitter\--- another phone or fax
>
> >
> > Also, everyone seems to want about =A380 up front for the router but wh=
en
> I
> > looked at CCL they've got ADSL routers starting from about =A330.  He's
> using
> > WinXP
>
> You probably do want a router over a modem, as they are more reliable,
> and you don't have horrid driver related problems which you get with
> usb/pci modems.
>
> As far as routers go any one /should/ work fine as long as it has an
> internal ADSL modem.  CCL's cheapest is the Dlink dsl-500 at =A385.65 inc
> vat
>
> ebuyer.com do have some very cheap ones (=A330 ish), but I'd expect them
> to be a pile of $=A3*^, and would advise you to get a brand you've heard
> of (such as Dlink!)
>
> Hope that helps,
>
> Steve
>
> >
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