Wanadoo Livebox - Experiences?

village_life

Hi

I am about to order Wanadoo Broadband again, and have just discovered they provide the "Livebox" - which is essentially a Wireless modem/router with VoIP capability.

Has anybody got any experiences of using the Livebox, as currently I am debating whether to accept this 'freebie' or purchase another ADSL Wireless Router from a known manufacturer

Thanks

espresso

If you are concerned about your wireless security, it only uses a 26 character WEP encryption key.

Chippy_Minton

Some experiences on previous threads:

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=135722&highlight=wanadoo+livebox
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=107517&highlight=wanadoo+livebox
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=106215&highlight=wanadoo+livebox
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=49102&highlight=wanadoo+livebox

I wouldn't buy the Livebox because it only works with Wanadoo, so it would be redundant if you changed ISP at a later date. Better to buy your own ADSL modem wireless router instead.

village_life

espresso wrote:

If you are concerned about your wireless security, it only uses a 26 character WEP encryption key.

a 26 character WEP key is 13 pairs, so thats = 128 WEP according to my understanding?

Do you mean characters or bits?

village_life

Chippy_Minton wrote:

Some experiences on previous threads:

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=135722&highlight=wanadoo+livebox
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=107517&highlight=wanadoo+livebox
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=106215&highlight=wanadoo+livebox
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=49102&highlight=wanadoo+livebox

I wouldn't buy the Livebox because it only works with Wanadoo, so it would be redundant if you changed ISP at a later date. Better to buy your own ADSL modem wireless router instead.

thanks for the comments- the livebox is free from wanadoo - hence the question, i'd never usually consider buying something thats proprietary

espresso

village_life wrote:

a 26 character WEP key is 13 pairs, so thats = 128 WEP according to my understanding?

Do you mean characters or bits?

:rotfl:

I mean what I originally said "26 characters" which is 128 bit encryption, but it's only WEP and not WPA-PSK which is much more secure!

WEP is old technology now and WPA was developed to address it's inherent deficiencies.

Basically it's crap when compared to a Netgear, Linksys, or D-Link router!

I originally said "if you are concerned about your wireless security" so it's up to you but if you wanted to change your ISP at a later date, you would need to get another one anyway.

:rolleyes: