Wireless router for me?

RHYSDAD

I'm on Virgin Media cable at home and want a cheap and cheerful wireless router so i can use my iphone more. I'll plug this in on a wired connection to my desktop but have wi-fi for me iphone. Will this be suitable?
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BELKIN-MICRADIGITAL-WIRLESS-G-ROUTER-WIFI-CABLE-DSL_W0QQitemZ170447546478QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Computing_Networking_SM?hash=item27af77286e

poppy10_2

Looks OK to me, gets decent reviews on Amazon where it is going for double the price.

You'll need to plug it in to your cable modem, as it is just a router, not a modem router.

RHYSDAD

poppy10 wrote: »

Looks OK to me, gets decent reviews on Amazon where it is going for double the price.

You'll need to plug it in to your cable modem, as it is just a router, not a modem router.

But essentially it'll let me use my iphone to stream youtube etc? Thanks for the advice BTW

Bowling_4_Gold

RHYSDAD wrote: »

But essentially it'll let me use my iphone to stream youtube etc? Thanks for the advice BTW

Yeah, should do.

JasX

virgin give them away free if you call up and 'suggest' you'll be leaving and make the right noises. plenty of examples on these boards

DCFC79

Id see if virgin can send you 1, depending who you get to talk to you might be able to get 1 for free or you pay postage of £7.50 which still isnt bad for a router

RHYSDAD

JasX wrote: »

virgin give them away free if you call up and 'suggest' you'll be leaving and make the right noises. plenty of examples on these boards

Cheers, yeah they offered me one but locked into contract for another year, which actually i'll probably do as i won't be migrating to Sky anytime soon!!

DCFC79

RHYSDAD wrote: »

Cheers, yeah they offered me one but locked into contract for another year, which actually i'll probably do as i won't be migrating to Sky anytime soon!!

if its the same 1 i got its easy to setup

RHYSDAD

DCFC79 wrote: »

if its the same 1 i got its easy to setup

Did they give you a 'G' router or an 'N' one?

DCFC79

RHYSDAD wrote: »

Did they give you a 'G' router or an 'N' one?

i got the netgear wireless G router, if they ar eoffering the N router then get that but you would have to make sure your any devices you would be connecting to it are N compatible

RHYSDAD

DCFC79 wrote: »

i got the netgear wireless G router, if they ar eoffering the N router then get that but you would have to make sure your any devices you would be connecting to it are N compatible

No they are offering me the g one too. It's easy to install etc and set up then? I'm a bit of a div when it comes to installing various bits of kit......