Looking to setup a wireless 3G network at home..............

UnderPressure

Hello everyone

I took out a contract with 3 about 2 years ago for their mobile broadband, it was intended to be a backup solution as well as easy access whilst on the road.

Since then our home area has been upgraded and we are now part of their "turbo" network which is excellent, full signal strength and easily achieve a 4mb connection, so a couple of months ago I decided to ditch BT completely for broadband and also home phone to use the 3 network exclusively.

For us this has so far worked out well we use Skype for landline calls, soho66 for a home phone number then surf via 3, saving us about £50is a month

I have 3's topline 15gig a month allowance for £15, the only downside is sharing a dongle so I want to setup a wireless network at home. I have looked at software such as connectify etc and to be honest was not really impressed so have decided to purchase a 3g wireless router.

The one 3 used to do the Huawei D100 has some terrible reviews so dont want that, their new Mi-Fi doesnt appeal either so I am looking at actual routers as a solution. There seems to be loads of them available on the net and I am really confused as to which one to go for.

Any advice and reccomendations appreciated

thanks in advance

fitshase

This is the one the IT guys used at my last place of work. Seemed to work well for them:-

http://netgear.co.uk/wireless_3g_router_mbr624gu.php

Hammyman

In addition to the above, Draytek Vigor 2820?? will allow you to plug in certain 3g dongles.

scottishblondie

I got the Zoom wireless 3G travel router a few months back for a holiday - it worked really well, my auntie ended up keeping it as she was switching to mobile BB. It was dead easy to set up and can run on battery or mains, and is definitely compatiible with the 3 dongles as well as load of others. They also do a desktop version which is cheaper and larger, and I believe has ethernet ports for wired conections.