Orange Livebox - Any Good?

zenmaster

We have an Orange Livebox coming in the next few days. Are these reliable? What is the signal like?

It's an old building and the walls are pretty thick. We used to have a Netgear 11b wireless set and the signal was pretty patchy.

Is this newer technology likely to be better, worse, or similar?

Thanks.

Edinburghlass_2

Does anyone have a link to the Live Box as I am trying to help a friend over the phone with this thing and its difficult when I don't know anything about it.

espresso

Type livebox into the search box and click the Find button here for various customer support articles etc.

HTH

gaming_guy

Edinburghlass wrote:

Does anyone have a link to the Live Box as I am trying to help a friend over the phone with this thing and its difficult when I don't know anything about it.

see if this helps

marbella

I have had loads of trouble with orange livebox. I have kept my d-link router which is great. Orange sent me a livebox which did't work and the trouble started from there. I range them more than 70 time asking then pleading with them to send me a returns pouch so i could send it back, instead they sent me another livebox which i did not even open. I have sent a really nice letter then a really nasty letter to customer services but still cannot get rid of these boxes. This has been going on since end Sept. I have received a letter from them at last dated 5 nov to say that the pouches will be with me in 7-10 days time. Wait and see because i have no faith in orange. :mad:

Edinburghlass_2

Thanks for those links, I didn't realise that it was anything more than a wireless router but it seems to have been nothing but trouble for my friend and she is now anything but wireless as she is using it with the ethernet cable.

Browntoa

friend of mine has a MAC, told them when he signed up, then found that it does not support them !!

zenmaster

Browntoa wrote:

friend of mine has a MAC, told them when he signed up, then found that it does not support them !!

Oh yes it does

Pollypocket_3

Edinburghlass wrote:

Thanks for those links, I didn't realise that it was anything more than a wireless router but it seems to have been nothing but trouble for my friend and she is now anything but wireless as she is using it with the ethernet cable.

:eek:
Oh no..... I am waiting for my live box and as I am not wireless will be connecting via ethernet cable - as instructed by helpful orange man.
Hope mine all connects smoothly.........

Watch this space

reehsetin

Browntoa wrote:

friend of mine has a MAC, told them when he signed up, then found that it does not support them !!

it does but only the most recent OS and tech support wont give you any help<- thats the main thing they should have told you