Which router?

Grumpelstiltskin

Could some kind person explain routers to me in words of one sylable please.

I have at the moment one laptop which is connected to an NTL modem. I now need to have another laptop in use.

So I understand I need a router, but which one? Are they easy to install?
What problems are there in store possibly?

Thank you in advance from a complete technophobe:D

KillerWatt

Grumpelstiltskin wrote: »

So I understand I need a router, but which one?

Any router that is advertised as a "Cable Router" will do.

Grumpelstiltskin wrote: »

Are they easy to install?

A semi trained lab rat can do it once they read the quick install guide.

Grumpelstiltskin wrote: »

What problems are there in store possibly?

If you read the instructions before you start, none.

aliEnRIK

KillerWatt wrote: »

If you read the instructions before you start, none.

Not quite true, some online games would probably require the opening of ports etc

Depends what the OPs going to use it for really

Grumpelstiltskin

Thanks for that guys, no online gaming and I'm a totally non trained lab rat:D:D

So it will need to be mega simple.

macman

Presumably you want a wireless cable router, if you want to use your laptop remotely?
Though I'm not sure if non-wireless routers are even still available these days, at least for consumer markets.

GunJack

http://www.ebuyer.com/search?q=cable+routers&x=0&y=0

ebuyer, from £17


netgear on there for £35ish, tenda for £17. Steer clear of belkin

Grumpelstiltskin

GunJack wrote: »

http://www.ebuyer.com/search?q=cable+routers&x=0&y=0

ebuyer, from £17


netgear on there for £35ish, tenda for £17. Steer clear of belkin

Thanks for that I'll have a look tomorrow when my brain is working

DCFC79

To be honest id go for a netgear if you can afford it, had current netgear for 5/6 years and its still working