Cable Wireless Router Required

AndyD_OHD

HI All,
I am looking for a wireless router for my folks to have on their PC so that their grandkids can use their laptops (what's the world coming to, kids with laptops!) downstairs. My folks have cable, and a PC which is a few years old but they have been told it is ok for the web, etc. Does anyone have any recommendations please? I was thnking of recommending this one...here

Cheers
Andy

Inactive

Try this one, good reports and good supplier.

http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?LIN-WRT54G

psilocybe

Inactive wrote: »

Try this one, good reports and good supplier.

http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?LIN-WRT54G

yeah thats the brand I would recommend, in fact I used to have that particular model for a couple of yrs until I upgraded to a Linksys WRT300N

tunesurfer

Interesting upgrade - do u use the draft n or g signal - i too need a router soon and might go for the better one.

wazza

AndyD_OHD wrote: »

HI All,
I am looking for a wireless router for my folks to have on their PC so that their grandkids can use their laptops (what's the world coming to, kids with laptops!) downstairs. My folks have cable, and a PC which is a few years old but they have been told it is ok for the web, etc. Does anyone have any recommendations please? I was thnking of recommending this one...here

Cheers
Andy

As a matter of interest is it a cable broadband like ntl/virgin? I am on ntl and also looking for a decent wireless router. So i will keep an eye on this post

AndyD_OHD

Yeah it's Virgin Media

wazza

AndyD_OHD wrote: »

Yeah it's Virgin Media

great, i will see what you decide to go for and how you rate it before i get mine

kooldube

ive been on ntl/virgin for aout 3 years and i use the above wireless router and have had no problems hope this helps

psilocybe

tunesurfer wrote: »

Interesting upgrade - do u use the draft n or g signal - i too need a router soon and might go for the better one.

Well all my other stuff is g recieving (Wii, Xbox 360, PS3), I run both my pc's wired anyway, but even though the consoles are still g, if I was on the old router I wouldnt have stood a chance of getting a signal in many of my rooms cos my walls are made of lead or something lol. I could have bought a signal booster but I wasnt very hopeful as I dont have any power sockets in the best place for it. This draft n router really does the job it seems.

weaver

Cant recommend Linksys enough - there customer service is brilliant.

It is also a free phone number :T you speak to someone in asia (one call I have no problem making ) - speak excellant english - they will talk you though every step of setting up and help with problems.

Even had weather reports of how hot is was out there :rolleyes: and it was snowing here.:rotfl: :rotfl:

I had a linksys router which didnt work as good as it should have, so they arranged pick up and they shipped another one to me all within a week.

Customer service is 100% excellant and they are very patient (for those of us who arnt very techie minded )

Shoppaholic12345

I'm on Virgin broadband as well. How about Netgear?