Looking for a wired cable router

A_Clock

My mum and dad just got another pc, one winxp the other is vista, and they want to get a router. what's the best wired one for them to get?

dekh

Nonsense first answer of mine ... sorry. If it is cable, you'll have to get a router from your cable supplier and most/all don't suport home networks.

When I had cable I ran from their router into an old PC with IPCop on it and from there to a cheap 4 port hub.

A_Clock

dekh wrote: »

Nonsense first answer of mine ... sorry. If it is cable, you'll have to get a router from your cable supplier and most/all don't suport home networks.

When I had cable I ran from their router into an old PC with IPCop on it and from there to a cheap 4 port hub.

I had a router when i lived there but it broke, got it off ebay cheap There are a few on ebuyer
http://www.ebuyer.com/cat/Wired/subcat/Routers---Cable-DSL
Just wanted to know what best to go for

totalsolutions

All routers are about the same go for a brand name a little bit more but it does the job, professionally. Dunno what dekh in on but I would avoid it!

weegie.geek

dehk is confused

I'd go for one of these http://www.ebuyer.com/search/?intStoreID=8&intCatID=109&intSubcatUID=1148

I'd personally probably go for the linksys.

spud17

I'm on cable and have a Netgear rp614, e.g. RP 614 It just worked and has been trouble free.

dekh

weegie.geek wrote: »

dehk is confused

It'sa frequent occurence

Or better described as my natural state.

If it is Virgin Cable what I said above still holds, if it is adsl my Zyxel p-600 4 port switch and firewall hasn't flickered in 6 months does all the DHCP and NAT I could wish for, hasn't been switched off and doesn't get warm.

Nilrem

It's the modem, not the router you have to get from the cable company

I'm currently on my third modem in 8 years (one died, one couldn't handle the last round of speed upgrades).

I'm also on my second router (at one point I used a PC to do routing but it was overkill, and took up far too much room).

Personally I like Linksys cable/asdl routers (not an asdl only router as they have the modem built in).
I'm currently using a Linksys WRT54GS V2 which is roughly the equivalent of the WRT54GL now, it's a wireless router but you can turn the wireless side of it off, and it's very simple to install - basically turn off the modem, connect the router to the modem and PC's then turn the modem on, wait about 60-90 seconds for it to finish booting, then turn the router on.
Both models mention can connect up to 4 PC's via the built in wired connections* (it's got a 4 port switch), or more via wireless (or a mix of both).

I've currently got the older WRT54GS connected to our cable modem, then up to 4PC's, a Wii and DS and it's pretty reliable


*If you hook them up to an external switch you can add additional wired machines (I think up to about 50:eek: ), my one is hooked up to an old 8 port switch for when i'm working on friends machines and need to connect them to the network/internet (it saves unplugging on of our machines).

Stubert

Why not just buy a normal wireless router? Most of them as standard have 4 ports on the back anyway. And then you always have the option to go wireless if you want.

BillScarab

You certainly don't need to buy a router from your cable company although I think Virgin do sell Netgear ones, or used to.

Personally I'd get a wireless one and disabel the wireless if they don't need it. Then it's there if they ever require it.

Wireless Cable routers

Wired only cable routers

msaquib

spud17 wrote: »

I'm on cable and have a Netgear rp614, e.g. RP 614 It just worked and has been trouble free.

Hi,

Can I connect this router with Virgin? and is it compatible with Vista?

Thanks
SM