wireless router

tinkerbell1978

hi i am on bt broadband is it possible to use a aol wireless router? or do i need to get a bt one? thanks!

espresso

tinkerbell1978 wrote: »

hi i am on bt broadband is it possible to use a aol wireless router? or do i need to get a bt one? thanks!

It depends if the AOL router is locked e.g. will only allow a connection to be made to the AOL network. If you can log into this router and then change the log-in details to those required by BT, i.e. username/password, it will work fine.

Jake'sGran

Glad I spotted this. My PC is upstairs but I sleep downstairs due to health problems. There is not much room downstairs to put the PC so I have decided to buy a laptop and my SinL says I need a router.

I hadn't realised that it might be necessary to use one supplied by my server.
I spoke to them last night to see if I could get one for free due to the fact that when I signed up for broadband with them a router was part of the packet and I declined it . They will let me have one if I sign up for a new twelve month contract @ £14.99 month. After that I can go back to paying only £10 month. Therefore the router is £60. Is this a good deal? I noticed they are available elsewhere a lot cheaper but will AOL let me use one from another company?

espresso

Jake'sGran wrote: »

They will let me have one if I sign up for a new twelve month contract @ £14.99 month. After that I can go back to paying only £10 month. Therefore the router is £60. Is this a good deal? I noticed they are available elsewhere a lot cheaper but will AOL let me use one from another company?

It's not worth paying £60 for a router from your ISP, when they are widely available from £30.

vyseyboy

Jake'sGran wrote: »

Glad I spotted this. My PC is upstairs but I sleep downstairs due to health problems. There is not much room downstairs to put the PC so I have decided to buy a laptop and my SinL says I need a router.

I hadn't realised that it might be necessary to use one supplied by my server.
I spoke to them last night to see if I could get one for free due to the fact that when I signed up for broadband with them a router was part of the packet and I declined it . They will let me have one if I sign up for a new twelve month contract @ £14.99 month. After that I can go back to paying only £10 month. Therefore the router is £60. Is this a good deal? I noticed they are available elsewhere a lot cheaper but will AOL let me use one from another company?

If you buy one from a PC shop for example, it should work with any service provider, after setting up your username and password. Your provider should have told you your chosen username and password at sign-up, and the router should have instructions on setting up the basics.

The only thing to look out for is that there are two fundamental types of connection, ADSL (most internet connections over a phone line, BT, Orange, Tiscali etc,) and cable (used to be telewest, Virgin Media,)

Confusingly Virgin Media provide both types of service, so be careful there.

You have to get the correct type (ADSL or cable) to match your internet connection type.

£60 is expensive in my opinion. Try pushing them harder, or go ahead and buy one for £30 - £45 in the shops... they often come with a client adapter free, which you might need for any computers which aren't already wireless enabled, although i think the laptop would be.

Good luck

albertross_2

The choice of router is ADSL (BT, Tiscali, Talk talk, Virgin ADSL, Orange etc) or cable/DSL (Virgin media via cable). Cable routers are labelled cable/dsl.

This is suitable for AOL

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Netgear-DG834G-54Mbps-Wireless-Firewall/dp/B0000TZ8Z8

vyseyboy

albertross wrote: »

The choice of router is ADSL (BT, Tiscali, Talk talk, Virgin ADSL, Orange etc) or cable/DSL (Virgin media via cable). Cable routers are labelled cable/dsl.

This is suitable for AOL

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Netgear-DG834G-54Mbps-Wireless-Firewall/dp/B0000TZ8Z8

Yes, my mistake. I've never understood why cable routers are called DSL when they don't have anything to do with Digital Subscriber Line, but they are.

There are loads of ADSL routers about that would fit the bill.