Wireless router

PACH

Reply to your question, Bunking_off, the modem was installed by NTL. The line is from NTL. NTL connected a line to a small box that they fixed on the wall and from there with a fairly thick cable to their modem. So, as far as I understand this wireless technology I will only need a wireless router without a modem. I have seen on Amazon a second hand Netgear MR 814 for £18.95. Is this a good buy, or shall I keep away from second hand equipment?

scoobydo_2

hi I have just gone wireless and have ntl broadband , i was recommended to get a linksys router from amazon I paid £40 for it and was very easy to set up . If youi do find it a problem their customer service is excellant and wil talk you through every thing . This has very good reviews .
hope this helps I know very little about pc's and did mine

bunking_off

PACH wrote:

I have seen on Amazon a second hand Netgear MR 814 for £18.95. Is this a good buy, or shall I keep away from second hand equipment?

Wouldn't necessarily have an issue with second hand, but if it was my money I'd probably go for Scoobydo's suggestion....evidence that a particular combination works is always worth a few quid's worth of re-assurance in my book!

PACH

scoobydo wrote:

hi I have just gone wireless and have ntl broadband , i was recommended to get a linksys router from amazon I paid £40 for it and was very easy to set up . If youi do find it a problem their customer service is excellant and wil talk you through every thing . This has very good reviews .
hope this helps I know very little about pc's and did mine

Which model did you get?

scoobydo_2

hi I got the wireless G broadband router it was £40.88 in the top 5 buys .... hope this helps .

alison

wolfman

http://www.pcpro.co.uk/labs/131/wireless-routers/products.html

Got a KCorp KLG575 and Draytek Vigor 2600 myself. Couldn't fault either of them. The Draytek is a bit pricey though, probably more than you need.

PACH

Hi Alison ( Scoobydo)
I bought the same Linksys router as yours and I am having a lot of trouble setting it up. At one stage I thought I did it but then it asked me for "Network key". It looked to me like a password as you had to enter it twice. I put in a certain password, but it did not get me anywhere. At the moment the laptop finds the wireless router that I set up but I am unable to connect to it. What did you do for your original configuration? Did you go through the instructions using the CD i.e. 1 Connect the Router And 2. Configure the Router, which I found very technical, asking for lots of information that I do not have?
Maybe you can remember how you did it that will help me set up this box of tricks.
When you configured it, did you make it secure so only you have access to the router?
Thanks in advance.

scoobydo_2

hi pach .
I am useless with computers but set mine up ok using the installation disk . It tok me through every thing and i didn't really need to change much on my pc . on my home comp i am running ME but on laptop have xp this was no problem .. switch off you ntl bband and then try rebooting everything see if that works . If all else fail their tech support is excellant and they will take u through step by step . I rang them up about securing the network connection and they took me through it all .......

feel free to pm me ..

alison

PACH

Thanks, Alison. I will call their tech support service and I hope that I will get it working.

ohreally

PACH wrote:

Hi Alison ( Scoobydo)
At one stage I thought I did it but then it asked me for "Network key". It looked to me like a password as you had to enter it twice. I put in a certain password, but it did not get me anywhere.

The setup configuration would have asked you for a phrase when it generated a network key. Go back into the router control panel to retrieve it.