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BT Ire;and BB - need to go wireless, what router?

swoofer · 2006-12-03 17:01:08

I have bt ireland BB and use Zyxel 630 modem. Can I use this piece of kit 54Mbps Wireless ADSL2+ Modem/Router + USB Adapter and is it easy to install. I went on Bt ireland bb site but totally lost. They dont state what modem they supoort for wireless. I am getting a latop and it will have draft n facility so would I be…

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03-12-2006 6:01pm

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I have bt ireland BB and use Zyxel 630 modem. Can I use this piece of kit 54Mbps Wireless ADSL2+ Modem/Router + USB Adapter and is it easy to install. I went on Bt ireland bb site but totally lost.

They dont state what modem they supoort for wireless.

I am getting a latop and it will have draft n facility so would I be better off getting a wireless modem that suports N or MIMO specs? I hate all these cahmges so would like to get as future proof spec from the outset as possible.

Will this work

Belkin N1 Wireless Router

http://www.dabs.com/ProductView.aspx?Quicklinx=4BTT&CategorySelectedId=11177&NavigationKey=11177,4294959958,50909&InMerch=1

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#2 03-12-2006 9:06pm
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Read this thread here

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#3 03-12-2006 9:50pm
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Great buy for €25, knocks spots off my Netgear router.

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#4 04-12-2006 12:45pm
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simple answer yes you can use it

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#5 04-12-2006 12:52pm
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GBCULLEN wrote:

I have bt ireland BB and use Zyxel 630 modem. Can I use this piece of kit 54Mbps Wireless ADSL2+ Modem/Router + USB Adapter and is it easy to install. I went on Bt ireland bb site but totally lost.

They dont state what modem they supoort for wireless.

I am getting a latop and it will have draft n facility so would I be better off getting a wireless modem that suports N or MIMO specs? I hate all these cahmges so would like to get as future proof spec from the outset as possible.

Will this work

Belkin N1 Wireless Router

http://www.dabs.com/ProductView.aspx?Quicklinx=4BTT&CategorySelectedId=11177&NavigationKey=11177,4294959958,50909&InMerch=1

I have BT and had so much trouble with the Zxyel that I threw it out (Zxyel is a a €20 euro router that BT charge you €33 euro for) and bought a netgear rangemax WPN824 Mimo which came with a ranngemax usb adapter . Works a dream! I needed to connect 2 pc's rather than a pc and a laptop. The netgeatr also has WEP and WAP security features built in . I would definately recommend it - its also very easy to set up . I had a belkin usb adapter which didn't work very well.

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#6 04-12-2006 12:52pm
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GBCULLEN wrote:

I have bt ireland BB and use Zyxel 630 modem. Can I use this piece of kit 54Mbps Wireless ADSL2+ Modem/Router + USB Adapter and is it easy to install. I went on Bt ireland bb site but totally lost.

They dont state what modem they supoort for wireless.

I am getting a latop and it will have draft n facility so would I be better off getting a wireless modem that suports N or MIMO specs? I hate all these cahmges so would like to get as future proof spec from the outset as possible.

Will this work

Belkin N1 Wireless Router

http://www.dabs.com/ProductView.aspx?Quicklinx=4BTT&CategorySelectedId=11177&NavigationKey=11177,4294959958,50909&InMerch=1

I have BT and had so much trouble with the Zxyel that I threw it out (Zxyel is a a €20 euro router that BT charge you €33 euro for) and bought a netgear rangemax WPN824 Mimo which came with a ranngemacx usb adapter . Works a dream! I need 2 connect 2 pc's rather than a pc and a laptop. The netgeatr also has WEP and WAP security features built in . I would definately recommend it - its also very easy to set up . I had a belkin usb adapter which didn't work very well.

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#7 04-12-2006 10:27pm
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thanks all, BT are going to send me theirs for free!! but I bought that Netgear one anyway and got a free usb adaptor.

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#8 13-12-2006 12:12am
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I got this router and cant get it to work, i am with BT Esat, got router from dabs in UK!! I tried with wizard but it asks for IP address and then for DNS addresses. Lost I'm afraid.

I can get it to connect pc to router but it will not connect to netgear webpage. What am I missing, I checked PW as well. And I let it through my kerio firewall but should I disable that completely? Going a cup of coffee and then that cd is calling.

gb--

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