Magnet Fibre to Home - Router Advice Please!

TechnoFreek

Hi,

My mate has Magnet "fibre to home" which essentially consists of various ethernet sockets around the house.
At the moment my mate just hard wires his laptop to the ports but as his laptop has a wireless card he would like to get a wireless modem/router and make things mobile.

He has contacted Magnet but they have advised that they do noy supply modems/routers.

Can anyone please advise on a modem solution & settings/configuration that are required to get things working.

For example would the standard eircom router from PC World when configured correctly suffice?

Any/all advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thomas_S_Hunterson

From how you describe it, you don't need a router/modem, just a wireless access point. Something like this should suffice: http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.aspx?sku=321911

TechnoFreek

Sean_K wrote:

From how you describe it, you don't need a router/modem, just a wireless access point. Something like this should suffice: http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.aspx?sku=321911

Thanks Sean_K. That does sound more plausible. Can anyone else confirm this solution?
Do anything settings need to be made?

I want to be sure before I make any recommendations to my mate

TechnoFreek

Would a wireless router connected directly to the wall socket also do the job?

adrian.s

TechnoFreek wrote:

Would a wireless router connected directly to the wall socket also do the job?

Yes. I have Magnet FTTH, and that's what I've done.

A.

bungholio

yes i to have it and i use a linksys wireless wrt54g router, connect wan port to outlet and shabang

TechnoFreek

adrian.s wrote:

Yes. I have Magnet FTTH, and that's what I've done.

bungholio wrote:

yes i too have it and i use a linksys wireless wrt54g router, connect wan port to outlet and shabang

Thanks guys, thats just the sort of confirmation that I needed!