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NTL Broadband and Philips 802.11g ADSL router

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  • 12-01-2009 8:28pm
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    louisecm
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    Hi. First of all I'm completely technically stupid, so basics are essential here! :o

    We have NTL broadband in our apartment, but not wireless. I bought a router today, Philips 802.11g ADSL. It asks to plug into a phone connection, obviously our internet comes from the cable box. Is there any way to make this work or do I need to bring this back to the shop (where by the way I asked if it would work and they said yes)?

    Apologies if I'm missing essential pieces of info here.


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    DingDong
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    You need to bring it back, its only good for ADSL. You need a wireless router that suitable for cable broadband Such as Linksys WRT54G


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    vibe666
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    ditto on the wrt54g, it's what they call a 'broadband router' and can be used for both cable and dsl type broadband connections as long as you have a separate modem from your internet provider to plug into it.

    that way, even if you change from a DSL based broadband like eircom to a Cable one like NTL you can keep your decent router and just use the ISP's (normally free) modem.


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