Wireless NTL

davemc

Hi Guys

The wireless thing interests me... I'm hooking up with NTL in the near future but I want to setup wirelessly. I know a cable modem is supplied but what exactly do I need to get if I want to hook up wirelessly? Routers etc...Also any models that people are currently using and what they think, would be useful. I'm going with the 300kbps initially....anyone currently using this here and what do they think?

Cheers...Dave.

Boro

You can do three things:
1. Get a wireless cable modem which would replace your ntl modem
2. Get a wireless router (such as the 3com router from www.komplett.ie) that you plug your modem into.
3. Get a wireless adapter for your pc and use internet connection sharing through that adapter.

I have the 3com router from (2) and it works a treat with my NTL modem. Cost me 88euro. Came with a usb wireless adapter also

Boro

Also re: the NTL speed - 300kbps is grand for email/surfing etc. If you want to do anything more robust like playing games/downloading stuff, etc, then you might want to look at geting a faster version. I have the 1.5mbps package and its great.

With the 300kbps package, if theres a couple of you sharing the same connection it will seem quite slow. Plus the max download speed on that is about 37kb/s compared to 90 odd on the 750 and 185ish on the 1.5mbps.

! dwarfchucka

How many pc's are you linking and are they desktop or laptop? I've recently installed the 3com router and usb nic mentioned by boro and find them brilliant. I have a desktop running XP and a laptop running Windows 2000. To get everything talking to each other I've got 2 network cards in the desktop.
These connect to the router which is fed by my 750 mb ntl modem(which i find does the job nicely and is affordable!). The usb connection goes in the laptop and i get really good signal strength on it all over the house.

davemc

The 3Com you suggested seems like just the job. I've the desktop upstairs and the laptop which I use daily but I'd like to connect everything up wirelessly of course...

! dwarfchucka

Sounds very much like my set up. My modem is upstairs next to the desktop so i've got an ethernet cable going from it to the router and two going from the router to the desktop. This was possible cos i have an upstairs tv point.
If your only tv point is downstairs you might consider a wireless card in your desktop as well.NTL don't charge for installation so it won't change the price, its just you'll have a tv cable strung through your house on full view.

If you wanted the desktop to be wireless as well, you'd need a plug-in wireless card to share the BB and another to communicate with the laptop. I guess it might be possible to only have one comms card on your desktop but it might be a security risk.Need more advice on that one really.HTH.

causal

! dwarfchucka wrote:

To get everything talking to each other I've got 2 network cards in the desktop.
These connect to the router which is fed by my 750 mb ntl modem
[and later]
My modem is upstairs next to the desktop so i've got an ethernet cable going from it to the router and two going from the router to the desktop.

Why do you have two cables going from your router to two network cards in your desktop?

causal

! dwarfchucka

Just the setup that suited me.Theres another two free ports available on the router if i need them. I had the cards already and its more secure as my internet connection doesn't get anywhere near my shared docs and files. There might be a better way but this works perfectly for me.