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147161	2003-05-25 05:37:00	I have a DSE router (V2) and have had no problems with it. Very easy install and support team. Come ready for Ihug and very easy (change 4 numbers) to get to Xtra...	JamesStewart (874)
147162	2003-05-25 05:43:00	>Seems to me I need a router like maybe the Dynalink RTA220 now, and then add a wireless access point off my switch at another time. >As far as I can tell the RTA300W only supports 802.11b, so my potentially fancy new laptop's 802.11g card would be under-used! All of that sounds fine, CarlH, and you are right about the RTA300W. However, just a couple of thoughts - I bought the RTA300 (ie without the wireless technology). By using that router, I was able to flick my switch, thus freeing up precious desktop space and remove a brick from the overloaded junction boxes. I already had a Wireless Access Point - if I could have got rid of that as well without wasting what I had spent on it, I would have bought the RTA300W, which would free up even more space and remove another brick. The RTA300W has a very small footprint by the way. It would have been nice if I had been able to predict how my needs would change, and what manufacturers were going to come out with... If that had been the case, I would have far less junk littering the desk, and far fewer demands on the power outlets. However, I understand the issue of the RTA300W only doing 802.11b (which is all that I need - a WLAN that works fast enough between the laptop in the house and PC in my office in an outside building). However, if you cannot do without 802.11g, have a look around and you may find an equivalent that does the router/modem/WAP 802.11g thing all in one - I have a feeling there is a Dynalink model that might do this. Dynalink routers look a bit crappy, but style isn't everything, is it? John	John H (8)
147163	2003-05-25 05:54:00	>I have a feeling there is a Dynalink model that might do this . Dynalink routers look a bit crappy, but style isn't everything, is it? Sorry, that should have been D-Link, not Dynalink . I always get their names confused . The RTA300W is Dynalink of course, whilst the other manufacturer is D-Link . I have just checked the D-Link website, and they have an AirPlus Xtreme G DI-624 4-Port Wireless Router that does both b & g (draft) . I understand that 802 . 11g has not yet been signed off, so you do take a bit of a risk buying those products at this stage . Have a look at this: DI-624 ( . dlink . co . nz/products/routers/di624/" target="_blank">www . dlink . co . nz)	John H (8)
147164	2003-05-25 07:21:00	> Carl already has a switch PoWa, all he needs is a > plain vanilla router. No point in spending extra $$$ > for surplus technology. He needs an ADSL Modem with Router. There is a difference as you can get routers just by themselves that are basically a switch in another breed.	Big John (551)
147165	2003-05-25 08:07:00	I'd looked at the DLink DI624, but unless I'm missing something it isn't a modem.....?	CarlH (3009)
147166	2003-05-25 09:48:00	> I'd looked at the DLink DI624, but unless I'm missing > something it isn't a modem.....? My guess as well. A router is a term for a device that connects 2 networks. The DI1624 looks as though it is a router in the sense that it connects a wireless network with a Local Area Network. You need a router that connects an internet network (via ADSL ) to a LAN, and also to a wireless network. Something like this (www.dse.co.nz) however its out of stock at this location.	godfather (25)
147167	2003-05-25 21:58:00	>I'd looked at the DLink DI624, but unless I'm missing something it isn't a modem . . . . . ? Whoops, yes, you are correct . It is also listed on another D-Link page as a router without built in modem . My apologies - I should have read the page more carefully . NZ PC World recently did a review of two products that do the 802 . 11g thing and one of them was from D-Link . I thought it was a modem/router, and that this was the model reviewed . I guess I should riffle through back issues and re-read the review . . . John	John H (8)
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