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| Thread ID: 76790 | 2007-02-15 23:49:00 | Which router should I get? | annie (6010) | Press F1 |
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| 525032 | 2007-02-15 23:49:00 | I live in Wellington and we're moving from Telecom ADSL broadband (with their modem/router/switch connecting our 2 networked computers to the internet) to TelstraClear cable broadband. TelstraClear are giving us a modem, but no router/switch. So my list of specs is: 1. Router/4-port ethernet switch 2. (Additional wireless network capability would be good for the occasional laptop that comes into the house, but not essential) 3. Firewall 4. Connects to modem via whatever it is that isn't a USB connection. 5. Easy to set up. Does anyone have any suggestions? My knowledge of networking is pretty limited, I have set up one in the past but it was pretty painful. I've read the background on howstuffworks but find it hard to understand router specs at ascent.co.nz - can't really understand if they're suitable or not. Cheers |
annie (6010) | ||
| 525033 | 2007-02-16 00:12:00 | Get any router with NAT and pass through capability and you'll be fine. I'm using a cheap as chips TrendNet TW100-S4W1CA (around $120 will be cheaper now, not wireless capable though) with no problems at all on Telstra Cable. Most, if not all, routers on the market today will have those things. Bullion do a good range, or so I hear. If you want proper firewall capabilities you'll pay a heap more for the pleasure and it won't achieve much more than a NAT router with the addition of software firewalls on each user machine - Unless it's for something more than a home or SOHO network, when you may want to look at spending larger dollars. |
Murray P (44) | ||
| 525034 | 2007-02-16 00:12:00 | Any cheap wireless router will do the job fine (as long as it is a Router, rather than just as switch/wireless AP). I'd recommend the Linksys WRT54G (or GL) - quite a few people on PF1 use them, and haven't had any issues with them (as do I). |
somebody (208) | ||
| 525035 | 2007-02-16 00:20:00 | Thanks Murray, Somebody - those exact models aren't available it seems, but others are with the same characteristics for about the same price, so I know the sort of thing I need to look for, will look into what Ascent have and order one. Ta - |
annie (6010) | ||
| 525036 | 2007-02-16 00:26:00 | I have heard not so good stuff about the WRT54G, and apparently the GL is better. WRT54GL: www.ascent.co.nz |
mejobloggs (264) | ||
| 525037 | 2007-02-16 00:35:00 | Thanks jobloggs - I had a look at that, it looks good but unfortunately is wireless - I should have said I have a cat5 cable running between the computers and the router, so would prefer to use that. Appreciate your help though | annie (6010) | ||
| 525038 | 2007-02-16 00:37:00 | Hi Annie An additional capability that might be useful on your new wireless router/switch is a USB print server. This would allow a printer attached to the router to be easily shared over the network... HTH BachelorNo1 |
bachelorno1 (6556) | ||
| 525039 | 2007-02-16 00:42:00 | Hello Annie. I'm using a WRT54G and I find that it is absolutely fantastic. The set up is quite easy, they are quite cheap, good to look at:D and the customer.IT service is absolutely outstanding. I have not had any problems. Linksys routers are some of the best and very customizable as well and widely available. | beeswax34 (63) | ||
| 525040 | 2007-02-16 00:48:00 | Thanks jobloggs - I had a look at that, it looks good but unfortunately is wireless - I should have said I have a cat5 cable running between the computers and the router, so would prefer to use that. Appreciate your help though Er, while it is indeed a wireless router, it also has a 4 port switch, meaning you can hook up to four computers via cat5 to it, and it will behave just like any other 4 port router/switch would... However, having said that, if you are never going to go wireless at any stage you can save a few bucks and just get a four port router (I believe they sell for between $100-$120 these days). |
Sherman (9181) | ||
| 525041 | 2007-02-16 00:49:00 | So the consensus is that wireless is pretty good then? I had been going to go with cable, but if so many people have had good experiences then I might reconsider - | annie (6010) | ||
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