[access-uk] Re: Advice re router purchase
- From: Douglas Harrison <harrison1d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:12:00 +0100
Thanks for this, Amro - very helpful indeed. Thanks also to Carol, Steve and
Adrian for their
input - I hope that you don't mind me not acknowledging individually, but I
don't want to clutter
up the list too much.
Despite my initial enthusiasm for the Access point, I now feel inclined to look
for a good 4
port router with firewall etc.
Actually the 1 port router supplied by Demon is a Thomson Speedtouch 510 which
has done
its job well during the last 6 weeks or so. It was pre-configured and the fact
that I have never
succeeded in getting into it to make a copy of the settings has only been a
minor irritation. I
think the 585 would be worth considering - but hope that the same problem would
not arise!
I will spend some time studying the DSL-warehouse site this weekend and
probably follow
your suggestion and come back to the list before actually placing an order.
Thanks again,
Douglas
On 21 Aug 2008 at 16:23, Amro Bilal wrote:
> Hi Douglas,
>
> I think buying a wireless router with multiple ports and a built in
> firewall would be the easiest and safest route to go. A router with only
> one port is quite poor to be frank. I have used two wireless routers. The
> DrayTek Vigor 2800, which is a very robust router but it is quite
> expensive and could be quite technical and difficult to setup. The other
> one is Thomson SpeedTouch 585 v7 54Mbps Wireless ADSL/2+ Router. I would
> recommend this one as it is very easy to setup and configure, it has all
> the add-on features that most users may need such as firewall, web
> encryption for security, parental controls etc. And it is reasonably
> priced too. I saw it for about £43 on DSL-Warehouse at
> www.dsl-warehouse.co.uk. I used DSL Warehouse in two occasions and found
> the company to be reliable; on the website they have a phone number for
> sales inquiries if you'd rather talk to someone. Other router brands that
> are very popular are Linksys and Netgear. Check out the DSL Warehouse
> website; you'll be spoiled for choice! One thing though, when you spot one
> that you like ask again on the list before buying just to be sure that you
> don't run into any accessibility issues.
>
> Cheers,
> Amro
>
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Douglas Harrison
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