George: As you know, I wasn't the guy who introduced you to the Draytek range, but I too use them now in three locations. Although I had some issues with VPN some while ago, I managed to resolve these in the last few days - one of the ISP's was telling porkies, and the IP proved to be dynamic. By the use of an on-line IP utility, the IP appears to be static, and all the issues have been resolved. The web interface is easy with JAWS, and one of the units (which cost well over a hundred quid) survived the power surge which killed off a PC 7 weeks or so ago. The PCMCIA card in my lap top was also easy to set up. David -----Original Message----- From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of George Bell Sent: Monday, March 03, 2008 10:38 PM To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] Re: Will this router/modem do the job? Hi Andy, Impossible for me to take sides on any manufacturer, but personally speaking, and of course from my business point of view, I was introduced to Drayek Vigor routers by a blind system administration person who must remain nameless. http://www.draytek.co.uk/ Although these guys have a very simple web based interface, and are probably more expensive than others, as far as I am concerned they have proved to be very reliable. But see what others say here about what they have got. George. -----Original Message----- From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Andy Collins Sent: Monday, March 03, 2008 10:13 PM To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] Re: Will this router/modem do the job? Hi George - Well I do use Vista now, on the laptop! So maybe I should be looking at other manufacturers other than Netgear? I'm aware of Linksys, but have read quite a lot of reviews where people have had problems with the installation, and with loss of connection! - Andy ----- Original Message ----- From: "George Bell" <george@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, March 03, 2008 9:50 PM Subject: [access-uk] Re: Will this router/modem do the job? | Frankly, Andy, I'd be looking for Router/Modems which work | with both XP AND Vista. You may not need Vista now, but at | least you will know they are as up to date as possible. | | George. | | -----Original Message----- | From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx | [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Andy Collins | Sent: Monday, March 03, 2008 9:18 PM | To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx | Subject: [access-uk] Re: Will this router/modem do the job? | | Hi George - | | So, is this to say that going for the more expensive 2005 | model would be | best? There doesn't seem to be anything more up-to-date than | that; Netgear | have given links on their site to download drivers for all | of their models | to be compliant with Vista - | | Andy | ----- Original Message ----- | From: "George Bell" <george@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> | To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> | Sent: Monday, March 03, 2008 8:58 PM | Subject: [access-uk] Re: Will this router/modem do the job? | | || Hi Andy, || || Can I be very blunt? 2003 to 2008 is 5 years. Five years || is how often Microsoft introduce operating systems. Just || look at it. Windows 98. Windows XP. 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