Im currently using an extended fixed line to a standard phone socket for my broadband connection. I want to buy a wireless router, this is on offer at Argos and seems to have good reviews...
http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/p ... rice+Cut=1

Anyone else on wireless? Any problems I should watch out for? Any comments on this particular unit or brand?

Thanks.

I've been using this Netgear Router V4 for about 15 months, I took the Version 4 when it was not on the shelves in the high street. Simon points me to the web based suppliers, and I buy as recommended.

http://www.techradar.com/reviews/pc-mac ... 27/review#

I use a BT phone line on Telegraph poles that were wired-up when phone lines came down the Thames valley. As luck would have it, we do have a tiny edwardian looking BT telephone exchange, only 700 meters away or so. I am not that impressed with my ISP.

I am supposed to get 10meg broad band. I get download speed of about 8.22 meg, and upload at about 1.88 meg.

I should go to cable, which I can, since I have trenched the cable from the Avenue to my porch when the cable workers were outside in the street. Made them tea, surprising what an offer of tea can do for. This was 8 years ago. It is ready and waiting for when the super highway is actually delivered. Just now though I'm with good old Mum Beatie.

I stayed with good old Mum because of the business. Beatie customers get their phones lines fixed 1st.

The router comes in 3 range levels. The one I use, mid range, will do an outbuilding 10 yards away as well as the house. There is no metal in the buildings other than plumbing and electric.

I run the router about 5 ft off the ground. I have not tried a remote laptop more than 30 meters away.

For me this is a good work horse. I down load High def videos with absolutely no stagger, seemless video (except between 4:30 to 7:00pm when all the kids in the Thames Valley near Reading are on). I dont play high speed online games, so I have no experience of the limitations mentioned in the review.

My maxi pc is a triple core 7.2 gig processor, so I should need fibre optic to the door to use it to it's max potential. Until that is available, I may as well stay with this wireless ADSL2 plus, 4 port router.

The way I see it, is that you may communicate with a maxi business PC, a Laptop, a nearby TV screen or home cinema device, and a Printer or Scanners if they are all wireless ready and configured.

I don't own a home cinema device, but it is worth considering future versatility.

BT lines are dirty (signal to noise ratio) if the NetGear router gets jammed with noise, just unplug the 5 volt line and plug back in and wait 20 seconds for the device to boot itself. Good diagnostics window with the router, very friendly on XP Pro.

Hope that helps GK, now must get on today, lots of work to prepare.

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Duncan

Haven't bothered too much with these as this is a monocracy and one m/c suffices.
However I do know that very recently an agreement on the standard has been ratified. It is 802.11n

Thanks D, Im still thinking about it.

If you do go down the router route, ensure that you have security to stop neighbours, passers-by etc from accessing your activities.

Right:

1) Router Password: you nominate it, otherwise the default is known
2) Wireless SSID (Network name) you nominate in windows, the screen pops up for you
3)Wireless WPA/2 key (the code you type in to access the wireless) this will be your password.

That will keep the Ar*oles out.

All friendly reminders in XP Pro help you - don't know or want to know Vista

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Duncan

Roger the Vista comment Dunc. One of my clubs has it now. Has a mind of it's own. There is a problem which three of us have been trying to sort for months.