Wireless router
 

hey everyone,

can someone recommend me a cheap wireless router?
it is for a present for my friend, and will mainly be used for the wii, and maybe a laptop (she may keep this a direct connection to the modem she got.

she is with BT and she has free orange internet if this helps.

I seen this for price:
http://www.spotonuk.com/info~Itemcd~...o~XG%2D506.htm

what you think?
Zing I hope you can input on this

ik

Re: Wireless router
 

Depends on the 'free orange internet' bit.

She may already have a wireless router that looks a bit like an tent or open book spine up over. I'd check that 1st then look at a better brand such as this.

Re: Wireless router
 

I still looking for a router for this orange internet, I know the orange modem has a built in USB no ehternet.

does anyone know of a router that can take USB, I cant seem to find, they all take ethernet.....

help?
price range up to £40

ik

edit: the modem my friend has is: thomson speedtouch 330

Re: Wireless router
 

I've never heard of a USB router.

Re: Wireless router
 

Draytek used to do one, but it's been discontinued.

May be as easy to by a combined ADSL modem/router...

Re: Wireless router
 

would it matter what modem is used?

ik

edit: this is what will be used....

Laptop less than 5 meters away from the modem as it is.
Wii less than 8 meters away from the modem.
but want to go wireless as the wires are a nuisance when putting the comp on.

broadband with Orange but its free with the tarrif my friend has.

Re: Wireless router
 

From the Orange website:

So you can use a different modem or modem/router...

Re: Wireless router
 

now to look for a wireless modem/router....

any recommendations?

ik

Re: Wireless router
 

Before moving to cable I used a Netgear DG834G for a few years. I liked it & found it reliable.

Available for £42.99 from Amazon...

Re: Wireless router
 

I bought this router/modem for my friend.


but I am having problems installing it..... it just wont do it.

I think its a problem with the ISP of Orange, cause I can't find any numbers it dials to.

it is a dial up broadband set up she got

I found a couple of pages on orange, but not many, they dont give out any numbers to dial into.

I am going to try again soon. but does anyone have Orange broadband and have they successfully changed modems to a wirelss modem router?

ik

Re: Wireless router
 

Does she not have the settings on the PC already from when she was just using a modem?

Re: Wireless router
 

well I checked, she does but it only says dial 0 from country 44

I got her username and password fine, but it just wont see the net at all.

the modem wont install.
installing wired then going to go wireless.

ik

Re: Wireless router
 

Has she got the CD still to reinstall?

Link

Not that she's got new hardware, but it shows you can reinstall the settings from CD...

Re: Wireless router
 

she got 2 cd one for the speed touch modem dont know what the other is.

that might be her account.

although she got all the info....

I checked and it says the phone number should be 0

ik

Re: Wireless router
 

Have a look here for Netgear support info. You need to choose your version, is it 3 or 4? I'd guess 4 if it's brand new...

[Edit] What do you mean by 'the modem won't install'?

Re: Wireless router
 

its 3

ik

Re: Wireless router
 

OK, then follow the troubleshooting guide here...

Re: Wireless router
 

cheers dude.

I found that about an hour ago, took some notes.

cheers man, you been great with this.

ik

Re: Wireless router
 

If I get chance I'll download the v3 manual & have a look, but the wizard should set you up correctly. Did some more digging & 0 is correct for the phone number. If you have her username & password then it should work if not faulty...

Good luck!!

Re: Wireless router
 

edit : scrap that forgot the modem i put has no wireless

Re: Wireless router
 

I got the modem working now......

my problem was...... get this.....

enter the username and password to get onto the router page e.g. 192.168.so on
well I put in the correct password, and it asked for it about 10 times, well I was giving up easily.

I noticed that after my third attempt a box appeared as if it was making the table for the page, I was prompted to put the password in another twice, another ouline for a box...... and so on.

after about 10 inputs of the password it all worked.

I changed something, it prompted me again for the password, this time about 8 times

then about 6 then 4 then 2 then it accepted it and now only needs it to get in to the page and sometimes if I change anything.


the internet was set up inside this page, so the orange internet works fine wired up......

the wii works fine wirelessly....

but my new problem is I cant seem to get the computer (laptop) to see the router wirelessly.....

but I will look in the next few days.

thanks for your help guys, I might still be picking your brains about it soon enough

ik