Good Deal?
 

Hi all
I am looking to put in my first wireles network and i was in pc world and saw this on offer http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/product/seo/770394 and i wondered if anyone would know if it is good deal or not or if the router is any good as i have not heard of the make before.Any help woukd be great.

cheers

Re: Good Deal?
 

The simple answer lol No - it's from PC world! ;)

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Re: Good Deal?
 

Hi bigglesuk :) I wouldn't say thats a specifically good deal no, are you wanting that router in paticular? if not then maybe this is worth a look? cheaper and seems to have fairly good reviews obviously some people not happy with it but spotted a couple of VM customers seemed to work well for whilst looking through for you, any opinions on this router from the rest of you CF folk? :)
Good luck in your search :tu:
~ Kitty x

Re: Good Deal?
 

If you are going to compare routers there needs to be a comparison between the different wireless speeds available. Amongst the g speed routers the Linksys WRT54g range was definitely a leader. However I don't know about the "n" standard which is supposedly faster than the "g".

Bear in mind however that both g and n are faster than the current fastest broadband. If you are buying wireless now, n is probably the standard to go for to allow future proofing with the faster speeds Virgin Media might be launching.

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I noticed the one you were looking at has a wireless adaptor bundled in with it. You might want to take a look at this......I got this Belkin B5DUK045 G+ MIMO router and adaptor package from PC World the other week. The price seems as good as anywhere and the adaptor is worth £25 (although you dont need to buy another £25 one if you want to add another on - I bought a cheap £10 one from play.com and its fine). Its a nice bit of kit. Well recommended.