Cable Forum - View Single Post - Help needed to choose wireless router for VM DSL

oliver1948uk · 02-08-2008, 18:57

Almost certainly any existing laptop will have a 54g wireless card. If so, no point in getting anything other than Linksys WRT54G which I also get nearly a full 20Mps wirelessly.

You may find the set up disk does not work. If this is the case, it is easy to do by entering 192.168.1.1 in your web browser and entering admin and admin for user name/password. (Set it up temporarily with an ethernet cable while you do this.)

If this happens, come back to the forum and somebody will tell you the very easy steps to set it up (choose automatic configuaration DHCP and give the SSID the name of your choice)

It is best also to set up security. After that, the router just gets on with the job.

I have never bothered with version numbers or changing the firmware (would not know where to start). I have had mine for about 2 years and have recently set up one for somebody else.

02-08-2008, 18:57	#9
oliver1948uk cf.geek Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Mansfield Woodhouse NG19 Services: VM Mix TV, 200 internet, basic house phone. Also Virgin mobile phone Posts: 541	Re: Help needed to choose wireless router for VM DSL Almost certainly any existing laptop will have a 54g wireless card. If so, no point in getting anything other than Linksys WRT54G which I also get nearly a full 20Mps wirelessly. You may find the set up disk does not work. If this is the case, it is easy to do by entering 192.168.1.1 in your web browser and entering admin and admin for user name/password. (Set it up temporarily with an ethernet cable while you do this.) If this happens, come back to the forum and somebody will tell you the very easy steps to set it up (choose automatic configuaration DHCP and give the SSID the name of your choice) It is best also to set up security. After that, the router just gets on with the job. I have never bothered with version numbers or changing the firmware (would not know where to start). I have had mine for about 2 years and have recently set up one for somebody else.