Thread: help with routers - please
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Old 22-07-2010, 09:54   #2
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Re: help with routers - please
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Originally Posted by orlando View Post
My computer is seven years old - a top of the range model when it was bought. I'm now trying to set up a router - so I went on the web and bought a dynamode BR411NT because it had clear instructions on how to connect to a virgin cable modem. Followed instructions - it did not work. The system light would not move from "flashing" to "on all the time" as it was supposed to. Phoned virgin - they sent me a DIR-615(£50) which was easy to set up and worked until I switched every thing off. Next time it would not work - tried rebooting it and it did. So now I leave the modem and the router on all the time.
questions-
1. Do you have to have a virgin router for a virgin cable modem?
No
2. Is my computer a bit old to be trying to attach a router?
No
2. Is it usual practice to leave modem and/or router on all the time?
Yes to make sure you get any necessary updates

Any advice appreciated

Thanks
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