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windbag · 07-05-2011, 16:10

I'm due to get the phone/10M package installed in 4 days time (LE11) as a first-time VM customer moving to fibre broadband. This is my 2nd post here, and I'm almost a WiFi/router newbie (*)

Assuming installation and reception are OK, down the line I was hoping to hook the VM router up to enable WiFi access to NAS & printer shares into an "under the stairs" hub that any PC can access in the house.

Will the supplied 10M router (VMDG280) be up to those aspirations?
If so, do I need to bear anything special in mind when I start to choose a NAS to buy?
If it can't form the basis for such a hub, what do I need to enable such functionality?

Any thoughts/advice from anyone who has done this with the VMDG280 would be most welcome!

* [I had 2 weeks with a Pipex supplied ThomsonT G585v8 which got sent back as it the base speed was worse than USB modem it replaced, and didn't cure a major speed throttling problem].

07-05-2011, 16:10	#1
windbag Inactive Join Date: May 2011 Location: Loughborough-UK Midlands Services: Virgin 10M Broadband Posts: 13	Looking ahead-NAS/printer sharing I'm due to get the phone/10M package installed in 4 days time (LE11) as a first-time VM customer moving to fibre broadband. This is my 2nd post here, and I'm almost a WiFi/router newbie () Assuming installation and reception are OK, down the line I was hoping to hook the VM router up to enable WiFi access to NAS & printer shares into an "under the stairs" hub that any PC can access in the house. Will the supplied 10M router (VMDG280) be up to those aspirations? If so, do I need to bear anything special in mind when I start to choose a NAS to buy? If it can't form the basis for such a hub, what do I need to enable such functionality? Any thoughts/advice from anyone who has done this with the VMDG280 would be most welcome! [I had 2 weeks with a Pipex supplied ThomsonT G585v8 which got sent back as it the base speed was worse than USB modem it replaced, and didn't cure a major speed throttling problem].