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Osem · 28-02-2013, 11:50

My 2 year old D-Link DIR 615 router appears to have a problem. It's been a bit slow and temperemental on and off lately but first thing this morning we could get no internet access via wi-fi on either of our household laptops. I rang Virgin faults and spent an hour on the phone to India going through tests, swapping wires, trying to alter settings and them finding bad IP addresses ??? with the result that a new router is going to be sent out. At first the chap thought it might be a wi-fi issue but connecting my PC to the router via the ethernet cable didn't work either so now I'm now connected to the net via my trusty NTL cable modem via a nice long wire... lol

Being without a router for maybe a week, however, is going to be a problem since my wife and son both need to use the internet frequently for their studies so I'm thinking of getting a cheap new wi-fi router from our local Argos or Maplin to use immediately. I've no idea what VM will be sending but it'll be useful to have a spare and if it's cheap who cares. What I need is something really easy to install and reliable. Although I know it's been slated, we've been pretty happy with the D Link so don't need anything supercharged as it were. Not sure if it's relevant but we're on 20mb BB currently with no plans to upgrade that but I have no idea what the DIR 615 specs are. Anyone got any ideas what cheap modems from Argos or Maplin would suit this purpose and be at least as good as the above? In the short term it wouldn't be too much hassle to connect a couple of our pcs via cable if necessary, just want to get a service up and running ASAP

Would a Netgear N150 be OK? Seems cheap at £30

http://www.maplin.co.uk/netgear-n150...-router-390957

Many thanks.

28-02-2013, 11:50	#1
Osem Inactive Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Right here! Posts: 22,315	New router required to replace D Link DIR 615 My 2 year old D-Link DIR 615 router appears to have a problem. It's been a bit slow and temperemental on and off lately but first thing this morning we could get no internet access via wi-fi on either of our household laptops. I rang Virgin faults and spent an hour on the phone to India going through tests, swapping wires, trying to alter settings and them finding bad IP addresses ??? with the result that a new router is going to be sent out. At first the chap thought it might be a wi-fi issue but connecting my PC to the router via the ethernet cable didn't work either so now I'm now connected to the net via my trusty NTL cable modem via a nice long wire... lol Being without a router for maybe a week, however, is going to be a problem since my wife and son both need to use the internet frequently for their studies so I'm thinking of getting a cheap new wi-fi router from our local Argos or Maplin to use immediately. I've no idea what VM will be sending but it'll be useful to have a spare and if it's cheap who cares. What I need is something really easy to install and reliable. Although I know it's been slated, we've been pretty happy with the D Link so don't need anything supercharged as it were. Not sure if it's relevant but we're on 20mb BB currently with no plans to upgrade that but I have no idea what the DIR 615 specs are. Anyone got any ideas what cheap modems from Argos or Maplin would suit this purpose and be at least as good as the above? In the short term it wouldn't be too much hassle to connect a couple of our pcs via cable if necessary, just want to get a service up and running ASAP Would a Netgear N150 be OK? Seems cheap at £30 http://www.maplin.co.uk/netgear-n150...-router-390957 Many thanks.