[JonH]

Originally Posted by 50420

hi JonH...

Originally Posted by 50420

the linksys wrt54gs is the boy for you
http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/store/pcw_page.jsp?BV_SessionID=@@@@0761368946.113986134 8@@@@&BV_EngineID=ccefaddgmjfjlehcflgceggdhhmdgmj. 0&page=Product&fm=11&sm=1&tm=0&sku=250537&category _oid=-24986

£48.10 when bought online with pcworld

the wrt54g (without the 's' speedboost) would do the job...but is slightly more expensive for some reason???)
am sure some of the guys here may be able to recommend other routers if you want a few options

Thankyou 50420 and HomeAlone I have just ordered a LinkSys WRT54gs.

After reading your posts I realized that separating the cable modem and router box was the right solution for me because I have a partially networked house so by locating the LinkSys under the stairs where the rest of the ethernet terminates, I can avoid having an extra piece of electronics cluttering up the sitting room. When the house was under construction I laid a Cat5 cable from under the stairs to the NTL cable entry point which 6 years later actually paided off (once a near bunkrupt NTL found the money to finish off cabling my new estate which is cursed with BT fx:spit TPON).

There seems to be a new super LinkSys home router on the way that even implements a traffic priority scheme but there is never a right time to buy technology!

The roaming thing I mentioned in my original post is called "dynamic DNS " it seems. Having read up on this stuff it looks like the update agent is more often run as a Windows service and not baked into the router as I thought I had read a few years ago.