[zpos]

Thanks for the warm welcome.

I did think about going for a 4 port router and expanding it with a switch but I was hoping that I'd be able to reduce the spaghetti junction! I don't I'll be getting my way tho.

I'll check out the linksys models - I'm being a bit of a brand snob I guess (so thanks for the link Gareth), but I'd prefer to go for a popular brand so that I can abuse google should I need additional info.

All this 108mbps stuff is also confusing me. Part of me says that I should pay a bit extra now so that I can have some form of speed increase possibility in future (remember, I've already been caught out by my existing router!). My existing laptop + PC are only capable of 11g and I've just bought another laptop which will also be 11g, so it may be a waste of money buying a 108mbps (famous last words I bet!). It looks like the Belkin Pre-N model might fit the bill (I can at least lose my WAP that way and also free up a LAN port), and then just buy a switch.

I appreciate ntl's 3 pc restriction, but it will be really rare if more than 3 pcs are ever connected to the net at the same time.

z