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Originally Posted by jant79
OK, 3 questions:
1. 54 Mbps is not enough ? The price is double to go to 108 MBps. More than 100 pounds
2. Should i go for a Router with an ADSL Modem as well, or one without ?
e.g. netgear DG834G or WGR614
I dont want to find myself in a situation like i am now, where i already spent 40 pounds around Christmas to buy the switch and now i need to pay again to buy a router ? Is the router+modem the best solution for home - broadband - networking or because usually ISP's provide adsl modem i will probably never need to buy one ?
3. You say Linksys is better than netgear ? A friend of mine has Ntl with a wireless netgear and works fine. Why linksys ? Cheaper? More compatible or better quality ?
thanks a lot in advance
John
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1. You may be getting confused with wireless standards. The 54Mb/s measures speed over the LAN, and is not the same as the external WAN interface. The reason you need 100Mb/s for the external interface is to ensure full compatibility with the NTL 10Mb/s tier of service - even if you don't intend to have that speed available, at first.
2. No, NTL insist that only equipment supplied by them is connected directly to their network, and in any case anything ADSL will simply not work.
3. No particular reason, other than I have used one for the last few years, with no problems - there are some non Linksys, dead cheap ones on Ebuyer, if you are concerned about the price.
