Router question (N00b questions) - Page 2

Schnitzel · 27-02-2006, 16:10

Thanks guys.

I'm not cancelling my ADSL until I've got the cable all working properly, so will be able to post here if I run into any problems

Don't totally understand what you said patrick, but I'm only having the broadband, we don't have cable TV or phones.
The cable modem that TW will supply (which will have it's MAC address) will be plugged into the WAN port of the BEFSX41, and then the computers plugged into that.
Do you think I'll have any issues with the MAC codes? Or would it just work automatically.

I've had my email from Telewest, confirming when the engineer is coming - 7th March (Next Tuesday).
As long as the guys willing to use a bit of extra cable to take it under a path and connect the box to the side of the house, rather than the front (which I sure hope he will), then there's not going to be a problem.. otherwise my parents are likely to send him packing if he won't fit it like that

lol.
So I sure hope he can because I want my 10Mb! - Which will be 4Mb initially as my area (West Midlands - DY6), is last on the list of 10Mb upgrades -- Typical!

Cheers!

Schnitzel · 07-03-2006, 23:48

Woo000t!

Internet was installed today - the guys did a great job, even replaced the slabs back ontop of the wire that I'd lifted before hand, cleaned up, very neat - couldn't be better!

After an initial snag, of them activating the wrong service (512K as opposed to 4Mb), a nice guy in tech support sorted me out very efficiently, sent a new config file to my modem, and now I'm getting nice speeds of 440-480KB/S

(In peak time!)

Also, the router (Linksys BEFSX41) works great, right out of the box.
So all in all, I wish I'd got it 2 years ago!

Thanks all for the help, I'm a very happy new customer