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Old 22-06-2007, 18:43   #1
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VM Broadband question

Hi there,
I am soon joining Virgin Media Broadband and was wondering wheather its best to buy a wireless router or one with a built in modem which would replace the one they give me.

Any thoughts?

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Re: VM Broadband question

You can't use anything other than the VM supplied modem.

Combined router / modems are for ADSL (phone line based broadband), not cable use.
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Old 22-06-2007, 19:16   #3
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Re: VM Broadband question

ohhh right, well thats well and truely answered my question lol, thanks m8.

One other quick question, what type of cable is used to connect the cable modem to the router, is it a eithernet cable?

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Old 22-06-2007, 19:23   #4
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Re: VM Broadband question

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Hi there,
I am soon joining Virgin Media Broadband and was wondering wheather its best to buy a wireless router or one with a built in modem which would replace the one they give me.

Any thoughts?

Thanks


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Just to be clear - are you getting Cable broadband or ADSL (i.e. through the phone line) broadband? Even though this is the Cable Forum I thought I'd check.

Routers conect to modems via Ethernet ... but while cable modems I know of have Ethernet interfaces, not many ADSL modems do.
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Re: VM Broadband question

Yes Cable Broadband, not DSL.


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Yes Cable Broadband, not DSL.


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As mentioned previously you'll have to use the supplied cable modem and plug your router into it.
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Re: VM Broadband question

Just want to get an opinion on the following router: http://accessories.virginmedia.com/w...ode=SELF520302

Any opinions on wheather its a good one or not, as theres just so many lol.

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Old 23-06-2007, 02:47   #8
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Re: VM Broadband question

I've got a Netgear router very similar to that, and it's great. One thing I would note though is that if you are intending on playing games on a console, ports being blocked may be an issue, however, this can be quickly amended by visiting the following site - www.portforward.com and searching for the relavent router/what you wish to use.

A popular brand on router around here appears to be Linksys. They have some fantastic offerings too, so these are highly recommended.
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Re: VM Broadband question

if you are planning on playing alot of online gaming forget it between 4pm 12am welcome to VM
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I'm good for gaming between then..
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Re: VM Broadband question

I don't really play that many online games.


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---------- Post added at 13:54 ---------- Previous post was at 13:25 ----------

Oh, and one more quick question, does anyone know if that router supports Dynamic DNS as I host my own site on my computer and my old router updates my current IP address to http://www.dyndns.org for me.

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Re: VM Broadband question

Yes, it does. Well, mine does anyway, and this one is a more advanced model, so I'd assume so.
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Re: VM Broadband question

Thanks Sirpingalot and everyone else.

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Re: VM Broadband question

Hi there,
Now that I have that router, just one quick question, why is the routers time one hour ahead? Is there anyway of updateing it?

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