Re: ADSL Router

["nsouthga" <lardfest@xxxxxxx>]

www.adslguide.org.uk has reviews of the various ADSL routers.

--- In ukha_d@y..., mafiu@b... wrote:
> I've got an XP prof box at home with an athlon board that uses ICS
to connect my lan to ASDL with the blue stingray usb modem.  Since I
upgraded my old bx board to the athlon one my ASDL connection has 
been ropey- and constantly the box drops the connection and the modem 
telltale in the system tray goes yellow (out of sync with the 
exchange?) and an error saying no dial tone arrives until the 
telltale goes blue again.  This means if I'm not by the PC I have no
idea whether I've got an internet connection on my lan or not.
> 
> Last night while running windows update it downloaded a new driver
for the stingray and then I could only hold up the connection for 
around 20 seconds.  Thankfully xp let me roll back to the other 
driver.
> 
> So I'm considering getting one of those Vigor2200 USB routers to 
remove the need for my main pc to be turned on.  
> 
> So the question is are these routers reliable to connect your usb 
swordfish to you lan?  Do they allow port mapping?  Anyone got
any 
feelings on them?  Should they keep my connection live better than an
XP box?
> 
> By the way I've now got a spare modem router, that connects your 
lan to the net via its built in modem.  I'd like to flog that to fund
some of the cost of the usb router, if anyone with a standard 
dialup's interested.  
> 
> Matthew

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