Re: Home network

[ukha_d <ukha_d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

If it was me (and it is, because I have a BT Voyager 205), I would
leave
the Voyager in place.

I have mine connected to the home 16 port switch, and it works perfectly
well, serving 5 PCs, TiVo and 2 iPlayers.
I Dont get drop-outs, and if you are, I would suspect they are more down
to the line than the router.

Check out this site for some good info on making the best of the 205:
http://corz.org/comms/hardware/router/bt.voyager.205_router.how-to.php

Check your firmware version to make sure you are at the latest version.

Its a personal thing; but I would (and do) avoid uPNP; do you really
want a software tool opening up random ports on your router without
telling you or you knowing its doing it? No, neither do I, so uPNP is
firmly off on my router. Correctly set your DMZ pinholes and port
forwarding rules, and you wont need uPNP. As I said; personal opinion.

Steve


dvsnndrw wrote:
> Hi all this si my first proper post and itsd to ask for advice lol.
>  I wish to install a home network, 4 pc's possibly a printer. Oh I
> want a gigabit network. I have the cat 6 cables ready to be run, I
> know im getting a gigabit switch from misco (nice and cheap and looks
> gd) and I know I can get gig ethertnet cards for my pc's and built in
> on my new pc. My problem is my Modem.
>     Firstly do I need some sort of router to plug in between an
> ethernet modem and the switch to deal with the port forwarding or will
> teh modem plug straight into teh switch , which will deal with the
> port forwarding. If i do need another box inbetween i will just get a
> small modem/router that will plug into the switch.
>     Secondly what ethernet modem would you suggest(if it does plug
> straigh into the switch). I would like Upnp but the most important
> afctor is that it is stabel whith multiple connections (the reason im
> upgradind from my bt 205) as I woudl like to use programs such as
> utorrent with out it repeatedly drooping the connection. Th eonly one
> ive seen that looks ok is  D-LINK 300T OR 320T, i knwo they hav ebad
> reviews but so does every other oen i can find and as long as teh
> firewall is diabled with telnet it seems to be ok. Oh an di definatley
> dont want wireless on it
>   If I do need a modem/router then which woudl u recommend.
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>  Well sorry for the extremley long post an help would be great. Oh and
>  my budget is approx 30-40 for a ethernet modem and 40-50 for a
> modem/router.
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