RE: Wireless routers...

["Rob Iles" <rob.iles@xxxxxxxxx>]

Phil,

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IMHO, BT have been pretty good. (not sure what I=92m paying, but I get a
go=
od
8MB downstream, 600Kish upstream).

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VERY reliable =96 if t=92internet drops out, I kick my router, and things
c=
ome
back to life.

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The only issue I=92ve had with them is DNS occasionally goes wonky =96 so
I=
=92ve
setup my router to use my manually selected server as primary, and
dynamically assigned DNS as secondary and tertiary.

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Dynamic DNS =96 though as you=92ve suggested, it tends not to change unless
router is rebooted. I use no-ip.com to overcome this.

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Apparently I=92m capped at ~30GB transfer/month =96 but having spoken to
te=
ch
support about this on many occasions, they=92ve been unable to provide me
w=
ith
any usage stats (I keep my own, thanks to MRTG) =96 and have admitted
that,=
at
present, they have no way of keeping track what one uses!!

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I=92ve frequently exceeded 30GB/month =96 backups/other legit purposes,
wit=
h no
consequence.

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So, BT as an ADSL provider get my vote.

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HTH,

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Rob

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From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Phil Harris
Sent: 09 April 2007 03:03
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: [ukha_d] Wireless routers...

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OK - I'm soon going to be in the position to start setting up my network
again somewhere new. I'll be moving away from the area so won't be able to
get cable (Booo!) which is a real bugger since next week I get the pleasure
of 20mbits here (with 100mbits planned for launch here soon).

What I will have is the dubious pleasure of ADSL ... Thankfully reasonably
local to the exchange so I should get a decent turn of speed.

So - two questions if you guys wouldn't mind sharing your experiences...

1) Can you recommend a good service provider that doesn't cap their
service=
?
I currently pay about =A337 a month for unlimited 10mbit on cable (that
excludes any phone line rental and phonecalls) so I'm not too worried about
it being cheap. Contrary to their reputation NTLs service has actually been
*REALLY* reliable so that's important to me too. So, in order of
importance=
,
uncapped, a decent turn of speed and reliable ... All suggestions
gratefully received. (Do providers dole out static IP addresses anymore? I
know NTL don't but my IP address with them hasn't changed more than twice
i=
n
7 years.)

2) Recommendations for a good wireless ADSL router? I really don't care
whether it's separate components for the Wireless AP, Router and ADSL modem
or whether it's an all in one unit but again I need something that I can
fi=
t
and forget - has to be reliable, give good wireless throughput and not have
a tendancy to toast itself silly in hot weather (so maybe separate units
would be better in that respect?) I have so much trouble with crappy
wireless throughput and units that decide to toast themselves in hot
weathe=
r
- I seem to get through a cable router a year nearly here and I've had
whit=
e
and silver netgears, various Linksys, DLink and Belkins too, all the usual
PC World fayre! I don't do anything with VOIP yet and don't have a huge
desire to do so that's not high on my list of priorities but reliability is
- are Vigor still the dogs danglies?

Cheers

Phil=20

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