Update:
Initial searching in the UK for WHR G54S got no leads other than US sites
quoting in dollars, and few suppliers were found to even note Buffalo.
However, once the Buffalo site had been found itself, its own links to its
UK site could be followed (don't know why Google didn't seem to find them),
and there there is a useful links page to UK suppliers, several of whom had
the G54S even though Google had not turned them up first time around.
Result: now have WHR G54S and USB adaptor for a laptop too, and the pair at
a lower price than I had seen for just the router on other makes.
Also the Buffalo is only a fraction of the size of our old DI 624+ and looks
ten times better.
The set up info that came with the unit was pretty dire though - a very thin
booklet, and a disc, with neither one saying which was supposed to be used.
The set up 'wizard' on the disc had instructions that actually disappeared
off the side of the screen, and the booklet got one as far as setting up the
open access basic but left one in the dark as to how to set up the security
options. As we did not have an automatic (AOSS) adaptor on the PC this was a
pain and it took me hours of reading up on encryption key formats before I
realised the jargon amounted to me just choosing a password in the usual way
(our old set up had not needed a password to be manually set).
The USB adaptor on the other hand, with its AOSS was a doddle.
So thanks to all for the suggestions and we are very pleased with the
performance so far.
Manufacturers should make more effort to explain encryption and security set
up in the documentation that comes with the product though.
Cheers,
Steve_H
"Steve Hawkins" <steve.a.hawkins@ntl(nospam)world.com> wrote in message
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> Thanks very much Jack. Those are very handy links, and I will look into
> the Buffalo situation here in the UK.
>
> Cheers, thanks for taking the trouble to put this together for me.
>
> Steve_H
>
>
> "Jack (MVP-Networking)." <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Hi
>> May be this can Help, http://www.ezlan.net/Wireless_Hardware.html
>> My current preference is this for regular use,
>> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16833162173
>> Or this for Extra Range,
>> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16833162134
>> You need the matching Buffalo Cards if you want to benefit from the
>> 125M/sec. extra "Speed"
>> Otherwise ant card would do, the differences between Wireless Client
>> Cards is very small. You can first buy Router try it with your current
>> card and take it from there.
>> Jack (MVP-Networking).
>>
>> "Steve Hawkins" <steve.a.hawkins@ntl(nospam)world.com> wrote in message
>> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> Hi all, I'd appreciate some advice before buying a replacement for our
>>> DI-624+ broadband router.
>>>
>>> This worked just long enough to be out of guarantee before its very hot
>>> running finally stopped it working - (I tried replacing a melted
>>> capacitor inside (too close to the processor?) with a bigger one - which
>>> seemed to get it working for a while longer, but not much...)
>>>
>>> Anyhow, we now have a pc with a DWL - G520+ adaptor in, which we would
>>> hope to be able to match with something a little more reliable than the
>>> DI-624+.
>>>
>>> I would also like to be able to buy a USB adaptor for our laptop which
>>> would also be a good match for the new router.
>>>
>>> Our local stores seem to have a lot of products but not many staff who
>>> know anything about them...
>>>
>>> Any useful advice from ms public users would be much appreciated
>>> therefore.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> Steve_H
>>>
>>
>>
>
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