Broadband finally arrived!

Our community has been grant aided by the government to the tune of £14K,
and we finally have BBand.

My previous config was 2 pc's connected wirelessly to a ISDN/ADSL router
(Draytek Vigor 2600Gi) one PV connected via cable. A laptop connected
wirelessly to the router.

After the BBband came the PC that was connected via a cable to the router,
is now connected via Ethernet Over Mains to and box on the roof that
connects via three links to a sat dish 1.5 mls away.

The question is will the Draytek router be able to share this connection or
do I need a new router?

On Fri, 22 Apr 2005 18:57:26 +0100, "Trevor Appleton"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>My previous config was 2 pc's connected wirelessly to a ISDN/ADSL router
>(Draytek Vigor 2600Gi) one PV connected via cable. A laptop connected
>wirelessly to the router.
>
>After the BBband came the PC that was connected via a cable to the router,
>is now connected via Ethernet Over Mains to and box on the roof that
>connects via three links to a sat dish 1.5 mls away.
>
>The question is will the Draytek router be able to share this connection or
>do I need a new router?

Sadly I think you need a new router, as the Draytek Vigor 2600Gi does
not seem to have a WAN port. From a quick glance at the spec, it seems
to only share ISDN or ADSL.

http://www.draytek.co.uk/products/vigor2600g.html

You need a "Cable Router". Some ISDN routers also provide this
functionality, but I don't think yours does. The important thing is
that they have a WAN port instead of an ADSL port. Your Ethernet Over
Mains cable goes into the WAN port.

You can get a wireless cable router from 40 quid from the usual online
retailers.

--
Andrew Oakley andrew/atsymbol/aoakley/stop/com

"Andrew Oakley" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news(E-Mail Removed)...
> On Fri, 22 Apr 2005 18:57:26 +0100, "Trevor Appleton"
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>>My previous config was 2 pc's connected wirelessly to a ISDN/ADSL router
>>(Draytek Vigor 2600Gi) one PV connected via cable. A laptop connected
>>wirelessly to the router.
>>
>>After the BBband came the PC that was connected via a cable to the router,
>>is now connected via Ethernet Over Mains to and box on the roof that
>>connects via three links to a sat dish 1.5 mls away.
>>
>>The question is will the Draytek router be able to share this connection
>>or
>>do I need a new router?
>
> Sadly I think you need a new router, as the Draytek Vigor 2600Gi does
> not seem to have a WAN port. From a quick glance at the spec, it seems
> to only share ISDN or ADSL.
>
> http://www.draytek.co.uk/products/vigor2600g.html
>
> You need a "Cable Router". Some ISDN routers also provide this
> functionality, but I don't think yours does. The important thing is
> that they have a WAN port instead of an ADSL port. Your Ethernet Over
> Mains cable goes into the WAN port.
>
> You can get a wireless cable router from 40 quid from the usual online
> retailers.
>
> --
> Andrew Oakley andrew/atsymbol/aoakley/stop/com


Cheers, thanks very much