BT Voyager Modem

Hi there,

I was wondering if you can use a BT Voyager USB ADSL Modem with another BB
provider?

Thanks,

Mike


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No reason why not. Personally, I would scrap it anyway, and buy an ADSL
Router.

"MS" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Hi there,
>
> I was wondering if you can use a BT Voyager USB ADSL Modem with another BB
> provider?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mike
>
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Excuse my ignorance but what advantage does an ADSL Router have
over a BT Voyager modem?


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"johnny777" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> No reason why not. Personally, I would scrap it anyway, and buy an ADSL
> Router.
>
> "MS" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> > Hi there,
> >
> > I was wondering if you can use a BT Voyager USB ADSL Modem with another
BB
> > provider?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Mike
> >
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> Excuse my ignorance but what advantage does an ADSL Router have
> over a BT Voyager modem?

They don`t use CPU time, are more reliable generally for connections, a
dropped connection will not mean the machine has to be rebooted (which
holds true for many VIA and SiS chipset based machines), security - a
router doesn`t let any old shit through, versatility - many routers have
more than one port, so you can plug 4 machines in at once and each will
be able to connect to the net without one machine acting as a proxy and
needing to be on all the time.

The security and reliability are definite plus points though !

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On Sat, 15 Nov 2003 18:24:08 +0000 (UTC), "Roger"
<(E-Mail Removed)> said to us:

>Excuse my ignorance but what advantage does an ADSL Router have
>over a BT Voyager modem?

Hi,

Technical differences aside, the pratical differences are:

USB (eg BT Voyager) - Appear as modems and you 'dial-up' the broadband
connection

Router - Connects to your PC via Ethernet. Generally you leave the
router on which maintains the broadband connection. Any PCs connected
via Ethernet don't have to 'dial-up', the Internet connection is
always available via the network.

As a handy side effect of the way ADSL routers work (generally NAT)
they also act as firewalls, making it much harder for people to gain
access to your PC or for infections such as Blaster to gain entry.

Kris.

On Sat, 15 Nov 2003 18:24:08 +0000, Roger wrote:

> Excuse my ignorance but what advantage does an ADSL Router have over a BT
> Voyager modem?

And the most important thing which has not been mentioned, they are OS
independent ie you can use Mac, Linux and if you have to, win boxes, all on
the same network.

Dave
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And you were born knowing all about ms windows....??

In article <(E-Mail Removed)>, (E-Mail Removed)
(Dave Stanton) wrote:

> On Sat, 15 Nov 2003 18:24:08 +0000, Roger wrote:
>
> > Excuse my ignorance but what advantage does an ADSL Router have over
> > a BT
> > Voyager modem?
>
> And the most important thing which has not been mentioned, they are OS
> independent ie you can use Mac, Linux and if you have to, win boxes,
> all on
> the same network.
>
> Dave
> --
> And you were born knowing all about ms windows....??
>
>
And.. you can share files and printers easier on your pcs if more than
one pc and only one printer. (Like here ;-))

- Steve

"Steve" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> In article <(E-Mail Removed)>, (E-Mail Removed)
> (Dave Stanton) wrote:
>
> > On Sat, 15 Nov 2003 18:24:08 +0000, Roger wrote:
> >
> > > Excuse my ignorance but what advantage does an ADSL Router have over
> > > a BT
> > > Voyager modem?
> >
snipped
> >
> >
> And.. you can share files and printers easier on your pcs if more than
> one pc and only one printer. (Like here ;-))
>
> - Steve
>

Are we talking about the BT Voyager 2000 ADSL modem, this is in fact a
router. It includes access point, ADSL modem, firewall and is a router. So I
think it has no advantage. the advantage maybe on BT's side as you do not
require a separate ADSL modem.

Tom Buchanan

In article <bp98m9$54q$(E-Mail Removed)>, (E-Mail Removed)
(Tom Buchanan) wrote:


>
> Are we talking about the BT Voyager 2000 ADSL modem, this is in fact a
> router. It includes access point, ADSL modem, firewall and is a router.
> So I
> think it has no advantage. the advantage maybe on BT's side as you do
> not
> require a separate ADSL modem.
>

Since the OP asked "I was wondering if you can use a BT Voyager USB ADSL
Modem with another BB provider?"

I'm guessing, that it's just a modem.

- Steve