Choice of DSL router

Can I seek the group's quick advice please on a good but value-for-money DSL
router.

I need to connect my ADSL line which is being installed next week and link
it to my office Ethernet LAN. I don't really want a wireless DSL router
because I already have a wireless access point which works fine for me.

I was just about the buy the D-Link DSL-504T and then saw this...

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"The user interface for configuration stinks: it is clunky, and
unintuitive. If you want informative and useful documentation for the
504T - forget it." etc. etc.
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I understand the "user interface" comments because my wireless access point
is a D-Link product and it isn't very good.

Is the Linksys Etherfast any good?

Thanks!

Steve wrote:
> Can I seek the group's quick advice please on a good but
> value-for-money DSL router.
>
> I need to connect my ADSL line which is being installed next week and
> link it to my office Ethernet LAN. I don't really want a wireless
> DSL router because I already have a wireless access point which works
> fine for me.
>
> I was just about the buy the D-Link DSL-504T and then saw this...
>
> ------------------------------------
> "The user interface for configuration stinks: it is clunky, and
> unintuitive. If you want informative and useful documentation for the
> 504T - forget it." etc. etc.
> ------------------------------------
>
>
> I understand the "user interface" comments because my wireless access
> point is a D-Link product and it isn't very good.
>
> Is the Linksys Etherfast any good?
>
> Thanks!

I'm using the D-Link DSL-504T, I had no problems setting it up. I don't know
if others are any easier as this is the only one I've dealt with.
--
Adrian A

In article <(E-Mail Removed) >, Adrian
says...
> Steve wrote:
> > Can I seek the group's quick advice please on a good but
> > value-for-money DSL router.
> >
> > I need to connect my ADSL line which is being installed next week and
> > link it to my office Ethernet LAN. I don't really want a wireless
> > DSL router because I already have a wireless access point which works
> > fine for me.
> >
> > I was just about the buy the D-Link DSL-504T and then saw this...
> >
> > ------------------------------------
> > "The user interface for configuration stinks: it is clunky, and
> > unintuitive. If you want informative and useful documentation for the
> > 504T - forget it." etc. etc.
> > ------------------------------------
> >
> >
> > I understand the "user interface" comments because my wireless access
> > point is a D-Link product and it isn't very good.
> >
> > Is the Linksys Etherfast any good?
> >
> > Thanks!
>
> I'm using the D-Link DSL-504T, I had no problems setting it up. I don't know
> if others are any easier as this is the only one I've dealt with.
>


D-Link DSL-G604T

The 504 is outdated nowadays, the 604 is way better to configure. Five
minute job even for a newbie. For that price you get wireless built into
it, but I just use mine for wired at the moment and it's still excellent
and competitively priced.

FR

"Steve" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:di60o8$42a$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Can I seek the group's quick advice please on a good but value-for-money
DSL
> router.
>
> I need to connect my ADSL line which is being installed next week and link
> it to my office Ethernet LAN. I don't really want a wireless DSL router
> because I already have a wireless access point which works fine for me.

A ,Wireless DSL router would be totally useless on ADSL unless ytou are
using a ADSL modem with an ethernet port, but would be ideal on cable
broadband.

Not being picky, just hopefully clearing the mist for any noobies that might
come across this thread ;-0

What you need, is an ADSL modem/router for ADSL.

P.

"Steve" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:di60o8$42a$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Can I seek the group's quick advice please on a good but value-for-money
> DSL
> router.
>
> I need to connect my ADSL line which is being installed next week and link
> it to my office Ethernet LAN. I don't really want a wireless DSL router
> because I already have a wireless access point which works fine for me.
>
> I was just about the buy the D-Link DSL-504T and then saw this...
>
> ------------------------------------
> "The user interface for configuration stinks: it is clunky, and
> unintuitive. If you want informative and useful documentation for the
> 504T - forget it." etc. etc.
> ------------------------------------
>
>
> I understand the "user interface" comments because my wireless access
> point
> is a D-Link product and it isn't very good.
>
> Is the Linksys Etherfast any good?
>
> Thanks!

3com officeconnect is the most stable mid price adsl router i have used,
make sure you are on the newest firmware.

Gaz

"PJB" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>
> "Steve" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:di60o8$42a$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Can I seek the group's quick advice please on a good but value-for-money
> DSL
>> router.
>>
>> I need to connect my ADSL line which is being installed next week and
>> link
>> it to my office Ethernet LAN. I don't really want a wireless DSL router
>> because I already have a wireless access point which works fine for me.
>
> A ,Wireless DSL router would be totally useless on ADSL unless ytou are
> using a ADSL modem with an ethernet port, but would be ideal on cable
> broadband.
>
> Not being picky, just hopefully clearing the mist for any noobies that
> might
> come across this thread ;-0

A wireless DSL router would be perfectly fine. Why would a none
compatible(with uk adsl) DSL wireless router be available for sale?? I think
you are confusing a broadband/cable wireless router with an adsl router.

Gaz

> What you need, is an ADSL modem/router for ADSL.
>
> P.
>
>
>

"Gaz" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>
> "PJB" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...

> > A ,Wireless DSL router would be totally useless on ADSL unless ytou are
> > using a ADSL modem with an ethernet port, but would be ideal on cable
> > broadband.
> >
> > Not being picky, just hopefully clearing the mist for any noobies that
> > might
> > come across this thread ;-0
>
> A wireless DSL router would be perfectly fine. Why would a none
> compatible(with uk adsl) DSL wireless router be available for sale?? I
think
> you are confusing a broadband/cable wireless router with an adsl router.

no, I'm not confused, and I have both types at home, for adsl and cable.
These newsgroups abound with stories of folk buying the wrong router for
their connection. A DSL router is not an ADSL router. A DSL router has an
ethernet WAN port, an ADSL router has a RJ11 phone connection as it's WAN
port. DSL routers are usually advertised as DSL/Cable routers, but not
always.

P.

"Steve" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:di60o8$42a$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Can I seek the group's quick advice please on a good but value-for-money
> DSL
> router.
>
> I need to connect my ADSL line which is being installed next week and link
> it to my office Ethernet LAN. I don't really want a wireless DSL router
> because I already have a wireless access point which works fine for me.
>
> I was just about the buy the D-Link DSL-504T and then saw this...
>
> ------------------------------------
> "The user interface for configuration stinks: it is clunky, and
> unintuitive. If you want informative and useful documentation for the
> 504T - forget it." etc. etc.
> ------------------------------------
>
>
> I understand the "user interface" comments because my wireless access
> point
> is a D-Link product and it isn't very good.
>
> Is the Linksys Etherfast any good?
>
> Thanks!
>
>
>

I would recommend a Cisco 1721 router. It has provision for 2 ADSL WAN cards
so in the future you could bond two adsl lines to aggregate througput. Very
dependable and flexible. Runs IOS.

Andy

"Gaz" (E-Mail Removed) wrote in message news:(E-Mail Removed)
> "Steve" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>
> 3com officeconnect is the most stable mid price adsl router i have
> used, make sure you are on the newest firmware.

Hmmm. I have the 3Com 754 router running the latest firmware, don't do P2P
and the number of spontaneous reboots are *just* infrequent enough to stop
me replacing it with something else instead. Close though.

YMMV.

On Fri, 7 Oct 2005 14:29:28 +0000 (UTC), "Steve" <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>Can I seek the group's quick advice please on a good but value-for-money DSL
>router.
>
>I need to connect my ADSL line which is being installed next week and link
>it to my office Ethernet LAN. I don't really want a wireless DSL router
>because I already have a wireless access point which works fine for me.
>
>I was just about the buy the D-Link DSL-504T and then saw this...
>------------------------------------
> "The user interface for configuration stinks: it is clunky, and
>unintuitive. If you want informative and useful documentation for the
>504T - forget it." etc. etc.
>------------------------------------
>I understand the "user interface" comments because my wireless access point
>is a D-Link product and it isn't very good.
>
>Is the Linksys Etherfast any good?
>
>Thanks!

The 504-T also has unresolved local security issues and should not be
used in a commercial environment (unless you trust all the users on
your LAN).

ric