Modem Router - General Question

Hello,

Has anyone found that a modem/router, such as the Draytek 2600, simply
won't work for a particulary ISP. I ask because a number of friends
have ask me to replace their "free", usually USB connected, modem with
a router modem so that addoitional items can use the Broadband
connection over a CAT5e network.

What immediately springs to mind as a problem ISP is our old friend
AOL but are the other troublesome ISPs to contend with?

As the work will be a freebie I don't want to attempt the impossible!

Appreciate any feedback from a reader to this group.

David Bradley

On Thu, 13 May 2004 08:08:44 +0100 and in article
<(E-Mail Removed)>, David Bradley said...
: Has anyone found that a modem/router, such as the Draytek 2600, simply
: won't work for a particulary ISP.
:
No, however some routers have been known to have problems with different
equipment in your exchanges respective DSLAM. For example, there was
one guy on the ADSLguide forums who had a belkin router yet it just
would not work on his line. His other modem worked perfectly though.
Guess it was down to incompatibilities between the hardware in his DSLAM
and his router.


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chris

David Bradley <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
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> Has anyone found that a modem/router, such as the Draytek 2600,
> simply won't work for a particulary ISP. I ask because a number
> of friends have ask me to replace their "free", usually USB
> connected, modem with a router modem so that addoitional items can
> use the Broadband connection over a CAT5e network.

No, they all seem to work fine in my experience
Unless of course someone knows better

Hope this helps

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