Need advice on broadband router...

Hello everybody.
I've got a friend to whom I advised on using a router for his adsl BT
Broadband, the router is a linksys wireless with built in modem, don't know
the model now but that piece of crapp is always freezing, his able to
download stuff from the net and yet he's not able to surf the net or maybe
even msn although it logs on msn, its a weird situation, the router is
bloking no ports that's for sure, everything was reset to factory defaults.
I had advised him on a linksys product as being part of cisco I thought it
would be a good purchased as I'm ussing one as well but for cable and that
runns smooth as it can be.
Now its time to get ride of that junk and buy a new one, so what do you guys
recon it's out there and good for his vroadband conection?????? BT Broadband
ADSL, he want's it wireless as well. This time I was thinking D-Link????
Any comment are most welcome.
Cheers
Carlos Arruda

www.carlos-arruda.com

On Fri, 25 Feb 2005 20:37:53 GMT, "Carlos Arruda"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Now its time to get ride of that junk and buy a new one, so what do you guys
>recon it's out there and good for his vroadband conection?????? BT Broadband
>ADSL, he want's it wireless as well. This time I was thinking D-Link????
>Any comment are most welcome.

http://www.voyager.bt.com/ has a range of products that should get
good support from the ISP

Phil

"Phil Thompson" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news(E-Mail Removed)...
> On Fri, 25 Feb 2005 20:37:53 GMT, "Carlos Arruda"
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>>Now its time to get ride of that junk and buy a new one, so what do you
>>guys
>>recon it's out there and good for his vroadband conection?????? BT
>>Broadband
>>ADSL, he want's it wireless as well. This time I was thinking D-Link????
>>Any comment are most welcome.
>
> http://www.voyager.bt.com/ has a range of products that should get
> good support from the ISP
>
> Phil

Hello.
Thanks for your repply.
I went to there website and ad a look at there products but they all require
an ADSL modem with an ethernet port??????? I'm in computers for almost 10
years and have never seen an ADSL modem with an ethernet port.
Cheers
Carlos

"Carlos Arruda" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Thanks for your repply.
> I went to there website and ad a look at there products but they all
> require an ADSL modem with an ethernet port??????? I'm in computers for
> almost 10 years and have never seen an ADSL modem with an ethernet port.

I thought adsl modems with ethernet ports were more common nowadays.
Its probably worth trying to fix the problem of the current router first
rather than splashing out on a new one. There was another poster on here
yesterday whose connection was having problems as he had Sygate firewall
installed. Does your friend have another firewall installed that may be
conflicting?

In article <B0MTd.778$(E-Mail Removed)>, Carlos Arruda
says...
> Hello everybody.
> I've got a friend to whom I advised on using a router for his adsl BT
> Broadband, the router is a linksys wireless with built in modem, don't know
> the model now but that piece of crapp is always freezing, his able to
> download stuff from the net and yet he's not able to surf the net or maybe
> even msn although it logs on msn, its a weird situation, the router is
> bloking no ports that's for sure, everything was reset to factory defaults.
> I had advised him on a linksys product as being part of cisco I thought it
> would be a good purchased as I'm ussing one as well but for cable and that
> runns smooth as it can be.
> Now its time to get ride of that junk and buy a new one, so what do you guys
> recon it's out there and good for his vroadband conection?????? BT Broadband
> ADSL, he want's it wireless as well. This time I was thinking D-Link????
> Any comment are most welcome.
> Cheers
> Carlos Arruda
>
> www.carlos-arruda.com
>
>
>
>
D-Link routers are great, but I'd try and sort out the Linksys first.

Try doing a firmware upgrade
http://www.dslzoneuk.net/drivers_details.php?vendor=16

an update of the firmware might help with his problems.

I'd also check the network port on the box, make sure that the POS
Windows firewall isn't conflicting with anything if it is enabled on the
connection.

FR

"Flying Rat" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed). ..
> In article <B0MTd.778$(E-Mail Removed)>, Carlos Arruda
> says...
>> Hello everybody.
>> I've got a friend to whom I advised on using a router for his adsl BT
>> Broadband, the router is a linksys wireless with built in modem, don't
>> know
>> the model now but that piece of crapp is always freezing, his able to
>> download stuff from the net and yet he's not able to surf the net or
>> maybe
>> even msn although it logs on msn, its a weird situation, the router is
>> bloking no ports that's for sure, everything was reset to factory
>> defaults.
>> I had advised him on a linksys product as being part of cisco I thought
>> it
>> would be a good purchased as I'm ussing one as well but for cable and
>> that
>> runns smooth as it can be.
>> Now its time to get ride of that junk and buy a new one, so what do you
>> guys
>> recon it's out there and good for his vroadband conection?????? BT
>> Broadband
>> ADSL, he want's it wireless as well. This time I was thinking D-Link????
>> Any comment are most welcome.
>> Cheers
>> Carlos Arruda
>>
>> www.carlos-arruda.com
>>
>>
>>
>>
> D-Link routers are great, but I'd try and sort out the Linksys first.
>
> Try doing a firmware upgrade
> http://www.dslzoneuk.net/drivers_details.php?vendor=16
>
> an update of the firmware might help with his problems.
>
> I'd also check the network port on the box, make sure that the POS
> Windows firewall isn't conflicting with anything if it is enabled on the
> connection.
>
> FR

Hello.
There's no firewall instaled and windows firewal is deactivated. We've tryid
upgrading the firmaware and yet nothing, apart from the fact that now if we
activate the wirelless access point the adsl modem goes down with the
conection and no longer is able to conect.
When he can no longer surf the internet and yet's able to continue is
downloads he's able to surf by switching the ethernet port but after 30
minutes it happens all over again.
Is determined to get himself a new one and get ride of that one as not even
linksys support's repplying any of our e-mails.
Cheers to you all guys,
Carlos

"Carlos Arruda" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Hello.
> There's no firewall instaled and windows firewal is deactivated. We've
> tryid upgrading the firmaware and yet nothing, apart from the fact that
> now if we activate the wirelless access point the adsl modem goes down
> with the conection and no longer is able to conect.
> When he can no longer surf the internet and yet's able to continue is
> downloads he's able to surf by switching the ethernet port but after 30
> minutes it happens all over again.
> Is determined to get himself a new one and get ride of that one as not
> even linksys support's repplying any of our e-mails.

Maybe its faulty. Has he tried getting a replacement from where he
purchased it?

O
> Hello.
> Thanks for your repply.
> I went to there website and ad a look at there products but they all
> require an ADSL modem with an ethernet port??????? I'm in computers for
> almost 10 years and have never seen an ADSL modem with an ethernet port.
> Cheers
> Carlos

You will find the Binatone ADSL 2000 is effectively that. Using one here.

Dave

--
For what we are about to balls up may common sense prevent us doing it
again
in the future!!

In article <3pXTd.197$(E-Mail Removed)>, Carlos Arruda
says...
> Hello.
> There's no firewall instaled and windows firewal is deactivated. We've tryid
> upgrading the firmaware and yet nothing, apart from the fact that now if we
> activate the wirelless access point the adsl modem goes down with the
> conection and no longer is able to conect.
> When he can no longer surf the internet and yet's able to continue is
> downloads he's able to surf by switching the ethernet port but after 30
> minutes it happens all over again.
> Is determined to get himself a new one and get ride of that one as not even
> linksys support's repplying any of our e-mails.
> Cheers to you all guys,
> Carlos
>
in that case, point him in the direction of a D-Link DSL-G604T

So easy to configure even an arse like me found it a walkover (and
reasonably priced too). Four ethernet ports and wireless built in.

FR

"Beck" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> "Carlos Arruda" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>
> > Hello.
> > There's no firewall instaled and windows firewal is deactivated. We've
> > tryid upgrading the firmaware and yet nothing, apart from the fact that
> > now if we activate the wirelless access point the adsl modem goes down
> > with the conection and no longer is able to conect.
> > When he can no longer surf the internet and yet's able to continue is
> > downloads he's able to surf by switching the ethernet port but after 30
> > minutes it happens all over again.
> > Is determined to get himself a new one and get ride of that one as not
> > even linksys support's repplying any of our e-mails.
>
> Maybe its faulty. Has he tried getting a replacement from where he
> purchased it?
>
>

No Beck as he had lost the invoice.