Wireless Routers for AOL

I've been asked about the by a friend. He uses AOL Broadband and wants an
integrated ADSL modem/router/wireless access point.

I was under the impression this couldn't be done with AOL? But is it in fact
possible? Am I limited to only some makes or will any combined box do the
job?

Thanks for any help.
Steve
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Netman ®

Netman ® writes:
> I've been asked about the by a friend. He uses AOL Broadband and wants an
> integrated ADSL modem/router/wireless access point.
>
> I was under the impression this couldn't be done with AOL? But is it in fact
> possible? Am I limited to only some makes or will any combined box do the
> job?

The "best" for home users? Draytek 2600we or 2600g.

2600g £177 inc. delivery
http://www.broadbandbuyer.co.uk/Shop...ShopGroupID=38

I got one a week ago. It's nice.

On Wed, 12 May 2004 21:05:25 +0100, Netman ® wrote:

> I've been asked about the by a friend. He uses AOL Broadband and wants an
> integrated ADSL modem/router/wireless access point.
>
> I was under the impression this couldn't be done with AOL? But is it in fact
> possible? Am I limited to only some makes or will any combined box do the
> job?

Shouldn't be a problem really .. AOL ADSL Broadband is just like other
broadband services.. the only problem that I've encountered when setting
up for my friend was that I need to set the router's MTU to 1400.

"Wira One" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 12 May 2004 21:05:25 +0100, Netman ® wrote:
>
> > I've been asked about the by a friend. He uses AOL Broadband and wants
an
> > integrated ADSL modem/router/wireless access point.
> >
> > I was under the impression this couldn't be done with AOL? But is it in
fact
> > possible? Am I limited to only some makes or will any combined box do
the
> > job?
>
> Shouldn't be a problem really .. AOL ADSL Broadband is just like other
> broadband services.. the only problem that I've encountered when setting
> up for my friend was that I need to set the router's MTU to 1400.

OK, excellent. Thanks for the response. Just thought they might do things
differently, they seem to like being difficult! :-|

Cheers
Steve

"Kris" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Netman ® writes:
> > I've been asked about the by a friend. He uses AOL Broadband and wants
an
> > integrated ADSL modem/router/wireless access point.
> >
> > I was under the impression this couldn't be done with AOL? But is it in
fact
> > possible? Am I limited to only some makes or will any combined box do
the
> > job?
>
> The "best" for home users? Draytek 2600we or 2600g.
>
> 2600g £177 inc. delivery
>
http://www.broadbandbuyer.co.uk/Shop...ShopGroupID=38
>
> I got one a week ago. It's nice.

Thanks - I did look at the Draytek ones for myself a while and they do look
good. That's a little pricy in this case though. Was looking at a budget of
around £125.

Any recommendations?

Thanks
Steve

"Netman ®" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> "Wira One" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news(E-Mail Removed)...
> > On Wed, 12 May 2004 21:05:25 +0100, Netman ® wrote:
> >
> > > I've been asked about the by a friend. He uses AOL Broadband and wants
> an
> > > integrated ADSL modem/router/wireless access point.
> > >
> > > I was under the impression this couldn't be done with AOL? But is it
in
> fact
> > > possible? Am I limited to only some makes or will any combined box do
> the
> > > job?
> >
> > Shouldn't be a problem really .. AOL ADSL Broadband is just like other
> > broadband services.. the only problem that I've encountered when setting
> > up for my friend was that I need to set the router's MTU to 1400.
>
> OK, excellent. Thanks for the response. Just thought they might do things
> differently, they seem to like being difficult! :-|
>
> Cheers
> Steve
>
>


Wira one is bang on right, almost any router /accesss oint will be fine as
long as you set MTU to 1400, just set this up for 3 pc's at my father in
law's place and it works fine with the 1400 MTU setting, one bonus is that
you can then dump the AOL software if you want.

Garf

Garf wrote:
> "Netman ®" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>> "Wira One" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> On Wed, 12 May 2004 21:05:25 +0100, Netman ® wrote:
>>>
>>>> I've been asked about the by a friend. He uses AOL Broadband and
>>>> wants an integrated ADSL modem/router/wireless access point.
>>>>
>>>> I was under the impression this couldn't be done with AOL? But is
>>>> it
> in
>> fact
>>>> possible? Am I limited to only some makes or will any combined box
>>>> do the job?
>>>
>>> Shouldn't be a problem really .. AOL ADSL Broadband is just like
>>> other broadband services.. the only problem that I've encountered
>>> when setting up for my friend was that I need to set the router's
>>> MTU to 1400.
>>
>> OK, excellent. Thanks for the response. Just thought they might do
>> things differently, they seem to like being difficult! :-|
>>
>> Cheers
>> Steve
>>
>>
>
>
> Wira one is bang on right, almost any router /accesss oint will be
> fine as long as you set MTU to 1400, just set this up for 3 pc's at
> my father in law's place and it works fine with the 1400 MTU setting,
> one bonus is that you can then dump the AOL software if you want.
>
> Garf

Thanks for the info. Which router did you use?

Steve
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> one bonus is that you can then dump the AOL software if you want.

But then why pay AOL's sky high price without the "wonderful" software ?
Regards,
Martin