Telewest Broadband Wireless Routers

I have a colleague who has Telewest Broadband

I gather he needs an ethernet wireless router (as opposed to an ADSL one) to
set up wirless network sharing the connection

I have looked at linksys etc but not sure which models would be suitable.
There seem to be a number that would work ? Just don't want to buy the wrong
kit and presume if there are different models then they do different things?

Can anyone suggest makes and model numbers that will work so he can make an
informed choice

cheers

Ian

On Fri, 9 Jul 2004 20:06:03 +0100, Ian wrote:

> I have a colleague who has Telewest Broadband
>
> I gather he needs an ethernet wireless router (as opposed to an ADSL one) to
> set up wirless network sharing the connection
>
> I have looked at linksys etc but not sure which models would be suitable.
> There seem to be a number that would work ? Just don't want to buy the wrong
> kit and presume if there are different models then they do different things?
>
> Can anyone suggest makes and model numbers that will work so he can make an
> informed choice
>
> cheers
>
> Ian

Hi

Any model from the major manufacturers such as Netgear, Linksys, D-Link,
Airport etc. will do. The model would depend on his budget and speed
requirements.

You can post in the Routers or Blueyonder forums at www.cm-forums.co.uk for
some advice if you want.

Regards

Bill

"phoenix" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 9 Jul 2004 20:06:03 +0100, Ian wrote:
>
> > I have a colleague who has Telewest Broadband
> >
> > I gather he needs an ethernet wireless router (as opposed to an ADSL
one) to
> > set up wirless network sharing the connection
snip
> > Can anyone suggest makes and model numbers that will work so he can make
an
> > informed choice
> >
snip
>
> Any model from the major manufacturers such as Netgear, Linksys, D-Link,
> Airport etc. will do. The model would depend on his budget and speed
> requirements.
>
> You can post in the Routers or Blueyonder forums at www.cm-forums.co.uk
for
> some advice if you want.

Thanks

will have a look in there ...

do they need a specific WAN port and is this just one of the ethernet ports
on the back?

Ian

In news:40ef18e0$0$532$(E-Mail Removed),
Ian <(E-Mail Removed)> felt the need to put finger to keyboard and typed:
>
> Thanks
>
> will have a look in there ...
>
> do they need a specific WAN port and is this just one of the ethernet
> ports on the back?
>
I previously used a Netgear WGR614 on Blueyonder before I moved house and
switched to ADSL. I found it to be pretty reliable, although IIRC it does
not support WPA. The Router had 5 ports on the back - 1 dedicated to the
cable modem connection and 4 10/100mbps ethernet ports for fixed networking.
The antenna could not be removed, but provided a reasonably good wireless
signal, certainly good enough to use a laptop in the back garden with the
router upstairs at the front of the house. In terms of reliability I had no
problems and have now purchased the equivalent ADSL model after a brief and
disasterous flirtation with the equivalent D-Link model.

Hope this helps.

--
Regards,
Stephen
Remove the obvious to reply ;o)

On Fri, 9 Jul 2004 23:16:13 +0100, Ian wrote:

> "phoenix" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:1xy4uo0dwgdg1$.(E-Mail Removed)...
>> On Fri, 9 Jul 2004 20:06:03 +0100, Ian wrote:
>>
>>> I have a colleague who has Telewest Broadband
>>>
>>> I gather he needs an ethernet wireless router (as opposed to an ADSL
> one) to
>>> set up wirless network sharing the connection
> snip
>>> Can anyone suggest makes and model numbers that will work so he can make
> an
>>> informed choice
>>>
> snip
>>
>> Any model from the major manufacturers such as Netgear, Linksys, D-Link,
>> Airport etc. will do. The model would depend on his budget and speed
>> requirements.
>>
>> You can post in the Routers or Blueyonder forums at www.cm-forums.co.uk
> for
>> some advice if you want.
>
> Thanks
>
> will have a look in there ...
>
> do they need a specific WAN port and is this just one of the ethernet ports
> on the back?
>
> Ian

Hi Ian

The connection for Telewest on the cable modem is either USB or Ethernet
(Telewest usually do USB these days) and obviously you'll need to swap to
the Ethernet connection for the router. The routers have a separate port on
the rear for the cable modem connection and four wired ports on the front
for the LAN (configuration may vary slightly for the routers available).

If your colleague currently has his connection via USB it's fairly
straightforward to swap it over to ethernet when you get the router. It's
fairly straightforward but the cable modem only allows one MAC address to
be connected to it. You'll need to go to a command prompt on the PC
connected to the CM and issue an 'ipconfig /release' (no quotes) then
power-off the cable modem and PC. Disconnect the PC USB cable and after
five minutes power-on the cable modem and let it get a firm connection then
plug in and power-on the router, when it's gone through the startup tests
and got a connection you should connect a PC by cable and go through the
router config. That should do it.

Regards

Bill

"phoenix" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:titxz2n7z1sw$.(E-Mail Removed)...
> On Fri, 9 Jul 2004 23:16:13 +0100, Ian wrote:
>
> > "phoenix" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:1xy4uo0dwgdg1$.(E-Mail Removed)...
> >> On Fri, 9 Jul 2004 20:06:03 +0100, Ian wrote:
> >>
> >>> I have a colleague who has Telewest Broadband
> >>>
> >>> I gather he needs an ethernet wireless router (as opposed to an ADSL
> > one) to
> >>> set up wirless network sharing the connection
> > snip
> >>> Can anyone suggest makes and model numbers that will work so he can
make
> > an
> >>> informed choice
> >>>
> > snip
> >>
> >> Any model from the major manufacturers such as Netgear, Linksys,
D-Link,
> >> Airport etc. will do. The model would depend on his budget and speed
> >> requirements.
> >>
> >> You can post in the Routers or Blueyonder forums at www.cm-forums.co.uk
> > for
> >> some advice if you want.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > will have a look in there ...
> >
> > do they need a specific WAN port and is this just one of the ethernet
ports
> > on the back?
> >
> > Ian
>
> Hi Ian
>
><SNIP>> the Ethernet connection for the router. The routers have a separate
port on
> the rear for the cable modem connection and four wired ports on the front
> for the LAN (configuration may vary slightly for the routers available).
>
> If your colleague currently has his connection via USB it's fairly
> straightforward to swap it over to ethernet when you get the
router..........
<SNIP>
>That should do it.
>
> Regards
>
> Bill

Thanks that's very useful - excellent help

One thing is this port on the back and ports on the front.
How do I know which models are suitable?
Is there a list somewhere with all current models that we can choose from?
Just that I know my ADSL router which i could use as a router and switch and
wireless without using the ADSL bit isn't set up like this so presumably
wouldn't work?

cheers

Ian

On Sat, 10 Jul 2004 13:15:33 +0100, Ian wrote:

> "phoenix" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:titxz2n7z1sw$.(E-Mail Removed)...
>> On Fri, 9 Jul 2004 23:16:13 +0100, Ian wrote:
>>
>>> "phoenix" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>>> news:1xy4uo0dwgdg1$.(E-Mail Removed)...
>>>> On Fri, 9 Jul 2004 20:06:03 +0100, Ian wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I have a colleague who has Telewest Broadband
>>>>>
>>>>> I gather he needs an ethernet wireless router (as opposed to an ADSL
>>> one) to
>>>>> set up wirless network sharing the connection
>>> snip
>>>>> Can anyone suggest makes and model numbers that will work so he can
> make
>>> an
>>>>> informed choice
>>>>>
>>> snip
>>>>
>>>> Any model from the major manufacturers such as Netgear, Linksys,
> D-Link,
>>>> Airport etc. will do. The model would depend on his budget and speed
>>>> requirements.
>>>>
>>>> You can post in the Routers or Blueyonder forums at www.cm-forums.co.uk
>>> for
>>>> some advice if you want.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> will have a look in there ...
>>>
>>> do they need a specific WAN port and is this just one of the ethernet
> ports
>>> on the back?
>>>
>>> Ian
>>
>> Hi Ian
>>
>><SNIP>> the Ethernet connection for the router. The routers have a separate
> port on
>> the rear for the cable modem connection and four wired ports on the front
>> for the LAN (configuration may vary slightly for the routers available).
>>
>> If your colleague currently has his connection via USB it's fairly
>> straightforward to swap it over to ethernet when you get the
> router..........
> <SNIP>
>>That should do it.
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Bill
>
> Thanks that's very useful - excellent help
>
> One thing is this port on the back and ports on the front.
> How do I know which models are suitable?
> Is there a list somewhere with all current models that we can choose from?
> Just that I know my ADSL router which i could use as a router and switch and
> wireless without using the ADSL bit isn't set up like this so presumably
> wouldn't work?
>
> cheers
>
> Ian

Ian

They'll all be suitable if they're for a cable modem connection as it's
only a plain Ethernet connection for the LAN and connection to the router.
The only question that should arise is what wireless 'features' your
colleague wants/needs and what his budget is.

I don't know of a comprehensive list of *all* available wireless routers.
If you go to the cm-forums website and click on the link on the top-right
of the page you'll get to Broadbandbuyer web site - they have a
comprehensive list of suitable routers. I must declare an interest though.
I'm an admin at the cm-forums site and Broadbandbuyer do provide
sponsorship to the site when you click on the link. I get no financial
incentives from it personally and you can always purchase products where
you choose.

If you look on the left of the Broadband Buyer website you'll see a list of
product for the different wireless speeds of 11Mb, 54Mb & SuperG - pick a
list and have a look at the specifications. Don't forget it is a router you
need and not a Wireless Access Point. The only caveat I would give is to
not use Belkin kit, it is good and reasonably priced but I've had several
users who've been unable to get them working with Telewest - that is only
my experience and some users do report a that their Belkin kit works fine.

Regards

Bill