USB adsl modem

Hi

I'm trying to find a USB ADSL modem to have as a backup should my router
fail. However, every one I've been able to Google so far has indicated use
in XP and below, nothing for Vista and Win 7. I seem to recall that when
Vista came out, most of these devices wouldn't work.

Any recommendations please?




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> I seem to recall that when Vista came out, most of these devices wouldn't
> work.
>
> Any recommendations please?

Get a spare ADSL router as a backup.

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"Peter Crosland" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>> I'm trying to find a USB ADSL modem to have as a backup should my router
>> fail. However, every one I've been able to Google so far has indicated
>> use in XP and below, nothing for Vista and Win 7. I seem to recall that
>> when Vista came out, most of these devices wouldn't work.
>>
>> Any recommendations please?
>
>
> Buy yourself a BT 2Wire 2700HGV for around a tenner delivered on eBay
> instead.
>
> Peter Crosland
>
Don't , they are rubbish and not recommended for use with ADSL2 or
higher speed services. They are OK up to 8Mbps, but can't handle
much above that. They are not compatible with a number of ISPs such
as BE, o2, Tiscali, Virgin etc. Company web sites will give you this
info. I have one with Singtel firmware and one with BT firmware, both
sync at lower speeds than routers using Broadcom chips.
They don't have upnp and are a lot bigger than a normal router.
They used to be OK but the Internet and DSLAM equipment has moved
on. You also risk having your 2700 updated and made unusable as
old DNS poisoning doesn't work. The router still "calls home"!
Forget a 2700HGV, you are better with a cheap Netgear DG834G v4.
The v4 is compatible with the latest equipment used in phone exchanges
which will give a higher sync and better stability and throughput.

On Sat, 10 Oct 2009 14:12:15 +0100, Roger ate alphabet spaghetti and shat
out:

> "Peter Crosland" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>>> I'm trying to find a USB ADSL modem to have as a backup should my
>>> router fail. However, every one I've been able to Google so far has
>>> indicated use in XP and below, nothing for Vista and Win 7. I seem to
>>> recall that when Vista came out, most of these devices wouldn't work.
>>>
>>> Any recommendations please?
>>
>>
>> Buy yourself a BT 2Wire 2700HGV for around a tenner delivered on eBay
>> instead.
>>
>> Peter Crosland
>>
> Don't , they are rubbish and not recommended for use with ADSL2 or
> higher speed services.

Seconded.

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> On Sat, 10 Oct 2009 14:12:15 +0100, Roger ate alphabet spaghetti and shat
> out:
>
>> "Peter Crosland" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:(E-Mail Removed) o.uk...
>>>> I'm trying to find a USB ADSL modem to have as a backup should my
>>>> router fail. However, every one I've been able to Google so far has
>>>> indicated use in XP and below, nothing for Vista and Win 7. I seem to
>>>> recall that when Vista came out, most of these devices wouldn't work.
>>>>
>>>> Any recommendations please?
>>>
>>>
>>> Buy yourself a BT 2Wire 2700HGV for around a tenner delivered on eBay
>>> instead.
>>>
>>> Peter Crosland
>>>
>> Don't , they are rubbish and not recommended for use with ADSL2 or
>> higher speed services.

To re-iterate what somebody else said, get a spare router. The cheapest
I've found that is worthwhile is:

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Edima...tch-(Trendchip)

at £27.95 plus delivery

Facilities: DDNS, ACL for remote management, port mapping through NAT for
VNC or the like, bridge mode (useful where you have 2 ADSL services and use
this router as a modem in front of a Vigor for load sharing).

Of course some of them fail from time to time but at at that price they're
easy to keep in stock as spares.

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On Sat, 10 Oct 2009 18:30:50 +0100, Peter Crosland ate alphabet spaghetti
and shat out:

>>>> Don't , they are rubbish and not recommended for use with ADSL2 or
>>>> higher speed services.
>
> Where do you get these stupid ideas from? Far from being rubbish they
> beat anything on the market for ADSL performance including ADSL 2+.
>
> Peter Crosland

Independent and reliable citation?????? or just opinion?




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On Sat, 10 Oct 2009 19:51:39 +0100, Andy Burns ate alphabet spaghetti and
shat out:

> On 10/10/09 19:35, Spamtastic Spastic wrote:
>
>> Independent and reliable citation?????? or just opinion?
>
> You appear to have confused USENET with Wikipedia.

Do I? How have you arrived at that?

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On Sat, 10 Oct 2009 19:56:00 +0100, Andy Burns ate alphabet spaghetti and
shat out:

> On 10/10/09 19:52, Spamtastic Spastic wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 10 Oct 2009 19:51:39 +0100, Andy Burns ate alphabet spaghetti
>> and shat out:
>>
>>> On 10/10/09 19:35, Spamtastic Spastic wrote:
>>>
>>>> Independent and reliable citation?????? or just opinion?
>>>
>>> You appear to have confused USENET with Wikipedia.
>>
>> Do I? How have you arrived at that?
>
> It's just my opinion.

I see. So it's worthless to anyone other than you then?


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Spamtastic Spastic wrote:
> On Sat, 10 Oct 2009 19:56:00 +0100, Andy Burns ate alphabet spaghetti and
> shat out:
>
>> On 10/10/09 19:52, Spamtastic Spastic wrote:
>>
>>> On Sat, 10 Oct 2009 19:51:39 +0100, Andy Burns ate alphabet spaghetti
>>> and shat out:
>>>
>>>> On 10/10/09 19:35, Spamtastic Spastic wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Independent and reliable citation?????? or just opinion?
>>>> You appear to have confused USENET with Wikipedia.
>>> Do I? How have you arrived at that?
>> It's just my opinion.
>
> I see. So it's worthless to anyone other than you then?
>
>
Extending that principle to your _opinions_, its a wonder you bother to
post anything at all.

Graham. wrote:
> "Ato_Zee" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>> On 10-Oct-2009, "Peter Crosland" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>
>>>>>>>> I'm trying to find a USB ADSL modem to have as a backup should my
>>>>>>>> router fail.
>> Problem with USB it is not a straight swap out for a conventional
>> modem/router, it will probably need drivers.
>
> Isn't the whole premise of the OP that the available drivers often don't
> work with Vista?
>

Frankly, I've now got two spare routers that work pretty well, and three
belkins that work sometimes, except when they don't..

The world is AWASH with 'free' routers given away by the BTs and
talktalks, pre programmed, that actually work pretty well - certainly
well enough to be used as spares.

My favorite is my trusty old D-link DSL-504. Out of the ark, slow but
rock solid.

I got it second hand on fleabay about 5 years ago for £25.