which ethernet modem router???

been meaning to get broadband for ages but dunno what hardware to get,
a dozen people say one product's fantastic and another dozen slag it,
with like a video card I'll see a couple of favourable reviews in mags
and just get that one but its not the kind of thing that gets looked
at much, that I can find anyway. I've seen manufacturers quote a good
review then I see people on here are having a nightmare with it, so
I'm just confused!

So getting to the point recommendations for an adsl ethernet
modem/router please (have brick walls, one computer upstairs and
another down, remember someone saying that ethernet will only work on
one floor so assuming the worst and will run a cable to one) TIA

In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
Gino <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> been meaning to get broadband for ages but dunno what hardware to get,
> a dozen people say one product's fantastic and another dozen slag it,
> with like a video card I'll see a couple of favourable reviews in mags
> and just get that one but its not the kind of thing that gets looked
> at much, that I can find anyway. I've seen manufacturers quote a good
> review then I see people on here are having a nightmare with it, so
> I'm just confused!
>
> So getting to the point recommendations for an adsl ethernet
> modem/router please (have brick walls, one computer upstairs and
> another down, remember someone saying that ethernet will only work on
> one floor so assuming the worst and will run a cable to one) TIA

Ethernet uses cable anyway! Cables don't mind brick walls - or multiple
floors - as long as you can drill holes for them to go through.

Are you confusing Ethernet with Wireless? If you are looking for a
"wireless* ADSL modem/router, you need to ask a slightly different
question - and make this clear.
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On Sun, 24 Oct 2004 14:37:41 +0100, "Tiscali Tim" <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
>Gino <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>> been meaning to get broadband for ages but dunno what hardware to get,
>> a dozen people say one product's fantastic and another dozen slag it,
>> with like a video card I'll see a couple of favourable reviews in mags
>> and just get that one but its not the kind of thing that gets looked
>> at much, that I can find anyway. I've seen manufacturers quote a good
>> review then I see people on here are having a nightmare with it, so
>> I'm just confused!
>>
>> So getting to the point recommendations for an adsl ethernet
>> modem/router please (have brick walls, one computer upstairs and
>> another down, remember someone saying that ethernet will only work on
>> one floor so assuming the worst and will run a cable to one) TIA
>
>Ethernet uses cable anyway! Cables don't mind brick walls - or multiple
>floors - as long as you can drill holes for them to go through.
>
>Are you confusing Ethernet with Wireless? If you are looking for a
>"wireless* ADSL modem/router, you need to ask a slightly different
>question - and make this clear.

Oh right, thought ethernet /wireless same thing - wireless is what I
want then so that I dont have to run a cable to the computer

On Sun, 24 Oct 2004 15:56:43 +0100, Gino <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>On Sun, 24 Oct 2004 14:37:41 +0100, "Tiscali Tim" <(E-Mail Removed)>
>wrote:
>
>>In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
>>Gino <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>
>>> been meaning to get broadband for ages but dunno what hardware to get,
>>> a dozen people say one product's fantastic and another dozen slag it,
>>> with like a video card I'll see a couple of favourable reviews in mags
>>> and just get that one but its not the kind of thing that gets looked
>>> at much, that I can find anyway. I've seen manufacturers quote a good
>>> review then I see people on here are having a nightmare with it, so
>>> I'm just confused!
>>>
>>> So getting to the point recommendations for an adsl ethernet
>>> modem/router please (have brick walls, one computer upstairs and
>>> another down, remember someone saying that ethernet will only work on
>>> one floor so assuming the worst and will run a cable to one) TIA
>>
>>Ethernet uses cable anyway! Cables don't mind brick walls - or multiple
>>floors - as long as you can drill holes for them to go through.
>>
>>Are you confusing Ethernet with Wireless? If you are looking for a
>>"wireless* ADSL modem/router, you need to ask a slightly different
>>question - and make this clear.
>
>Oh right, thought ethernet /wireless same thing - wireless is what I
>want then so that I dont have to run a cable to the computer

Indeed. Wireless is what you want.

I can personally recommend the 3Com 3CRWE754G72-A, available from a
variety of sites (I bought mine from www.misco.com with a bundled
PCMCIA wireless card)

Wireless is actually more likely to wok OK between floors than between
rooms on the same floor. Floors are usually less solid than walls.

But with mine, I have a large house, and can readily use the laptop
(with built in Wireless) downstairs in "the snug", while the router
is upstairs in the study.

Direct line of sight between the study and the snug is about 8 metres,
with two solid stone walls (15 inch thick), a wooden floor with lath
and plaster ceiling, and a stud partition wall.

The speed I get at that range is a bit variable, but always seems to
be at least 2Mbits/sec, which is four times the speed of my ADSL
connection :-) I downloaded a 44Mb file (Java SDK) in under 14 minutes
yesterday - that is 419 bits/sec..
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"Gino" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> On Sun, 24 Oct 2004 14:37:41 +0100, "Tiscali Tim" <(E-Mail Removed)>
> wrote:
>
> >In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
> >Gino <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> >
> >> been meaning to get broadband for ages but dunno what hardware to get,
> >> a dozen people say one product's fantastic and another dozen slag it,
> >> with like a video card I'll see a couple of favourable reviews in mags
> >> and just get that one but its not the kind of thing that gets looked
> >> at much, that I can find anyway. I've seen manufacturers quote a good
> >> review then I see people on here are having a nightmare with it, so
> >> I'm just confused!
> >>
> >> So getting to the point recommendations for an adsl ethernet
> >> modem/router please (have brick walls, one computer upstairs and
> >> another down, remember someone saying that ethernet will only work on
> >> one floor so assuming the worst and will run a cable to one) TIA
> >
> >Ethernet uses cable anyway! Cables don't mind brick walls - or multiple
> >floors - as long as you can drill holes for them to go through.
> >
> >Are you confusing Ethernet with Wireless? If you are looking for a
> >"wireless* ADSL modem/router, you need to ask a slightly different
> >question - and make this clear.
>
> Oh right, thought ethernet /wireless same thing - wireless is what I
> want then so that I dont have to run a cable to the computer

Read the reviews on www.adslguide.org.uk and watch the recommendations made by
their staff!

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Michael Chare