Which router?

I got a bit of a shock last night..my ageing D-link that can JUST ABOUT
do 4000kbps was temporarily replaced by a friends Belkin, to test it and
see if it worked.

5700kbps. Oh dear..

ANYWAY. it looks like a more modern router is the thing..so..

What can do

- full *inbound* firewalling
- Inbound port mapping
- snmp traffic monitoring
- ethernet
- adsl2 potentially.

Wireless not needed but happy to have it.

In message <h15a2m$amm$(E-Mail Removed)>, The Natural Philosopher
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote
>I got a bit of a shock last night..my ageing D-link that can JUST
>ABOUT do 4000kbps was temporarily replaced by a friends Belkin, to test
>it and see if it worked.
>
>5700kbps. Oh dear..
>

But is it a reliable 5700kbps link and if the router was left in place
would you get line drops resulting in the speed returning to a stable
4000kbps within a few weeks?


--
Alan
news2009 {at} admac {dot} myzen {dot} co {dot} uk

Alan wrote:
> In message <h15a2m$amm$(E-Mail Removed)>, The Natural Philosopher
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote
>> I got a bit of a shock last night..my ageing D-link that can JUST
>> ABOUT do 4000kbps was temporarily replaced by a friends Belkin, to
>> test it and see if it worked.
>>
>> 5700kbps. Oh dear..
>>
>
> But is it a reliable 5700kbps link and if the router was left in place
> would you get line drops resulting in the speed returning to a stable
> 4000kbps within a few weeks?
>
>
Noise margin was 7dB, so probably..

Kráftéé wrote:
> Alan wrote:
> | In message <h15a2m$amm$(E-Mail Removed)>, The Natural Philosopher
> | <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote
> || I got a bit of a shock last night..my ageing D-link that can JUST
> || ABOUT do 4000kbps was temporarily replaced by a friends Belkin, to
> || test it and see if it worked.
> ||
> || 5700kbps. Oh dear..
> ||
> |
> | But is it a reliable 5700kbps link and if the router was left in
> | place would you get line drops resulting in the speed returning to
> | a stable 4000kbps within a few weeks?
>
> And (depending on which model off course) how long before the power
> supply plays up & blocks not only your service but that of all the
> neighbours as well?
>
>
? what *are* you talking about ?

I dont have neighbours.

Kráftéé wrote:
> The Natural Philosopher wrote:
> | Kráftéé wrote:
> || Alan wrote:
> ||| In message <h15a2m$amm$(E-Mail Removed)>, The Natural
> ||| Philosopher <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote
> |||| I got a bit of a shock last night..my ageing D-link that can
> |||| JUST ABOUT do 4000kbps was temporarily replaced by a friends
> |||| Belkin, to test it and see if it worked.
> ||||
> |||| 5700kbps. Oh dear..
> ||||
> |||
> ||| But is it a reliable 5700kbps link and if the router was left in
> ||| place would you get line drops resulting in the speed returning to
> ||| a stable 4000kbps within a few weeks?
> ||
> || And (depending on which model off course) how long before the power
> || supply plays up & blocks not only your service but that of all the
> || neighbours as well?
> ||
> ||
> | ? what *are* you talking about ?
> |
> | I dont have neighbours.
>
> If you're that far out then you're doubly susceptible to interference
> affecting your DSL service then.
>
>
I am vastly amused at what must be going on in your head.

Far out of what?

"The Natural Philosopher" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:h1cqkp$a7r$(E-Mail Removed)...
Kráftéé wrote:
> The Natural Philosopher wrote:
> | Kráftéé wrote:
> || Alan wrote:
> ||| In message <h15a2m$amm$(E-Mail Removed)>, The Natural
> ||| Philosopher <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote
> |||| I got a bit of a shock last night..my ageing D-link that can
> |||| JUST ABOUT do 4000kbps was temporarily replaced by a friends
> |||| Belkin, to test it and see if it worked.
> ||||
> |||| 5700kbps. Oh dear..
> ||||
> |||
> ||| But is it a reliable 5700kbps link and if the router was left in
> ||| place would you get line drops resulting in the speed returning to
> ||| a stable 4000kbps within a few weeks?
> ||
> || And (depending on which model off course) how long before the power
> || supply plays up & blocks not only your service but that of all the
> || neighbours as well?
> ||
> ||
> | ? what *are* you talking about ?
> |
> | I dont have neighbours.
>
> If you're that far out then you're doubly susceptible to interference
> affecting your DSL service then.
>
I am vastly amused at what must be going on in your head.

Far out of what?

I think he is thinking about a long rural overhead electricity
supply line arcing and sparking, and not the wall-wart
connecting your router to the mains as you might have thought.



--
Graham.

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