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ADSL Router

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Need to get one of these things so that I can play games and Jamie can download porn :P

Is this one any good?

http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products ... 5295#pinfo

Seemed like a good idea to get a modem/router/switch/firewall....

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One word reply!

BAN HIM! BAN HIM! BAN HIM!
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Ah well if i get banned it wont make much difference! 13 posts in 1 year, that must be a record!
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...anyway, ban him is a 2 word reply not a 1 word, so ner!
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WTF are you talking about?
Bitch....
Is a one word reply :shock:

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Re: ADSL Router

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BoredAtWork wrote:Is this one any good?
Well... if you've got a Cable connection it'll work, but don't try it with ADSL.
Besides, it's a little steep...

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Why not with ADSL?
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BoredAtWork wrote:Why not with ADSL?
Cable and DSL provide you with an ethernet interface, whereas with ADSL you need an ADSL modem built into the unit to plug into the phoneline.

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Post by mr blonde »

We are getting an ADSL modem to go with it, but Paul was informed that the ADSL modem would only have a USB connection.... apparently this has something to do with keeping the IP address down to a minimum so that only 1 computer gets bombed by hackers!!! How acurate is this??? Am i right or way off track as usual!?
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mr blonde wrote:We are getting an ADSL modem to go with it, but Paul was informed that the ADSL modem would only have a USB connection.... apparently this has something to do with keeping the IP address down to a minimum so that only 1 computer gets bombed by hackers!!! How acurate is this??? Am i right or way off track as usual!?
Well... having a USB modem /forces/ you to have a PC connected to it running as a NAT router, and thus only one computer is physically connected. The security benefits come more from the inherent properties of NAT than the USB-ness, frankly.
It's probably better to pay a little more for an ADSL /router/ - one that does NAT itself. The Solwise stuff is generally fairly reasonable and effective - http://www.solwise.co.uk/modems.htm. A router will typically have an ADSL connection, a LAN connection, may run DHCP, and you just it as the default router for your LAN. And everything works.

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Post by BoredAtWork »

I'm no doubt being thick here but.....

Doesn't the router I looked at do everything you just mentioned. I thought it was a modem/router/switch and firewall. Could you tell which of these it isn't? I thought we wouldn't need any additional hardware as this was all built in?

Also the Solwise stuff looked pretty expensive....

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Post by Seahorse »

Just get the ADSL modem they supply and make sure its Ethernet. Slap that into a cheapo Router which does the rest. Netgear make decent kit cheap...
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Post by BoredAtWork »

Just worked it out for myself!

Just ordered a Netgear thingy as Mr Seahorse suggested!

Thanks for the help as well Nick.

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