I spotted this Router on Ebuyer amongst a lot of other cheap routers. Watch out as some of the cheap ones are not Modem Routers. This one is and was an excellent price at less than £40.00.
It arrived promptly and as I now have two computers running in the house and one broadband connection i immediately went about connecting the modem router so I could use the internet on either machine.
First thing to note is that it was actually extremely easy to set up. I opened the box and there was a very clear step by step guide at the top of the box. I was delighted that this had been included as I am not really a technical expert although I am certainly not a technophobe!
I followed the step by step guide and had my modem router up and running in less than 15 minutes.
When I say up and running I mean that I had one laptop connected via an ethernet cable and connected to the internet with relative ease. The second laptop is connected via an integrated wireless signal. This is the first time I have used a wireless ready laptop without the need for a wireless card so I do not really know the reletive reliability of these integral systems.
To say that the wireless connection on Laptop 2 has been tempremental would be an understatement. For the first few days of use it has been disconnecting itself due to an apparantly weak signal at regular intervals.
Now this could be happening because of a number of reasons.
1. Laptop - The wireless part of the laptop may be very poor however I doubt that this is true as I have tried it all round the house including right next to the router - plus it is a spanking new laptop!
2. Internet Strength - I have an 8MB connection with my ISP - perhaps someone more technically able could tell me if this is what the problem is perhaps not strong enough. To see if I can solve the problem I have upgraded my connection to 20MB but this has not been done just yet so I do not know if this will solve the problem.
3. Router Configuration - Being only very basically technically able with these kind of things I was a little stuck in the set up process when i was doing the configuration part and various settings were asked for - for me this was just a bunch of numbers and letters so I simply pressed ok to whatever was already there! Don't know if this affects things but will be looking into it if the stronger connection makes no difference!
For now I am reasonably happy with the router and this will be increased to exceptionally happy once the wireless laptop stops disconnecting every few minutes (very annoying)
I will report back when I have solved my problem and will hopefully be able to give a more positive right up on what i'm sure is actually a great product for the small price.
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