Having grown bored of using dial up internet I moved on to using an ADSL Modem but still found it aggravating having to plug my Laptop into the ADSL modem so decided to do a bit of research and invested in the Linksys WAG200GWireless ADSL Modem Route.
The built-in Wireless-G (802.11g) Access Point allows up to 32 wireless devices to connect to the network at 54Mbps, without having cables all over your house. It's also compatible with Wireless-B (802.11b) devices, at 11Mbps.
To protect your data and privacy, the Wireless-G ADSL Home Gateway features an advanced firewall to keep Internet intruders and attackers out. Wireless transmissions can be protected by powerful WPA data encryption.
Features:
ADSL2+ Modem, Internet-sharing Router, 4-Port Switch and Wireless-G Access Point in one box High-speed ADSL2+ Modem gives you a fast, "Always On" connection to the Internet Connect your home PCs and other wireless devices to the Gateway and the Internet using the built-in Wireless-G Access Point, or connect directly with the 4-port Ethernet Switch
So thats the facts behind the router now what did I think of it?
I bought this for about £35 off Amazon and was impressed when i took it out the box to see how good it looked. So now came the interesting bit... The Installation!!
Looks easy to do - you are provided with a CD-rom to install and a little brochure with step by step instructions how to apparantly install it. So as a young guy who has a good understanding of computers and technology i thought give me 15 mins and i'll be surfing the net. So with that in mind after trying for 2 hours i gave up thinking there must be something wrong with my new purchase. I decided to sleep on it and try again the next morning. Another hour gone and i thought i'd try out the freephone help line.
Having spent about 10 minutes on the phone the person at the other end of the phone realised they couldn't help as i had been put through to America!! I redialled and got through to a friendly guy called Ali, who step by step run through the installation. It took an hour to set up over the phone but Ali ran through absolutely everything with me, from install to setting up the security.
Having now used this for about a month i think its a great piece of kit. It's very fast, small and looks great but in the back of my mind will always be the pain it took to get set up!!
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Think I'll stick with my Belkin, very helpful review
MALDIVEDIVER 16.08.2007 14:38
We have Netgear also. but run windows XP. there are still to many hicupps with Vista at the moment. It is not easy to set up a home working wireless network even for those of us that have a good knowledge of computers. But would not be without wireless now its great. - Mary
Advantages: Connects one or more computer at a time ,wireless signal can be encrypted and its cheap Disadvantages: Instructions lack wireless setup info and causes stress/ frustration/anger towards an innocent computer.
Advantages: Connects one or more computer at a time ,wireless signal can be encrypted and its cheap Disadvantages: Instructions lack wireless setup info and causes stress/ frustration/anger towards an innocent computer.
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