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NTL Router

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  • 03-11-2009 9:34am
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    jamieh
    Registered Users Posts: 2,073 ✭✭✭


    Hi all,

    Could someone tell me what kind of router do I need to work with NTL broadband?

    Do I need a cable modem/wireless router or will a bog standard wireless router do?


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    Spear
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Help & Feedback Category Moderators Posts: 25,196 CMod ✭✭✭✭Spear


    jamieh wrote: »
    Hi all,

    Could someone tell me what kind of router do I need to work with NTL broadband?

    Do I need a cable modem/wireless router or will a bog standard wireless router do?

    You need to use the NTL/UPC supplied cable modem, as they base your access on it's MAC address, so buying your own isn't an option.


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    _Sidhe_
    Closed Accounts Posts: 193 ✭✭_Sidhe_


    Not exactly Spear.
    You have to use their modem, but you can use a cable router along with it.
    UPC have two modems at the moment.
    A Wifi one and a normal cable modem.
    With the cable modem it's simply a case of connecting up a cable router via the ethernet cable.
    With the Wifi version, while it has Wifi built in, it's not gonna be the best, so if you need something better, you can disable the Wifi on the modem, and again connect a cable router via ethernet.

    As long as it's a cable router, not a DSL router, it'll work.


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    Spear
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Help & Feedback Category Moderators Posts: 25,196 CMod ✭✭✭✭Spear


    _Sidhe_ wrote: »
    Not exactly Spear.
    You have to use their modem, but you can use a cable router along with it.
    UPC have two modems at the moment.
    A Wifi one and a normal cable modem.
    With the cable modem it's simply a case of connecting up a cable router via the ethernet cable.
    With the Wifi version, while it has Wifi built in, it's not gonna be the best, so if you need something better, you can disable the Wifi on the modem, and again connect a cable router via ethernet.

    As long as it's a cable router, not a DSL router, it'll work.

    I may have been unclear in my wording, I meant buying his own cable modem isn't an option, rather than the router.


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