Eir F2000 + Netopia 2247NWG ?

_John C

Would this combination work? Eir F2000 in bridge mode as the modem and the Netopia 2247NWG as the router and wifi?

The F2000 is really peeing us off. Dropping the android phones off the WiFi randomly. Sometimes swithing off and on the phones wifi works. But most of the time we have to power off and on the F2000 to make the phone/s reconnect. I'v

I've tried disabling the F2000s wifi and used the 2247NWG as the WiFi access point , it worked but we are still having the same problems. So it's not a WiFi issue. It must be a routing issue.

So I'm just wondering if we could use the 2247NWG routing and wifi abilities to solve our problem.

Thanks for listening.

ED E

2247 is too slow unless you're at the outer reaches of VDSL.

_John C

What way would it be too slow?

Our F2000 is connecting at 80Mb. Which is fed around the house over cat6 through a Netgear GS724Tv4 24 port gigabit switch. The wifi is used for the phones, laptop, tablet, Wii U and Nintendo DS. So its not essential to have more then say 20-30Mb over the wifi. Our high speed needs are filled with the wired network.

Would the Netopia bottleneck the wired network? Or do you just mean the WiFi. I know the Netopia is only capable of 802.11g (54Mb on paper) but that wouldnt be an issue.

Thanks

ED E

Its not powerful enough a router, remember its first version was built in the days of 7Mb being a fast connection that a business might buy. Finding a benchmark for a device like that is impossible but I would be surprised if it can do more than 30Mb WAN to LAN. That means the entire network would be limited to 30Mb instead of 80Mb be it wired or wireless.

Additionally no WPA2.

A C20i is less than €30 from Amazon DE. You're paying €40-50 a month for your service, might as well use all of it for an extra 30 once off.

_John C

Thanks. I'll take a look at the c20i .

Thanks for your help.