Simple Question Needs Answering

philtaylor

Currently have standard broadband modem and a wifi enabled laptop , will the below linksys g router do the trick for sharing the internet connection wirelessly in the house with the laptop.

http://www.linksys.com/servlet/Satellite?childpagename=US%2FLayout&packedargs=c%3DL_Product_C2%26cid%3D1116265541785&pagename=Linksys%2FCommon%2FVisitorWrapper

Many thanks

irlrobins

yea but unlesss ur planning on making use of the VOIP feature u'd prob be better off with the WRT54G.

philtaylor

cheers for the info , saw dealcatcher.com doing a special on those about 2 weeks for 49.99 dollars . does it matter if its a us version.

irlrobins

power adapter will have a us plug on it. And u might get caught for custom charges. So might not be as cheap in the end

themessiah

I am fairly sure this will also do the trick NetGear Wireless Router aswell and is 22.49 dollars after rebate.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00008SCFL/002-7401824-0013628?v=glance&n=172282

irlrobins

Amazon.com generally don't ship outside the US

themessiah

use shopthestates they ship them plu on for you for 5 dollars plus onward shipping.

irlrobins

tbh probably cheaper and quicker to buy it in europe. Also the mail in rebate might be too much hassle to claim.

RasTa

Ah i have the same sort of question. I have Ntl at the moment and the step-da just bought a laptop and wants to surf the net. Will the WRT54G do everything and how easy/hard is it to set up(with ntl at the mo so its a cable modem)

irlrobins

yea if the laptop has wireless then he can connect anywhere in house. If not then he can connect using a network cable to the router.

WRT54G should work with NTL modem no prob. I'm sure there's a few people on boards who have it set up and will help if ur having probs.

daymobrew

irlrobins wrote:

yea if the laptop has wireless then he can connect anywhere in house. If not then he can connect using a network cable to the router.

WRT54G should work with NTL modem no prob. I'm sure there's a few people on boards who have it set up and will help if ur having probs.

I have a Linksys WRT54G router with my ntl bb setup. Been happily using it for 15 months now. I got mine from Elara. It is e91 with them (it's e109 with Peats).

It's dead simple to set up. Quick Start guide router shows you. Turn off modem when connecting router to it - to get modem to accept router (MAC address caching thing).

Mac daddy

The WRT54G or GS are great routers dead easy to setup and configure about ten minutes work.