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Netgear WNR2000 N300 Router + WN111 Wireless-N USB Adapter €31 delivered @pixmania

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  • #2
    Del007
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,708 ✭✭✭Del007


    What actually can you do with this?


  • #3
    kenyard
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 944 ✭✭✭kenyard


    Del007 wrote: »
    What actually can you do with this?

    connect to the internets.
    its that box thingy in your house hooked up to the phone line which has flashy lights..
    that is assuming you dont use mobile broadband.

    very cheap for a wireless n routher..didnt check up to see if its any good ofc, but reasonable price for sure


  • #4
    matchthis
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,919 ✭✭✭matchthis


    Anyone know if you can change the DNS settings on this


  • #5
    bb1234567
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,513 ✭✭✭bb1234567


    kenyard wrote: »
    connect to the internets.
    its that box thingy in your house hooked up to the phone line which has flashy lights..
    that is assuming you dont use mobile broadband.

    very cheap for a wireless n routher..didnt check up to see if its any good ofc, but reasonable price for sure

    Doesnt actually connect to the internet at all at all. Its a router that plugs into your box thingy and allows you to high speed stream around the house.


  • #6
    Doylers
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,699 ✭✭✭Doylers


    matchthis wrote: »
    Anyone know if you can change the DNS settings on this

    You can change the DNS on every router regardless


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  • #7
    parsi
    Site Banned Posts: 5,904 ✭✭✭parsi


    Doylers wrote: »
    matchthis wrote: »
    Anyone know if you can change the DNS settings on this

    You can change the DNS on every router regardless

    Not on the Thompson supplied by UPC.


  • #8
    jamesd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,575 ✭✭✭jamesd


    bb1234567 wrote: »
    kenyard wrote: »
    connect to the internets.
    its that box thingy in your house hooked up to the phone line which has flashy lights..
    that is assuming you dont use mobile broadband.

    very cheap for a wireless n routher..didnt check up to see if its any good ofc, but reasonable price for sure

    Doesnt actually connect to the internet at all at all. Its a router that plugs into your box thingy and allows you to high speed stream around the house.

    It does connect when you use pppoe


  • #9
    Ardent
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,402 ✭✭✭Ardent


    mwrf wrote: »
    Good deal,

    There's a reason why this is cheap. Netgear make terrible products. Save yourselves a load of grief and get something decent like Cisco/Linksys.


  • #10
    gomara
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 118 ✭✭gomara


    jamesd wrote: »
    It does connect when you use pppoe

    I think the point is that device is not a modem, and requires an ADSL or Cable Modem to 'make' the connection. All this does is allow clients to connect wirelessly at a higher speed. You'll still need your 'thingy with the flashing lights', connected to your phoneline or cable.


  • #11
    Access
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,359 ✭✭✭Access


    Some of the reviews on this product on amazon are pretty poor!

    "Avoid at all costs"
    "Unsupported, unreliable, terrible customer service"
    "£32 paper weight"


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  • #12
    JabbaTheHut
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,231 ✭✭✭JabbaTheHut


    Ardent wrote: »
    There's a reason why this is cheap. Netgear make terrible products. Save yourselves a load of grief and get something decent like Cisco/Linksys.

    I've got to say, I've a Netgear DSL modem, and I can't fault it. Maybe I'm just lucky. :)


  • #13
    msg11
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,572 ✭✭✭msg11


    Ardent wrote: »
    There's a reason why this is cheap. Netgear make terrible products. Save yourselves a load of grief and get something decent like Cisco/Linksys.

    The Cisco routers with UPC are well, quite frankly . A piece of ****.

    But excluding them, they make good products.


  • #14
    gerryk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,726 ✭✭✭gerryk


    Ardent wrote: »
    There's a reason why this is cheap. Netgear make terrible products. Save yourselves a load of grief and get something decent like Cisco/Linksys.

    That was the case back in 2005, in the hey-day of the WRT54g, but these days, it's Linksys that are making crap, and Cisco... well, unless you're stumping up for enterprise gear, is the same broadcom driven single board rubbish as everyone else.


  • #15
    gerryk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,726 ✭✭✭gerryk


    Oh, and by the way. Cisco, right now, are beyond disregarding privacy.


  • #16
    frash
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,642 ✭✭✭frash


    Bought it.

    There are quite a few good reviews among the odd bad ones quoted.
    Will give a quick review once I get it.

    Thanks OP.


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