Comments on: The quiet American http://www.willhowells.org.uk/blog/2007/04/10/the-quiet-american/ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:05:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: BenJ http://www.willhowells.org.uk/blog/2007/04/10/the-quiet-american/comment-page-1/#comment-26213 BenJ Thu, 12 Apr 2007 09:34:34 +0000 http://www.willhowells.org.uk/blog/2007/04/10/the-quiet-american/#comment-26213 Whatever you do I would recommend against getting a D-Link router. Mine just failed spectacularly, a few weeks after the manufacturer's warranty expired. Poking around various message boards, it seems to be a common occurance. (Shame, because while it was working, it did a pretty good job.) Netgear make good kit, although it tends to be more expensive. I've had some success with Mercury gear as well, although I hear some people haven't... Whatever you do I would recommend against getting a D-Link router. Mine just failed spectacularly, a few weeks after the manufacturer’s warranty expired. Poking around various message boards, it seems to be a common occurance. (Shame, because while it was working, it did a pretty good job.)

Netgear make good kit, although it tends to be more expensive. I’ve had some success with Mercury gear as well, although I hear some people haven’t…

]]> By: Nimbos http://www.willhowells.org.uk/blog/2007/04/10/the-quiet-american/comment-page-1/#comment-26167 Nimbos Wed, 11 Apr 2007 13:19:59 +0000 http://www.willhowells.org.uk/blog/2007/04/10/the-quiet-american/#comment-26167 I just wi-fi'd up my place using one of these: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Netgear-WGR614UK-Wireless-Cable-Router/dp/B0000C1WO2/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/202-9007273-7167851?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1176297370&sr=8-1 Same kind of deal - no built-in modem and connects via an ethernet cable to the modem itself. Not too difficult to set up either as long as you read the manual as well as using the for-monkeys set-up utility. I just wi-fi’d up my place using one of these:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Netgear-WGR614UK-Wireless-Cable-Router/dp/B0000C1WO2/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/202-9007273-7167851?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1176297370&sr=8-1

Same kind of deal – no built-in modem and connects via an ethernet cable to the modem itself. Not too difficult to set up either as long as you read the manual as well as using the for-monkeys set-up utility.

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