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Gareth Lewis
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 Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 5:22 pm Post subject: what wireless router do you recommend i buy? |
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Hello all!
Can I have some advice please? If you have a mo....
I need to purchase a wireless router for my two laptops and also an external hard drive to try to relieve one of the many thousands (ha) of customer files. Could somebody please save me from the minefield of information online and point me to a product that I will be happy with? I'm on virgin cable connection by the way. Ta.
Gareth
ps. not too pricey now...
edited to add cable info. |
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Steve McAdie
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Hi Gareth
I have a netgear wireless router as is was recommended by a friend in the computer trade. Cost was under £50.00 and it has lots of features apparently, but I don't need these so cannot tell you what they are. Anyway I have had no problems with it and if it went down tomorrow I would buy the same again.
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Gareth Lewis
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| Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 6:38 pm Post subject: |
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| Thanks Steve, so if I buy this will I be able to have two laptops wireless and on line at the same time through the one router? |
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Nicola McIntosh
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| Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 7:25 pm Post subject: |
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| Gareth Lewis wrote: | | Thanks Steve, so if I buy this will I be able to have two laptops wireless and on line at the same time through the one router? |
should be ok gareth..i run 4 on mine ok its also a netgear and works great
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Steve Underhill
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| Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 7:52 pm Post subject: |
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| I have a belkin, but go for a netgear by all means, they are one of the top brands out there, go for wireless G++ and mimo, for greater signal strength and range. |
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Gareth Lewis
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| Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 7:57 pm Post subject: |
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| Thanks Nicola, Steve Mc and Steve U. |
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Steve Morgan
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| Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 8:09 pm Post subject: |
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I notice that no one has suggested a drive. I've got 2 Lacie external drives they seem to be quite reasonably priced and they're dead easy to get going.
My first one is over a year old and although I admit it isn't run every day, it's given no problems. A rather minor point is that they are very nice looking.
Downside is all the cables to and from the drive for power and data and also the mains lead to the transformer.
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Steve Underhill
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| Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 8:16 pm Post subject: |
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Yes, sorry.
Pretty much any external drive will be sufficient, most will contain one of the top manufacturers drives anyway, western digital, seagate, maxtor etc the only difference is the external casing and connections, (firewire, usb, lan) |
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Gareth Lewis
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| Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 8:43 pm Post subject: |
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| Thanks Steves (I've always wanted to do that!) |
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Neil Herbert
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Hi
We have a wired and wireless network setup. We bought a network hard disk enclosure from Maplins it sits on the network to be accessed by all computers, works a treat. If you want the name i can get it when i go to work tomorrow.
By the way as recommended by others Netgear is a good bit of kit.
Cheers
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