Got a BBRouter, but its only a switch : No refund?

[FatRakoon]

Today, my Internet went down.

No matter what I did, the router seemed to be on the internet, but I could not talk to the router, on any PC...

Normally its a simply 192.168.1.1 job and Im in tere, but I was unable to get there at all...

I was in a bit of a rush, and so I ran to "There" and looked for the cheapest router I can find.

I found one... It says ADSL Broadband Router on the box.

Now, to me, if it says its an ADSL Broadband Router, then I expect it to be an ADSL Broadband router, and I dare say that many of you would assume the same thing.

The thing that I got was a switch.

Ok ok, router and switch are very close, quite possibly they are one in the same, andc I have routers that need a modem, sure enough, but at least they have had the decency to state clearly that they need a modem or to be connected to a modem, but this thing says its ADSL and that to me, means that it has the modem built-in... It does not.

Anyway, I asked for a refund as the item is not really described fairly but they refused.

Do I have a case for taking it further do you think?

 

[FatRakoon]

Yes, I see, but then, what the hell is the difference between a switch and a router then?

I mean... I have a couple of still-unopened routers... DLinks ones to be precise and they are great but of course require an ETHERNET MODEM... This thing is the same as that, but without the wireless capability.

I see that I may be at fault... I suppose I will have to accept that.

However, I do find it very confusing indeed....

Ok, I have looked on the box. there is nothing that really gives out that much about it...

The Place I got it from is the one that sound s a bit like a holiday camp and the model is an A54BR

I say very confusing and the site does point to it being a ROUTER ONLY but the box most definitely does seem to point to it NOT needing a modem... I mean, its got all the usual Modem/Router stuff like PPPoA / PPPoE / Web Based config etc etc... The sort of stuff you need to do wit ha Modem/Router, so anyone shoudl see how it can get you caught out!

Anyway, I will try my luck tomorrow, and if I fail, then so be it...

The good news I suppose, is that I only bought it because I was failing to get my Linksys to work right, but thats now sorted, so I dont actually need it.

 

[FatRakoon]

EH? I replied to this.. .Where has it gone?

Ok, the router thingy...

No RJ11, just 5 x RJ45s

Exactly as my old DLink Hub was... Or is if I stil have it?

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2 Different Networks?

Im at a bit of a loss here, but I have been playing about a little... Only a little mind you.

I created 2 networks instead of my usual single big one.

It didnt seem to make any difference whether I used a router or a switch... The network still worked just the same?

I tried different networks totally, but of course I am limited by what I have.

They are all over Ethernet and simple PCI Ethernet Cards, so probably all *** same anyway? - just different WG's??

 

[FatRakoon]

Sorry guys... Lots of confusion..

I know that there are MODEMS, I know that there are many times of modem, and the 2 most used for Broadband are USB and Ethernet. I know that if I was to use an Ethernet Modem, then I can also use a Router to go with it... I have used this kind before.

I currently mainly use an all-in-one job and thats a linksys WAG354G.

The one I got from the shop had BROADBAND ROUTER and its the word BROADBAND that caught me out... They exchanged it for a MODEM ROUTER.

My confusion with differet NETWORKS was plainly a simple mistake...

As oddjobs example. I know about that, for some strange reason, I was assuming that different networks meant a totally different networking protocol, and thats what I got confused with... As in maybe even physically different...?

Either way, that cant be a global answer as I have run different networks through my switch ( 192.168.1.x / 192.168.2.x ) and the switch has allowed all the PCs from both networks to access the internet just fine.