The free modem you get with Tiscali...

teabagger · 6 Nov 2006 at 16:28

Hey,

My dad is about to enter the wonderful world of broadband and has opted with Tiscali.

My question is this: Does the 'free' modem you get have a built in hardware firewall, or does he need to get a router to get this? It is quite likely he'll only have the one PC so the router would be solely for the firewall.

Cheers!
Matt.

Immsy · 6 Nov 2006 at 16:37

If its the Speedtouch one then no it wont.

teabagger · 6 Nov 2006 at 16:40

Cool, cheers for that.

Have just been reading about how rubbish they are, mind you a mate of mine hasn't had any problems with them so fingers crossed...

Clarkey · 6 Nov 2006 at 17:02

it is a speedtouch 330 usb thing, so no.

teabagger · 6 Nov 2006 at 17:22

Are they USB only or can I connect it to the router using an RJ45? The netgear router I was planning on using won't connect through USB.

Clarkey · 6 Nov 2006 at 17:29

usb only