Virgin + ADSL Wireless Router?

Revenant · 14 Oct 2008 at 21:39

Hi

Until recently I had ADSL via Pipex into my DLink 2740B ADSL router. I've also got a Laptop that connected to the internet via wireless on the router.

I've now ditched Pipex and have Virgin, connected to the PC and the internet.

But what about my DLink router and the wireless network...?

The PC still has a LAN cable to the router, so the laptop can connect to the DLink router and the local network okay via wireless, but not it seems the internet.

Can someone please shed some light on how I can best configure these?

I'd like to use my DLink router as it's been very good for me at is far faster to the free virgin kit.

Thanks

tolien · 14 Oct 2008 at 21:45

An ADSL router is useless to you on cable, other than as a switch and wireless AP.

Ben643 · 14 Oct 2008 at 22:01

tolien said:
An ADSL router is useless to you on cable, other than as a switch and wireless AP.

Virgin do ADSL as well now don't they? So not necessarily, but yeah, chances are you have cable and need a new router

Revenant · 14 Oct 2008 at 22:19

Yeah I do have cable...

So even though the laptop can connect via the ADSL router to the main PC, which is in turn connected to the internet via the virgin cable router, the laptap can't actually utilise that connection?

tolien · 14 Oct 2008 at 23:02

So you have the cable modem and a router from VM, attached to a PC which also has the ADSL router connected to it and the laptop connected to that?

It should work, but the ADSL router isn't doing anything of that the free router from VM doesn't do, and you can't replace the VM router with the ADSL one...

Ben643 said:
Virgin do ADSL as well now don't they? So not necessarily, but yeah, chances are you have cable and need a new router

That's why I said "on cable" rather than "with Virgin" - that, and I could see the OP was posting from a Blueyonder IP...

bledd · 15 Oct 2008 at 14:30

just sell the adsl router, and get a WRT54GL and install Tomato on it.

£35-40

FrenchTart · 15 Oct 2008 at 14:34

bledd. said:
just sell the adsl router, and get a WRT54GL and install Tomato on it.

£35-40

You really just need to make this into your sig and then reply with blank posts

bledd · 15 Oct 2008 at 15:19

i was just thinking 'man people must be tired of seeing this response'

would love linksys to make an linux 'n' gigabit router

could change my response then, phwoar

FrenchTart · 15 Oct 2008 at 15:45

bledd. said:
i was just thinking 'man people must be tired of seeing this response'

would love linksys to make an linux 'n' gigabit router

could change my response then, phwoar

One day your wish will come true

Ben643 · 19 Oct 2008 at 01:37

bledd. said:
just sell the adsl router, and get a WRT54GL and install Tomato on it.

£35-40

I finally got round to doing this the other day! Absolutely love it so far.

mattyg · 20 Oct 2008 at 20:22

I spent two weeks with an adsl router on my virgin BB constant drop outs it'll work for an hour`ish then stop then slow right down

Then ding eureka moment damn bet its an adsl router yep swapped for a cable router everything ok now

Stupid---- yep