Which wireless router and network adapter would you suggest?

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As the title, which wireless router and network adapter would you suggest? Its for my flat mate so he can access the net, he has a Asus K8 mobo so I presume that any PCI adapter will be fine but since I have no clues as to which is good or bad I need some recommendations! All I know is that Belkin and Netgear is good brands but since there is different models I am totally clueless!

He will be using it for normal surfing but want the best possible combination for around £100, so any and all suggestions are welcome! The broadband connection that we have in the house is Virgin and are 4MB now but will be upgraded to 10MB this month.

Cheers
Tom
 
Sorry for being such a n00b, but would this be a good combination and another thing, since I am on Virgin/NTL I should be buying a Cable Router and not a ADSL Router, right?

Which of these two routers would be best?!?

Router - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=NW-052-LS

Router - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=NW-010-NG&groupid=46&catid=1014&subcat=730

Wireless Card - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=NW-096-DL&groupid=46&catid=1002&subcat=1000

Cheers
Tom
 
Thanks! My friend will be buying the Linksys WRT54GL router and the D-Link DWL-G510 card but I do have another question.. when it arrives how will I connect it? Should it be that the broadband cable goes into the Virgin modem, then a cable to the router and from the router to my own computer and he will be able to access the net through the router even if I am not online, or how does it work?!?!?

Sorry for being such a total n00b about this!

Cheers
Tom
 
bledd. said:
you cannot replace the ntl cable modem, you have to plug it into the WAN port of your cable router

then connect pc's up to it (only the router has to be on for the connection to be active)
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In that case the cable broadband goes into my modem, then from the modem to the router and from the router to my own PC? I presume I can have my own PC wired from the router, yes?

Cheers
Tom
 
Thanks bledd.! He has ordered the router and card now so I will hopefully be able to plug it all in correctly once it arrives.. I presume there is some instructions with it on how to make it a secure wireless connection right? Don't want anyone else to try and take advantage of the connection!

Cheers
Tom
 
marscay said:
just stick to WPA with TKIP/AES and no-one will be jacking his connection.
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That don't tell me anything I'm afraid! :confused:
marscay said:
you can consider flashing to router with a third party firmware to have more fun with it but it's not essential.....use tomato if you do :)
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Is this safe to do? Read a little about the "tomato" in another thread and it did sound interesting, might do it if its safe and not at a risk to ruin the router! :eek:

Cheers
Tom
 
Thank you guys! Its will hopefully be here end of next week so if I can't get it working I will be back with some more questions!

Really appreciate all the help you been giving me so far! :D

Cheers
Tom
 
Uhmm me again! :o

I just tried to connect it all and can't access the net.. I connected it like this..

Broadband cable -> Virgin/NTL modem -> Router -> PC

I have not installed the software that come with the router since it was pointed out here that the CD is pointless so I got the impression that my OS would do it all, I am using XP Pro SP4.. am I missing something or should it work just by connecting it all?!?

Cheers
Tom

PS Just trying to get it to work through wired connection as of now, and the later do the wireless.
 
I just tried doing this and I do get the login page for the router but after adding the modem through the WAN port with a ethernet cable I can still not access the net?!? I am not sure what I am doing wrong but I will try and play around with it some more later tonight, and see if I can get it to work!

Thanks for your help guys!

Cheers
Tom
 
Thank you everyone for your help! It is now up and running as it should be and my friend has net connection also! :D

Just a quick question, on the Wireless Security I have it on:

Security Mode: WPA Personal [Disabled, WPA Personal, WPA Enterprise, WPA2 Personal, WPA2 Enterprise, Radius, WEP]
WPA Algorithms: TKIP [TKIP, AES]
Group Key Renewal: 3600 seconds

Is that ok or should I change anything? For example what is the difference between Personal and Enterprise? Also, WPA and WAP2, is one better security then the other?

Cheers
Tom
 
Thank you tolien! Much appreciated!

One last question.. I hope! The WPA Algorithms, TKIP or AES, does it matter which one you using?!?

Cheers
Tom
 
Uhmm me again! Sorry for bring the thread back from the "dead" but something wired is going on here. :confused:

Since it was installed last week its been working fine, but today when my friend started his PC he can't get a network connection through the card. He removed the card and then uninstalled the software, then reinstalled it again, plugged the card back in and still nothing.. I have checked the router and its working fine.. also, the router is detected on my friends PC but for some reason it wont connect?!?

Any suggestions as to what can be done?

Cheers
Tom
 
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