Wireless Cable Router required for the 10meg service, Do I need a 108 instead of 54?

Maniac618 · 22 Sep 2006 at 19:01

Hi everyone,

I've read various threads like this thread I've started, but I need 100% clarity or help on this.

I need a wireless cable modem to support 4 users (3 wireless 1 wired). I have NTL 10meg, or will do.

Do I need a 108mbps or will a 54mbps modem go up to the 10meg NTL speed?

Finally, what cable modem do you recommend, and any windows settings tips for wired or wireless?

Thankyou very much for any input.

Maniac618 · 22 Sep 2006 at 20:55

please I need to purchase a modem tonight, I'm desperate, please someone help.

Gavstar · 22 Sep 2006 at 21:01

54g kit should be fine. Actual throughput with a good signal tends to be in the teens mbps wise.

Maniac618 · 22 Sep 2006 at 21:03

Gavstar said:
54g kit should be fine. Actual throughput with a good signal tends to be in the teens mbps wise.

thankyou.

Caged · 22 Sep 2006 at 21:04

Bear in mind that there's a huge amount of consumer level routers which aren't powerful enough to route 10Mbps of packets.

sk1n · 22 Sep 2006 at 21:04

54g is fine apparently the wirelss router of choice for ntl 10meg is the Linksys WRT54G

If u wired then a Linksys BEFRSR41 will work a treat for u @ 10mbit speeds.

Sk1n

Maniac618 · 22 Sep 2006 at 21:16

can anyone help me find the Linksys WRT54G or Linksys WRT54GS as near to £40 inc. delivery as possible? I tried froogle.co.uk and other suggestions?

Caged · 22 Sep 2006 at 21:21

You only want to spend £5 more than the cost of 10Mb cable for one month on the device which is going to be handling it?

Phemo · 22 Sep 2006 at 21:23

Maniac618 said:
can anyone help me find the Linksys WRT54G or Linksys WRT54GS as near to £40 inc. delivery as possible?

I'm afraid we can't as it's against the forum rules.

Maniac618 · 22 Sep 2006 at 21:24

Phemo said:
I'm afraid we can't as it's against the forum rules.

If I got it for about £45 with the speedbooster feature would that sound like a reasonable deal?

Thanks so far!

Maniac618 · 22 Sep 2006 at 21:47

ordered, thanks to those that came to my aid.

tolien · 22 Sep 2006 at 23:40

Bear in mind the WRT54G and WRT54GS are lobotomised VXWorks versions now.

HangTime · 23 Sep 2006 at 00:20

I'm using a 54g router on 10mbit Cable, it is OK most of the time with consistent 1200k/sec transfer speeds. However, I do get periodic blocks of packetloss every minute or so for maybe 1 second at a time. I'm not sure exactly what is causing that, have tried messing with a bunch of settings to no avail.