i need help with purchasing a Router

[otispunkmeyer]

im moving into a house at university next week. and of course we gots to have the internet.

sadly the best cable company NTL dont do any kind of service in our street (they have like a optic fibre backbone, and just kinda jimmy your house into it) we have NTL here and the 2mb conenction we have actually runs alittle over spec :thumbsup:

realistically were looking at BT (they can then also provide the Telephone service as well) and they use ADSL

in the house at the mo there is what looks like a normal telephone cord going into a little box that i assume is a modem. this then connects to your PC via USB. NO GOOD.

theres 3 of us, and we decided to get a router. a wireless one. i have no idea what to get. cable is so much easier to identify. theres DSL, ADSL, SDSL im like WTF!

some are routers, some are modem routers.........i just dont know!

im guessing i need a Modem/router in one box. would Like Linksys or D-Link i think


theres this?
these?
even more choice!

belkin = shiit right? although they seem to be the only people clearly labling stuff

 

[owensdj]

Getting a router for DSL is about the same as getting one for cable. Almost all routers will work with either one. You won't need to get a combo modem-router. The configuration in the router for DSL is usually different than for cable.

That little box is a DSL modem. Check on it to see if it has an Ethernet port on it. Many DSL modems have both a USB and an Ethernet port. The Ethernet port will look like a bigger version of a telephone jack but will have 8 pins instead of 4. That's where you'll connect the Internet port of your router.

To make the router work you'll just need to find out how to set it up to work with your DSL system. Most of the DSL systems here in the USA use PPPoE and you put in your user name & password into the router.

 

[otispunkmeyer]

Originally posted by: owensdj
Getting a router for DSL is about the same as getting one for cable. Almost all routers will work with either one. You won't need to get a combo modem-router. The configuration in the router for DSL is usually different than for cable.

That little box is a DSL modem. Check on it to see if it has an Ethernet port on it. Many DSL modems have both a USB and an Ethernet port. The Ethernet port will look like a bigger version of a telephone jack but will have 8 pins instead of 4. That's where you'll connect the Internet port of your router.

To make the router work you'll just need to find out how to set it up to work with your DSL system. Most of the DSL systems here in the USA use PPPoE and you put in your user name & password into the router.

nah that little box is USB only, thats all its got.

i dont understand why i dont need a modem and a router? i thought something had to recieve interperate the data (modem) then the router points it in the right direction

i just decided to scrap wireless as that adds to the cost abit more than i imagined.

 

[otispunkmeyer]

bump

 

[owensdj]

Otispunkmeyer, take a look at the cord that's going into that box. Look at the plug and see how many pins it has. Does it have 4 pins or 8 pins? 4 pins means it's a phone connection, but 8 pins means it's Ethernet. I was just wondering maybe you have some type of Ethernet line coming from your Internet provider rather than DSL over a telephone line. I've heard of areas that have Ethernet coming into homes directly.

 

[otispunkmeyer]

Originally posted by: owensdj
Otispunkmeyer, take a look at the cord that's going into that box. Look at the plug and see how many pins it has. Does it have 4 pins or 8 pins? 4 pins means it's a phone connection, but 8 pins means it's Ethernet. I was just wondering maybe you have some type of Ethernet line coming from your Internet provider rather than DSL over a telephone line. I've heard of areas that have Ethernet coming into homes directly.

the cables definately 4 pin, just like normal telephone wire. theres only two types i think in the UK

you either get broadband via the telephone wire (ADSL) or like NTL they give you a coaxial cable which fits into a cable modem, or if your rich it goes into a set top box that gets you cable TV and internet

 

[JackMDS]

Since it is, the three of you split the cost and get your own External Ethernet DSL Modem.

Once you get such a modem, past the Modem, Hardware wise there is No difference between DSL and Cable.

In the USA, a modem like the above goes for about $60.

If you cannot get such a modem, try one of the DSL Modem/Router combos.

:sun:

P.S. But I have a USB DSL Modem? Yeah, you have a Nice Door Stop device.😉