Crumbs !

I'm sure you don't leave any.

Ahh good point about the PSUs - I went up the loft found two old pcs and stripped them down to get at the old power supplies. I've cleaned and tested these ready for the arrival of the BT guy - where do they go please? No wait............

Seriously though, good point about the sockets, we've only got one there so I'll need to have a think how to do it and keep the job tidy. Possibly just a double plug in the LAN plug pass-thro socket. Yuk.

Roberto, that modem does look like great value but I really want a gigabit job as we move some big stuff to NAS over the network. Anyone got any recommendations please? Lots of options but seems nothing stands out unless you pay top dollar for Draytek?

Thanks for your help
Dave

This is the gig LAN one. It's that DD-WRT firmware some found difficult, though since then I've seen it (the f/w) recommended.

If you search these forums for WZR-HP-G300NH, (all posts), you get a few threads.

I have just upgraded my D-Link DIR-655 to the Asus RT-N56u and I would highly recommend it. One of the main reasons I upgraded was that I found that the wireless signal strength was lacking in some areas of the house with the old D-Link but with the new Asus router I am getting excellent signal all around the property.

It's a bit on the pricey side but well worth it in my opinion.

Hi,

That gets good reviews and now on the short list - cheers

I use http://www.buffalo-technology.com/products/wireless/...

Find it fantastic get great signal and speed throughout the house

That is a link to a half-broken Buffalo Home page somewhere by the look of it . Try clicking it and see.

No problem, if you have any specific questions in regards to the router let me know.

I used a Cisco E3000 for a year whilst I was with Aquiss on FTTC and thought it was pretty good. I then swapped provider last month to BT Infinity to save some money and after two weeks on their service using the E3000 I decided to give the included Home Hub 3 a try.

Pleasantly surprised at how good it is and tbh the wireless coverage is better than what I was getting with the E3000 which was decidedly limited in terms of the distance you could move away from it and still get coverage. Simultaneous dual band and lots of internal antennae should have given good coverage but the HH3 definitely betters it in my experience.

Was very nervous about swapping back to BT as an ISP as I haven't used them for that since the ISDN2e days a decade ago (and that didn't end well) but once i had gotten past their complete and utter confusion on whether I needed an engineer visit or not the actual FTTC service has been good.

Aquiss have very good customer service and its great being able to speak to someone in the UK when you do have an issue but I don't personally think the Entanet network stands up to heavy loads during peak times that well. I had occasions on their 40Mbps Business FTTC where I was getting less than 1Mbps download because there was a tennis match in Australia and lots of their customers were streaming it from the web. I didn't fancy waiting to see what It would be like during the Olympics and European championships later this year.