YIPPEE!! Thanks, fellow PPRuNers - it all works a treat. For the benefit of others:
1. Plug the microfilters in before you do anything else!
2. The BT Voyager 2000 installed virtually instantly.
3. The details which the ISP registration need for you (in my case it was Virgin.net) have to tally exactly with the address BT uses for your account. Same name, house number etc - and even if they habitually use the wrong post code, that's the one which you need to give to the ISP.
4. Once you've installed the software, use the MAC thingie so that only your laptop will talk to the Voyager.
5. When activation has taken place, you'll need to sort out the Broadband and Backup set up. But there are pages in the Virgin.net home site which tell you how to do this. You'll also need to tell your OE6 or whatever to use the broadband connection as default. Again, the Virgin.net homepage tells you how...
Not 100% straightforward as you're not using their normal modem. But not exactly rocket science to sort out. The wireless bit is great - rock steady and very fast. You can change the 802.11b channel used, the name of the network and create a name for your access point if you wish.
And that's it. E-mails come and go at breathtaking speed, internet pages change almost seamlessly.
My modem cost £150, the Virgin.net fee is £24.99 per calendar month. A pretty good deal for domestic wireless broadband, in my view!
Later edit: I still can't get over how good this is! Whilst typing this, I'm listening to Radio FFH fom Germany in excellent quality. No drop-outs, glitches or other problems.......and all for less than €1 per day! Earlier I downloaded MS Media Player 9 upgrade - it took about 4 minutes rather than the advertised 32 min it would have taken with normal dial-up.....
Last edited by BEagle; 19th October 2003 at 03:43.