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Old 30th September 2008 | 23:29
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Keef

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Tried most of 'em.

The Alcatel Frog was fun, but didn't do much. I needed a wireless modem router.

Two Belkins didn't work more often than they did.

The Linksys was OK for some years, then died. The separate modem, and router, and WAP was a bit of a lashup so I went for an all-in-one solution - a DG834G.

The DG834G had a fault on delivery, and "Help Desk" couldn't. I got the usual run-around from their cribsheet. They wouldn't (or couldn't) replace it. In the end, I got my money back from Netgear HQ.

I lashed out on a Draytek.. There was a period of several months when it would "drop" and not reconnect.about three times a week. I suspect BT rather than the Draytek: power off/on and it would come back up. That was a pain when away from home trying to connect to the home PC.

Sitting beside it is a "pre-loved" Cisco - all configured for "basic modem-router" functions and ready to roll. Since the Cisco has been there, the Draytek hasn't even sneezed.
I'll use the Cisco and send the Draytek down the family food chain, once I get round to hooking up a WAP to the Cisco and setting up the VPN. (Ciscos are in a different league when it comes to configuration and the rest. It was a steep learning curve!)
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