Hi,

I'm just about to make my first plunge into the wireless world!!

I'm a complete novice so I thought I'd post here to get some advice.
I've found the NETGEAR DG834G through the site below.

http://www.shiroi.co.uk/netgear-netg...scription.html

It appears to do everything I want, and probably a lot more, I'm going
to be using it with my Acer notebook which has integrated wireless so
that I can access my wanadoo broadband through out the house (new
build, with paper thin walls!). My questions are:

1. Is it suitable for my needs
2. Is it easy to set-up/configure?
3. I'm paranoid about people connecting to my network, is the security
on this sufficient?
4. Is there anything else/alternartive I should consider?
5. Has anyone got experience of www.shiroi.co.uk?

Is the issue raised in this thread>>
http://groups.google.co.uk/group/uk....fad7097e155f23
a big problem for me as a novice?

TIA
Noah

noah.weigh@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
: I've found the NETGEAR DG834G through the site below.

: that I can access my wanadoo broadband through out the house (new
: build, with paper thin walls!). My questions are:

: 1. Is it suitable for my needs

Mine has been falwless - currently purring along at over 1000 hours uptime!

: 2. Is it easy to set-up/configure?

Trivial - it is all web-browser based and very intuitive

: 3. I'm paranoid about people connecting to my network, is the security
: on this sufficient?

It gives WPA-PSK - you won't get anything better on a home router. It can
also be tied to wireless card MAC addresses as well.

: 4. Is there anything else/alternartive I should consider?

Probably not at this price point!

: Is the issue raised in this thread>> a big problem for me as a novice?

Never been for me! Even as considerably far from a novice.

<noah.weigh@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
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I've had mine for nearly 2 years. It's a little gem. Never have any problems
with it. Stays connected permanently. Had to upgrade the firmware when I
first got it because of a few issues but this is all done very easily. I use
it with 1 PC and a laptop around the house.

I've never had another router so I can't say whether there is a better one
but for a first time user this is a perfect model.

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On 7 Feb 2006 03:01:17 -0800, noah.weigh@yahoo.co.uk wrote:

Yes. I use mine with two desktop machines connected via ethernet and
one Acer laptop connected using the built in wireless.


Very.

If you are *only* going to use the laptop, it is a good idea to first
set it up using ethernet, then get the wireless working.

If you have a reasonably recent version of the firmware, yes.

IIRC, out of the box, mine did not have WPA, but only WEP security,
until I upgraded the firmware to a more recent version. But that was a
few months ago. I may be misremembering.

Quite a few, but the netgear seems one of the more robust at the
budget end of the market.


Probably, but not me :-)

I bought mine from Amazon.


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<noah.weigh@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
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As with the other posts, very easy to set up, good security & good value for
money. You could also look at it on www.broadbandbuyer.co.uk - that's where
i got mine (i think it's slightly cheaper than the site you suggested).

Thanks for all the great comments, my mind is definately put to rest
:-)

I order one almost as soon as I'd posted (did some more hunting and
found some good reviews), can;t wait for it to turn up.

Cheers

Noah