Thank you for your reply, Sam, as ever... With regard to the alternative router, I assumed that they still used the existing telephone into the house, just connected the wires to a unit in the (new?) fibre green box at the end of the street? The use of a Cable Modem (I have an old Netfear Virgin one which always worked fine) suggests that they install a new coaxial cable into the house?
A On 18 May 2012 17:21, Sam - MacAmbulance <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Andrew > > See my comments in red : > > I'd like to know a couple of things before taking the plunge - possibly. > Firstly, are BT nowdays fairly Mac-literate, as it were? I don't think > that it will stop anyone from using a Mac on a BT installation but there > was a time when Macs seemed to be unsupported officially. A question about > their attitude, really. They're equally unhelpful when providing PC > support as Mac ;) Just never let them mess around with your Mail settings, > I've seen too many clients whose email BT have deleted when they remove & > readd an account in Mail without realising it deletes the Sent/Inbox. > > Secondly, the Hub. What do you think of it, in terms of its use and > reliability? Awful, our BT "Business" Hub was going unresponsive every > hour for around 14 seconds, couldn't even ping it. Once we bought a decent > router all problems went away, we got an Asus RT-N65U which has a far > greater maximum speed on the WAN port. BT's response was that we were using > the internet connection "too much". > > Does it use a lot of mains power? No idea, it'll be a drop in the ocean > compared to my server/drobo/3 Macs/client Macs > > Does it need to be near the master telephone socket or can it be run from > an extension? The OpenReach modem should always be on a master socket, > but it then produces an ethernet connection, so you can position the home > hub wherever there's a cable. > > Can you connect ethernet to it, and if so (which I would expect) how many > ports has it got? 4 > > Can I use an alternative normal router if I want (eg. Netgear DG834)? You > can use any ethernet cable router, such as the Apple Airport > Extreme/Express, or NetGear WGR614. DG834 is ADSL and doesn't have an > ethernet WAN port > > Hopefully these questions don't seem too dumb! I've heard much worse! > > > Regards > > Sam > MacAmbulance > > Providing affordable Apple & PC services > > Sam Mullen > 07747 778022 > http://www.macambulance.co.uk > [email protected] > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB.
