Your old netgear router, if it's a dg834g, won't work as its an adsl router. If its a virgin customised wgr614 then it'll be Ethernet which is fine.
They won't need to install anything other than the openreach modem on the line, no coaxial is involved. You can then connect any ethernet router to the modem to get online Regards Sam -- MacAmbulance Sam Mullen 07747778022 [email protected] On 19 May 2012, at 08:37, Andrew Tett <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. -- 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.
