OK - so it's rather like my old Virgin set up with two boxes - a modem and a router?
A On 19 May 2012 09:22, Sam - MacAmbulance <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > -- 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.
