almost Dead

[Rik]

I expect that it is cable, ADSL and SDSL, because it simply routes whichever input it receives.

Exactly, Lance. We tend to refer to routers when we should be saying ADSL routers. The former are usually pure ethernet, the latter have the ADSL modem built in.

[maxping]

Anyone know what these are like ?

Bill you have been given more advice than you can shake a stick at yet you keep going off and trying other things,i don't get it mate.
I told You the trust router was a good one and you could have had it for less than £20,now you are  asking advice about a £119 wireless router , even if you get it cheap is it going to be less than the  £20 that you probably could have had the Trust one for?
You are back to square one again you don't know if the new router will work but the Trust one would have.
You seem to be hell bent on making things more difficult and  expensive
than they need to be 

[Rik]

Still not sure about buying a new Mac, However a friend of mine has offered me one of these quite cheap. Anyone know what these are like ?

Bill

People here have tried to help you to the best of your ability but, as Max says, you keep ignoring it and going your own way. If you really want to get a better connection, and I'm not trying to be funny when I say this, you need to buy a new house. It doesn't matter whether you use a Mac to connect or a Windows box, it will not change the fundamental characteristics of your line. You could ask IDNet to get a BT engineer out, who might be able to improve the line a bit, but if you have hard-wired extensions, the chances are that any work he did would be chargeable.

A new router may improve things marginally, but that's about as much as you can expect. Given you've had your best results with a Netgear, why not stick with that brand?

As to the Belkin, I personally would not go for a pre-N model. Once the standard is ratified, fine, but until then the chances are you will find incompatibilities between different brands of adaptors, so will end up spending more on changing other hardware.

[Inactive]

I have to agree Max, I gave Bill a valid link to a Netgear Modem Router with a free USB Dongle that I am sure would have worked perfectly, however he ordered a different one that wasn't, it seems a Modem Router .  , it seems that you cannot help some folk.

I will be ignoring any further requests for help i'm afraid.

It appears that Bill asks for help, but then just ignores the advice given.

[Lance]

I agree with all three, Maxping, Rik and Inactive. Bill asks for help, we give it to the best of our ability and then he ignores it thinking he knows better.

[Rik]

People here have tried to help you to the best of your ability

Just noticed the typo. That should, of course, have read our ability.

[Lance]

It was a late night last night! I'm still in the process of waking up!

[Rik]

Tell me how, please - I never quite manage to achieve that state. 

[maxping]

Bill i seem to have opened the flood gates.
I think  you've got to  accept  it doesn't matter how much money you throw at your problem if your line is not up to the job you are not going to gain much by changing to x,y, or z brand of modem/router.
I hope none of the posts above are taken personally and you carry on using the forums. 

[Rik]

Well said, Max.

[old Bill]

Sorry everyone. The Belkin has been offered to me for £20.00 as the guy has just joined Vodafone. The price is fine its just not sure how the Belkin compares to a Netgear.  Had a email from Dabs saying that they would not exchange the router. So have listed it on Ebay and with a bit off luck get most of my money back. I would like to thank everyone for all their time and help.

[maxping]

Thanks for the feedback Bill ,good price , i hope it works and you get the most you can out of your connection.
Let us know how you get on.

[Nerval]

Let us know how you get on.

Good idea, let Max know by PM.   

[MoHux]