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| tahir |
Which routerI've got my static IP connection from Demon, I had a secure router (prestige summat) at work that I was going to use, unfortunately it seems to be knackered (won't even ping).Does anyone have any recommendations for a decent router that I can use for internet access and to VPN to work? |
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| jema |
Re: Which router
Until you said VPN I was going to say the spare one I have in my office! Actually looking for links I see: http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/Sections-article49-page1.php implies it should be possible. |
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| tahir |
Certainly looks good, combien Mr Jema? | ||||
| jema |
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| tahir |
Sounds good, can you send it? I'll re-imburse you. Tahir |
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| jema |
Just PM the address. |
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| mrutty |
If the VPN doesn't work then setup an old PC with Smoothwall and vpn via that. | ||||
| tahir |
Thanks both, I have got an old PC lying around so could do that
(got the parcel yesterday Jema) |
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| Lozzie |
I am sooo not with it. When I read the thread topic I was goinf to suggest one of these:
 
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| tahir |
Hmm, looks good Lozzie, what is it? | ||||
| Lozzie |
It is a ROUTER!! | ||||
| jema |
 and much more fun they are to 
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| tahir |
That looks a lot better than what Jema sent me, can I upgrade to one of those please? |
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| ele |
How come a computer router is pronounced roooter
And a carpentary one is pronounced rauter, or is it just that I learnt that prononunciation from watching new yankee workshop a few too many times? 
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| Lozzie |
A computer ROUTER is based on the word Route - i.e. path to travel -"Take the shortest route!"
A carpenter's ROUTER is based on the word Rout - i.e. grub up, dig out - "Rout out the loonies!" Here endeth the semantics lesson. Where's my anorak gone? 
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| ele |
Of course! Thanks and here you go...
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| mrutty |
Nope in the States they are both rauters. Most amusing when the Yanks some over and don't understand why all the IT guys are on the floor wetting themselves. Of course having an Ozzy office means that when I say rooter they wet themselves and it's ruder. |
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| mrutty |
In case I forget http://www.smoothwall.org/ | ||||
| N.V.M. |
there's a good chance that the power supply/transformer is the culprit and not the router itself. the specs should be on the transformer, something like 5 volts/5 amps. a simple test with a tester will tell you and all you'll need to replace is the transformer itself. | ||||
| Mat S |
Marvellous software, kept me safe for a few years now. Reboots only due to power cuts or software updates which are about annual now. I take that as a sign of a stable secure product. 9:51pm up 78 days, 2:21, 0 users, load average: 0.62, 0.22, 0.06 on a P200. |
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| dougal |
Bizarre American pronounciation here. As a noun, its "root", as in Route 66... but as a verb its pronounced "raut", eg "for my flight to Paris, France, can you raut me so that I have a 24 hour stopover in London?" However, the box we are discussing, is a box that "rauts" your traffic to the net, so, in the US of A, it is indeed called a "rauter". But I wonder why it isn't Raut 66?
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| N.V.M. |
because you say aluminium 
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| Jb |
On a related issue ...
My home broadband connection has gone screwy! I normally get a fairly reliable 256 download, 512 upload but over the weekend that has gone to 256 upload and about 20-40 download  (which is pretty close to unusable  ). The weather's been a little damp and I've experienced a few brownouts over the w/e which left me needing to reboot the router. Anyone out there know why it should be doing that and what I should be looking at to fix this? If it was external I'd expect it to affect both upload and download speeds, but I've pretty much eliminated everything internally.
On a related unrelated issue routers (rauters) are much more fun than routers (rooters) - maximum noise and sawdust to work ratio of any of the power tools I play with .
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| tahir |
One tip, make sure you're not trying to connect a DSL/Cable router to an ADSL connection, took me several hours yesterday to work that one out 
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