Hi Everyone! I'm now the proud owner of a Billion BiPAC 7404VNPX ADSL wireless VOIP router and its more complex and more powerful than anything I've worked with before.
You can take a look at the specs and other data for this device at <http://au.billion.com/product/voip/bipac7404vnpx.php> Hi! This machine is about the size of my Apple Time Capsule so given that this machine replaced my modem I had to first do some modification to my desk to allow room. The router uses a configuration of 3 antennai for its wireless capabilities and they're in the shape of a triangle, 1 at the rear and 1 on either side. As you'd expect this router has Wireless N facilities though it only seems to transmit/receive on the 2.4GHZ band so its unlike the wireless facility on my Time Capsule and Airport Express which were both able to use 2.4 and 5.8GHZ bands similtaniously though I'm not too worried about this, I'm sure I'll still be able to get the benefit on my network out of the 5.8GHZ spectrum with my Time Capsule and other airport devices some how, that's the nice thing about a good network, so many possibilities it seems and so many options. The router has a 4 port gagabyt switch as part of it as well as 2 phone ports as part of its VOIP offerings. Other interesting points, you can plug in a USB modem for backup purposes should the ADSL line go down. You can use a serial lead to plug into a LINYX machine to correct serious errors with the router should they occur such as corrupted firmware upgrades and so on, I've never heard of such things being done with routers before as I was always under the impression that if a firmware upgrade had become corrupted then that was the end of the device pretty much. There is some sort of automatic wireless setup procedure you can use with the router though I didn't bother to look into this as I prefer to do that sort of thing manually. HTML interface is very easy to get around and very accessible though I had problems with Windows machines and Window-Eyes which seems to be the norm these days, worked well with Internet Explorer and NVDA. Was able to use the interface without problems with my Mac computers and safari. There is one annoying thing about the Billion HTML interface and I've fallen victim to this on both my older Billion Modem and the new router, when you click the "Save Changes" link you must also click on the "Apply" button and the Screen Reader doesn't tell you its appeared so if its not clicked and you "Log Out" to "Restart" then all your changes are lost and you have to start again. ======================================= The Techno-Chat E-Mail forum is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free To modify your subscription options, please visit for forum's dedicated web pages located at http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/techno-chat You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Techno-Chat group at either of the following websites: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/techno-chat/index.html Or: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]> you may also subscribe to this list via RSS. The feed is at: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> ---------------------------------------
