Don't know about the UK, but my ADSL provider (Cincinnati, OH, USA) is apparently agnostic with respect to CPE. They provide a Cisco 675, but you're free to go to Walmart or Radio Shack, or... and pick up anything that is compatible with their provisioning. I have friends who have bought various brands of wireless access points (WAPs) and connected them to their line, then plugged their PCCard wireless NICs into their laptops and surfed away, no problem. A few who have gone with NetGear equipment have had some configuration issues, but I believe that that was more on NetGear than a problem with the ISP or the provisioning. As always, YMMV... ;-)
Cheers, Scott ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter MacGregor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, February 13, 2004 3:04 PM Subject: [wdvltalk] Wireless networking > Following up on the help I got here re the above topic a week or so ago, if > a Wireless ADSL Modem and Router such as is shown at > http://www.dabs.com/uk/productview?quicklinx=2Z9M is used, can I be > confident the modem will be compatible with the ISPs service? > > From what I can see in UK at least, all service providers supply their own > modems as part of the package which appear to be pre-programmed to dial > their server. Or is this just a money-spinner for them? (I changed the > modem I was using for another broadband one on my machine to check this and > got into all sorts of hassle. Couldn't connect to my ISP at all even after > re-installing the software. When I changed back it worked like a breeze again). > > As I'll be doing this for a friend (I only have a standalone so don't need > a network, but he has three family members working from home) I want to be > confident before telling him what to order. He's using Pipex as his ISP. > > All advice welcome! > > Peter MacGregor > > > > ____ . The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM . ____ > To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Send Your Posts To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To set a personal password send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the words: "set WDVLTALK pw=yourpassword" in the body of the email. > To change subscription settings to the wdvltalk digest version: > http://wdvl.internet.com/WDVL/Forum/#sub > > ________________ http://www.wdvl.com _______________________ > > You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send a blank email to %%email.unsub%% > > To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: > Jupitermedia Corp. > Attn: Discussion List Management > 475 Park Avenue South > New York, NY 10016 > > Please include the email address which you have been contacted with. > ____ � The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM � ____ To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Send Your Posts To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To set a personal password send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the words: "set WDVLTALK pw=yourpassword" in the body of the email. To change subscription settings to the wdvltalk digest version: http://wdvl.internet.com/WDVL/Forum/#sub ________________ http://www.wdvl.com _______________________ You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with.
