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Quote: Originally posted by jac3312 on 19/4/2006

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Hi,you need to make sure you are using the main phone socket and not an extension for the router,otherwise the connection will keep dropping due to pulsing.

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Sorry, that's not so. I have run my router off different extension sockets within the house and at other times used the modem from them for vpn connections to work.

Also, while WEP is good, mac address filtering should more than suffice. For instance, I have a seperate dsl router and w/l access point. enabling wep on the AP meant that the router couldn't communicate back to it, result no wifi internet.

btw. The linksys stuff is quite good and fairly cheap - but you do usually need to upgrade the firmware . . . .

Put a fan heater blowing cold air at the the router yesterday, 27 hours later it still has not droped conection. Never gone this long before with out droping conection and supports the theory that heat might be the problem. Might get an computer cooler fan from Maplins and stick it on the side of the router, see how that goes.

I have 4 pc's on network at home, 3 wireless and 1 wired, mapped drives etc etc

all connect via a linksys 54g router connected to an ntl modem for internet, 1 pc uses a belkin usb adapter, another uses a linksys usb adapter and the 3rd uses a bt pci one, all have rock solid connections and my kids all play games online constantly (+msn and whatever else kids do these days) - 10mb connection helps of course

always read reviews online and never listen to the sales hype, pcworld are notorious for knowing sod all, unfortunately most customners know even less and thus are easy prey