router

**wolfey3108**

hi im not very good with routers. i bought a belkin when i was with aol. and could not get it working so i dumped it. then i was told belkin does not work with aol. now im wit virgin. would belkin be my best bet

**Jaffa**

Yeah Belkin work fine with VM, you can even get them with a usb port to plug a printer into and make the printer accessible wirelessly to other pc's or laptops on your network.

Netgear and Linkseys make very good routers aswell so any would do really.

**TravelHead**

Virgin sell routers online - see if they have any particular recommendations.

Personally, have found belkin poor. Netgear and Linksys are popular so have good user support on forums etc. From memory, netgear cable routers are not as highly rated as the netgear adsl modem routers!

I like the Buffalo Air station high power, it can be picked up for about £30. It has a high gain antenna so wireless connections are stable, also if you wish third party firmware can be installed on it to make it more powerful.

**biffo1**

Have u managed to sort ur router out mate , up and running let us know how u get on

**Elric**

i use a belkin fd5 7230-4 router for cable for about three years until last week
untill it died on me so i went to argoose and bought another belkin same model
number as before 30 quid they are,also they really simple to set them up

i hope this helps...

**mcmasterg**

i have a bel router and i am on virgin works fine i ahve had it for over a year, dont ask for any help from virgin if you have any problems they will not support bel routers they are a bit funny about it i have had to reset mine 2/3 times but this is really easy.

**Nobi**

I did use several brands....however, to me, my choice will go to Linksys router...eventhough, eventually CISCO will terminate this name and keep one as CISCO

WRT54-GL is a strong unit ('L' means Linux support) ...but you can use on any system.
Also, you can use the third party as DDWRT as your new firmware.

It is a very good unit with reasonable price
Unit comes with 16MB of flash (you can check how good of having 16MB flash memory)
Also, with DDWRT firmware you can even adjust Unit RF
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WRT54G

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wolfey3108 Newbie Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 5 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	router hi im not very good with routers. i bought a belkin when i was with aol. and could not get it working so i dumped it. then i was told belkin does not work with aol. now im wit virgin. would belkin be my best bet

Jaffa V.I.P. Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Norn Iron Posts: 1,453 Thanks: 103 Thanked 397 Times in 299 Posts Downloads: 34 Uploads: 19	Yeah Belkin work fine with VM, you can even get them with a usb port to plug a printer into and make the printer accessible wirelessly to other pc's or laptops on your network. Netgear and Linkseys make very good routers aswell so any would do really. __________________

biffo1 V.I.P. Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 679 Thanks: 122 Thanked 200 Times in 96 Posts Downloads: 20 Uploads: 1	Have u managed to sort ur router out mate , up and running let us know how u get on __________________

Elric Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: in a house Posts: 291 Thanks: 62 Thanked 42 Times in 38 Posts Downloads: 13 Uploads: 2	i use a belkin fd5 7230-4 router for cable for about three years until last week untill it died on me so i went to argoose and bought another belkin same model number as before 30 quid they are,also they really simple to set them up i hope this helps... __________________

mcmasterg Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 52 Thanks: 13 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	i have a bel router and i am on virgin works fine i ahve had it for over a year, dont ask for any help from virgin if you have any problems they will not support bel routers they are a bit funny about it i have had to reset mine 2/3 times but this is really easy.