[ILUG] esatbt wireless modem - Zyxel Prestige 660HW

[Darragh Bailey]

Looking at getting EsatBT's broadband at home.

One of the things I'm looking at is getting a wireless router modem where the
phone line comes in and having another wireless router with a 4 port ethernet
switch connecting the machines to the broadband connection.

Basically I don't want to run wires between where the phone line is and the room
with the computers.

                                                                       ____
          -----------                        -----------------        | PC |
Phone ___| DSL modem |   Wireless Network   | wireless router |-------|____|
line     | wireless  | -------------------- | with 4 port     |        ____
         | Router    |                      | switch          |-------| PC |
          -----------                        -----------------        |____|

EsatBT offer Zyxel Prestige 660HW (wireless) modem which appears to fit the
bill. It also has 4 port ethernet (according to the Zyxel website) which would
allow me to use an ethernet cable for a couple of days or if there are any
problems setting up the device via the wireless connection.


Question is, does anyone already have one of these from EsatBT, and what are
there impressions of it?

How easy are they to config and are there any problems with using other
companies wireless technology with it?

The few reviews and the following site suggest its pretty feature rich, but I'm
not familiar with wireless
http://www.speedguide.net/broadband_view.php?hw=17


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Darragh

"Nothing's foolproof to a sufficently talented fool"