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Which Broadband Router to get?

Started by LJX, 2007.08.14, 23:45:45

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LJX

Hi all,

I currently have an iBurst Wireless connection to the internet and unfortunately have to connect to the net with Winblows. There are no drivers for OS/2 nor eCS so would like to consider getting a Broadband Router and connecting the Modem directly to the router then be able to connect to the net via the router. My service provider is not being too helpful as they want to sell me their own proprietary router at a heavy price that supports Windows only according to them. Could anyone please give me some advise as to which routers are good and compatible with OS/2. I recall an article or page about routers and OS/2 but can't remember where, even though I'm not too clued up nor familiar with networking- setting up a router for internet and file sharing shouldn't be too difficult.

Much Thanks in advance,

John.

bjorso

Hi,

Are you talking about drivers for the router? Any real router should work with any operating system since they are using networking protocols that are part of any modern OS, no drivers is needed. You are not telling us which kind of connection you have to Internet, is it ADSL or cable-modem? In that case you need either a wired router plus a wireless accesspoint to connect your computer to. The best thing to buy is a router that has an inbuildt WiFi accesspoint, then you could use what is best for each computer, wired for desktop system and WiFi for laptops.

I have a Swedish Intertex IX68 Air, a router with 4 wired ports, WiFi and an ADSL modem, all in one box. It's so smart that it uses WiFi on a separate subnet, all the latest encryption methods, a real hardware firewall and even support for SIP so you could use your Internet connection for broadband telephony without any need for a running computer with Skype or a similar software solution. My two laptops with WiFi, eCS and Win XP, works really well on WiFi, earlier tries I made with a Netgear WG102 worked only with XP and W2000, I was never able to connect with eCS whatever I tried? I have used routers from SMC when visiting Warpstock and it was completely without problems, there are lot of different brands but I believe it's dependent of the market in your country. In shops you normally only see D-Links, a brand I don't like at all.

If you tell us a little more details it's very likely that someone could help you to buy the right stuff for your needs.

//bjorso

DavidG

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What he needs is drivers for his wireless network card.  Without this, he can't communicate with the wireless router.   For his ethernet card he needs drivers also.

What is the brand and model of wireless network card?

What is the brand and model of ethernet card in the computer?

LJX

Hi and thanks for your input, please excuse my late response.

My OS/2 box has a CNet ProG-2000S which uses the Realtek RTL8169 chipset Ethernet card for which it's setup and working under OS/2. My WinXP box has onboard Realtek RTL 8139 chipset and connects to the internet via my iBurst Wireless Broadband Modem. The modem has a RJ45 port to connect to a router.

I've successfully had my OS/2 box connect to my WinXP box in the past to share the internet connection but due to friends coming over with their WinXP boxes to setup network games of Unreal etc, my WinXP box tends to lose it's settings and of late cannot seem to get the connection right again even though I've checked all properties and done various tweaks and reboots. Very frustrating! Only option is to reinstall XP or thought other option to get a router to setup once and  hopefully don't have to rely on WinXP for an internet connection again. The response I've got from my service provider is as follows : "You can network your iBurst modem, but ensure you do this via a broadband router with a MTU setting of 1324 (VPN usage) or 1352."

As I don't have any fair amount of knowledge nor experience with regards to networking and routers, could you please suggest a good brand of router that may cater for my needs. Most computer store shelves here in SA are stocked with DLink. I will look into trying to get a router as bjorso mentioned but doubt I should have much luck. Also, are there any good and worthwhile books I can get to learn more about networking.

Much thanks and kind regards,

John.

kim

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Quote from: John van Delft on 2007.08.16, 10:55:59
Hi and thanks for your input, please excuse my late response.

My OS/2 box has a CNet ProG-2000S which uses the Realtek RTL8169 chipset Ethernet card for which it's setup and working under OS/2. My WinXP box has onboard Realtek RTL 8139 chipset and connects to the internet via my iBurst Wireless Broadband Modem. The modem has a RJ45 port to connect to a router.

Just to be clear is that the XP box is using a wireless card to connect to the iBurst modem; so actually all you need is either an extra router with built-in switch to connect to your iBurst modem. Just to make really sure; could you give use the exact model specification of the iBurst wirelles broadband modem; since this should be easy to solve. Since if the iBurst modem has a built-in router function and DHCP it could be that you only needs to connect a network switch to the modem via the RJ45-port; but if it doesn't you need to adda router to handle the routing of the IP's via the switch.

Also, if you don't want to add an extra box just; another solution could just be to get yourself a new broadband modem that has all of the features that you need. What to get is usually either what brand you like and as well how much money you want to spend. I'm in favor for the Intertex IX68, same as Björn uses, due to it has a real firewall where the wireless runs on it own segment. As well I've been using Zyxel 660HW broadband router as well I likes the features they offers as well.

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LJX

Hi to all,

Please excuse my late reply but have finally got a response from my service provider advising me that my iBurst Modem "iBurst is supported on any broadband router that can accept an MTU that is up to 1352" and works with any Operating System via the router that supports PPPoE.

So I'll be getting a router for free this weekend, unfortunately a DLink, and give this all a try but may need your help on getting OS/2 to connect to the router etc.

Thanks all for your help,


Regards,


John

John

Hi All,

Thank you all for your positive replies. I eventually got myself a Zyxel P-320W Router to which I connected my iBurst Desktop modem and now can enjoy browsing the web etc without having to use proprietory drivers :-) Yay! At last, and no need to dial in anymore :-) This setup works great under XP and the various distros of Linux I've been playing around with.

Now, I'd like to reinstall OS/2 Warp 4 and utilize my router to connect to the net from a fresh install. Ultimately, I'd like to make use of the OS2MT program to automate the updates etc and then create a bootable CDRom image for future updated and pain free install of OS/2. I'm no techie, so please help with setting up OS/2 Warp 4 from clean install to connect to the net via the router. I've enabled DHCP on the router and the lan card is working as I can ping myself.

Thanks in advance,

John.