Finally!

[tinyjo]

Well, after a wasted holiday and 2 days of waiting for it to be delivered to work, it turns out that Zen aren't going to be able to deliver my router after all - there's a problem with the chipset apparently. They said I could either have the next model up for the same price, delivery tomorrow or cancel. I decided that I was fed up and cycled over to PC world to pick one up (cheaper too) and cancelled the other one. So now I can get it all set up tonight - Alex and I managed to get bargin wireless PCMCIA cards at the weekend so we're all ready to go :) I'm planning to make a complaint to Zen though - at the very least I want some free days to compensate for not being able to use my conection until this evening.

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[shepline.livejournal.com]

What kind of router have you got yourself? and what was the good deal on wireless PCMCIA card? ...just that it does seem that in not too distant a future I will be able to upgrade my computer to a computer, and at that point it would be nice to convert my OneTel broadband into wireless...

[tinyjo.livejournal.com]

The router is a D-link wireless ADSL router (http://www.dlink.co.uk/dsl-604plus.htm) - the configuration isn't too bad, although I don't love the web interface. Still, I'm getting there. It also acts as an ADSL modem, so if you've already got one of those, you can get a cheaper piece of kit to plug into your modem and take it from there. The wireless PCMCIA card is a Binatone broadband (http://www.binatonebroadband.com/Products.asp?Pnav=Products&Snav=2&catalogID=4) card which is on special offer - only £19.99, which is really cheap - most cards are about £45-50. I've never heard of them before, but the cards seem to work fine - neither of us had any trouble installing them.