Re: [LUG] BT broadband

[peter <reply@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Robin Cornelius wrote:

On 3/20/07, james kilty <james@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
  

On Tue, 2007-03-20 at 13:32 +0000, Robin Cornelius wrote:

    

The Draytek routers are technicaly nice, they are ugly,
      

Ugly as in not pretty or in the menus and ferreting out how to set it
up?
    

Compared to netgear who have a more stylish box, i know its not
important. It might be to do with the fact the draytek are a bit more
"serious" with VPN server functions dialin dial out etc whist net gear
are designed specifically for home users market. When you tend to get
more serious pieces of kit often they look more industrial.

The UI is quite complex but they have some complex features so not
much you can do there. Basic setup is as straightforward as any other
router.


  

Thanks for all the replies! I'm highly impressed, having just spent (wasted) three hours - THREE HOURS - on the BTBroadband helpline being redirected. Nobody there knows what a router does; one or two comprehend basic spoken English.

I really enjoyed diverting from each reply to look at the senders' websites.

Demon sounds good. I could care less if a box looks industrial - my microwave does, and it's now twenty years young and always works ...

:) Pete

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