Anyone recently got Wanadoo broadband - what's the usb pack have?
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Anyone recently got Wanadoo broadband - what's the usb pack have?
Thinking of getting bb for my pc (currently on wanadoo dial up) and like the look of the 1mb for £18 a month with free connection. Thing is, I wanna hook up my PS2 and would rather do without plugging/unplugging things all the time. Soooo, what does the usb connection pack contain? Is is basically a router with various ports? Certainly don't want to pay £80 for a wireless kit which their website seems to *imply* that I need to use the PS2. PS2 network adapter I can get for £20 (sound right?).
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USB modem -> PC <- PS2
PC would act as a router, you'd need an Ethernet card for your PC and the PS2 would only be able to go online when the PC was switched on.
You're better off with a combined ADSL router/4 port Ethernet switch, something like a Netgear DG834 (other routers are available )
http://www.adslguide.org.uk
Wanadoo 1Mb £18 is capped at 1Gb per month which isn't a lot considering the actual speed of the actual connection.
PC would act as a router, you'd need an Ethernet card for your PC and the PS2 would only be able to go online when the PC was switched on.
You're better off with a combined ADSL router/4 port Ethernet switch, something like a Netgear DG834 (other routers are available )
http://www.adslguide.org.uk
Wanadoo 1Mb £18 is capped at 1Gb per month which isn't a lot considering the actual speed of the actual connection.
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Cheers, will check out the router thingy. It's just that it cost the same to start up (free) with wanadoo regardless of whether you opt for the usb pack or not so may as well get it anyway.
Capped at 2GB btw Only £3 more pm than the dial up I'm running so may as well. Personally don't download much so will see how it goes. Can download pretty much anything at work regardless. Only concern is how much, if any, of the 2GB will be used up by gaming.
Capped at 2GB btw Only £3 more pm than the dial up I'm running so may as well. Personally don't download much so will see how it goes. Can download pretty much anything at work regardless. Only concern is how much, if any, of the 2GB will be used up by gaming.
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