Proper ADSL setup?

[Gamesync]

Hi Guys,

So me and a buddy are moving into a 3 bedroom place pretty soon and we are both pretty serious about our ADSL setup, we plan to run a wireless network in the house with a 4MG dsl line.

I was hoping you guys that might have the same setup or experience in this to provide me with details as to what you believe would be the perfect setup for this.

I am mainly referring to Hardware, what Wireless Routers etc... would you recommend be the best for a proper setup ?

Budget is not really that much of an issue but also we cant go overboard heh

We also plan on getting a uncapped / unshaped account to share in the house. What ISP's out there would you recommend be the best to use as our ISP for this uncapped / unshaped solution?

Fire away!

Thanks.

 

[fz1]

How big is the place you are moving into? Wi-fi signal strength/penetration is not all it is cracked up to be so you may not be able to get full coverage of the house. If you are going to be placing the router in one corner of the house (for example), you can build yourself a wifi signal reflector (just Google it) to increase strength in one direction. You can also consider buying a more powerful antenna (e.g. 7dBi) - assuming the router you choose supports after-market antennas), but in my experience that does not make too much of a difference.

If reflectors and antennas are not for you, you should consider getting a router that can act as a repeater (so then you would need two routers).

I have been using a Netgear DG834GT for many years now (modem + router, 'g' standard, newest firmware seems to have support for making it act like a repeater) and I would highly recommend it. However, if the devices you will be using are 'n' standard, then you should look into the newer Netgear ADSL router - 'n' apparently provides better range as well as throughput.

Regarding ISP: I would highly recommend that you avoid the IS Uncapped Express accounts (or anything that provides satellite-based international connectivity). They're pretty bad (although the last time I used one was a year ago). I would highly recommend getting a capped IS Fibre Semi-shaped account (it's unshaped after hours, but not uncapped) - on a 4MB line, this product offers far superior speeds than SAIX (see link in my signature), and a like-for-like local cap after you use up your international portion. Axxess, OpenWeb and Nexus all provide IS Fibre Semi-shaped accounts.

 

[Gamesync]

Thanks allot for the input!