Telkom Dsl modem and Wireless Router

hume

hume

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Anybody here have Telkom 5102g Wireless Modem?
I am having dificulties setting up wireless network... Lan works fine... Router doesnt seem to broadcast as i am picking up other networks with no problem... Wlan light also only comes on intemittently without me doing anything... Can anybody give assistance... I have heard these specific modems do give hassles... shouldnt have gone with it in the first place...
 
The wifi LED should flash intermittently. Did you maybe by mistake hide your SSID?
 
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Hi Hume
Have you checked your wireless security settings I know with the telkom routers it's activated by default just disable the authentication and try it then.
 
thanks for help guys... in fact router was faulty and had to return for new one... working fine now... must say that i was pretty sceptical about telkom wifi modem, but now am happy everything is working... actually not that bad a piece of equipment.... i see lot of members here refer to the billion modem that is so popular, the telkom 5102g has same name but looks much different to billion modems as per their home page... what is general perseption of the telkom 5102g modem... im kinda new to the whole adsl thing and wasnt quite sure which modem to go for...?
 
killadoob said:
my advice is dont use wireless for adsl

the speeds suck ass

rather just use your normal cabling
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Just a question? Does it really make a difference? I have a 512 Mb ADSL acccount, according to WIFI indicator I am connected to moddem at 8Mb, Will there really be a big difference?
 
What encryption security does the Telkom wireless modem have?

Does it support WPA2 or just WPA and WEP?
 
TonyA said:
Just a question? Does it really make a difference? I have a 512 Mb ADSL acccount, according to WIFI indicator I am connected to moddem at 8Mb, Will there really be a big difference?
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I haven't noticed a difference.
 
There should be absolutely no difference between wired and wireless. I know I can transfer a minimum of 2MB/s over my wireless which is way more than my internet requires (about 120KB/s).

Use wireless, it's so much more convenient :D
 
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