ADSL Ques

[lonny]

I've finally persuaded my sister to join the 21st century and ditch her old windowsME/56k modem internet connection for a whizzy new laptop with vista on it. Only problem is I now need to sort out here internet access and, as i'm on NTL modem myself i've no idea about setting up an ADSL broadband so I have a few questions :

She will be using the free orange broadband and they have sent her some dodgy usb modem. Am I right to dump this and buy a separate ethernet modem?? Can I buy any ADSL modem, do I need to worry about ADSL 2+ etc?? She will only be surfing the net and can only get 1.5Mb/s on her line anyway.

She also wants wifi, am I ok buying a combined ADSL/wifi router or are there problems with these??

She has a 5 year old bottom of the range laserjet printer which we would like to connect to the router. It has a USB connection and ideally I would like to plug it into the modem/router.

I've been searching the net and found http://www.dsl-warehouse.co.uk/product.asp?pr=USR0... Is this any good?

Comments appreciated

[philbes]

Buy a router. I would recommend the Netgear DG834 or the DG834G if she also wants wireless connection.

Router has a 'wizard' that automatically senses the connection parameters of the internet connection. You need only input the user name and password for the internet connection.