Advice: cheap reliable broadband router, for use with Xbox

[baad bwoy]

Can anyone offer advice as to where I can find a router which will be compatible with xbox, and also reasonably priced,
thanks

[Valken]

Well do you need one with a built in cable/asdl modem or not?

I can't remember the URL but a google search for "Xbox live routers" helped me when I was choosing one.

I have ADSL and I got a Dlink DSL 504 which works perfectly.

[superkully]

I have the Netgear DG814, very nice and hasn't let me down yet.

(Although I am wondering why they've been releasing new firmware every month)

[eASY aDDICT]

If it's for use with ADSL you will need one with a built in modem.

Netgear DG814 comes highly recommended from over here!!

[Treble]

I have ADSL and I got a Dlink DSL 504 which works perfectly.

Another vote for this one right here. It looks very good as well, which is especially important if you want to collect kit that looks pretty in your home.

[AllYourBase]

Is there any advice for buying a router for somebody who has the cable modem (i.e. the one that NTL supply that outputs ethernet and usb) ?

Would this one do?......

http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X292ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=48411

[Treble]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think you need a router if you already have a cable modem. You should only need a hub, I think.

Edit - although I could be completely wrong, looking at the product. What do others say?

[Madbury]

afaik, to connect multiple devs you do need a router with a cable BB box. This is why NTL try to charge an extra few quid a month for their special XBox package, which allows you to connect a PC and XBox at the same time.

I think....

[AllYourBase]

Wouldn't a router be needed if someone had a chipped xbox and wanted to transfer data from the pc to xbox using ftp?

[Sandman]

Take a look at this thread for a ?22.99 solution that me and the kids came up with:-

http://ntsc-uk.domino.org/viewtopic.php?t=9114

[Treble]

Wouldn't a router be needed if someone had a chipped xbox and wanted to transfer data from the pc to xbox using ftp?

The PC only needs to see the Xbox (chipped and with EvoX running, natch) using an FTP client, so even a simple crossover cable would work, AFAIK.

In very basic terms (using my patented basic knowledge), a hub just allows you to network PCs together so that they can all see each other on the network, and a router is practically the same thing but with an ADSL modem in it, allowing all the machines on the network to 'see' the internet, as well.

See? I can put anything in its most basic form imaginable

[choddo]

Basic... and wrong j/k (and you're right about only needing a crossover cable or hub to connect the PC & xbox for FTP)

A hub (or switch) connects machines together to form a network. A router usually contains a hub/switch, but also has intelligence to connect two networks together. For example, your home network to your ISP's network.

In the case of home routers, they usually include NAT capabilities to share a single address on the foreign network between multiple devices on your home network.

So... if you have a cable modem, you still need a router. you can get a linksys broadband router for about ?70 from dabs.

Whereas with ADSL, it's slightly different in that 99% of ADSL routers also include an ADSL modem so you only need one box in that case.

sandman's solution uses the built-in routing software in Windows to save the cost of a hardware router. Fine if you are strapped for cash, but it has a number of disadvantages, mainly that you are dependent on that PC to be working ok or you have no connection, and the USB ADSL modems are a little hard on the CPU of the connected PC so gaming on that PC will be affected. My fps in UT went up by 10% when I switched to a router.

Chods