Hi,
I've recently changed broadband from Tiscali to TalkTalk and received a new router from TalkTalk. The router is a Huawei Echolife HG521, when i searched for problems with this router on the net i got lots of responces which shows the unit has problems.
My Tiscali router which i still have and always worked without problem is a Siemans Gigaset SE587 WLAN dsi.
The problem i have with the TalkTalk router is wireless, i can get onto the net at first, but then within a few minutes the connection drops, the only way to get it back is to disconnect the router (from the laptop) and reconnect, then a few minutes later the connection drops again. With the ethenet cable all is fine, it's just wireless that has problems.
I've been on the TalkTalk site and followed trouble shooting procedures to no avail, the other evening i rang their tech line and got charged £2.00 in call fees for a guy to go through the same procedure as their website, get connection for a few minutes and back to square 1 again.
Does anyone know if i can get my old Tiscali router to work on TalkTalk or should i look at getting a good quality router which will work with TalkTalk?
In the mean time i'm going to ring TalkTalk complaints and request i new router, but i don't have much confidence in the kit they supply.
Any advice will be apprecited,
I've recently changed broadband from Tiscali to TalkTalk and received a new router from TalkTalk. The router is a Huawei Echolife HG521, when i searched for problems with this router on the net i got lots of responces which shows the unit has problems.
My Tiscali router which i still have and always worked without problem is a Siemans Gigaset SE587 WLAN dsi.
The problem i have with the TalkTalk router is wireless, i can get onto the net at first, but then within a few minutes the connection drops, the only way to get it back is to disconnect the router (from the laptop) and reconnect, then a few minutes later the connection drops again. With the ethenet cable all is fine, it's just wireless that has problems.
I've been on the TalkTalk site and followed trouble shooting procedures to no avail, the other evening i rang their tech line and got charged £2.00 in call fees for a guy to go through the same procedure as their website, get connection for a few minutes and back to square 1 again.
Does anyone know if i can get my old Tiscali router to work on TalkTalk or should i look at getting a good quality router which will work with TalkTalk?
In the mean time i'm going to ring TalkTalk complaints and request i new router, but i don't have much confidence in the kit they supply.
Any advice will be apprecited,