Supplied modem

[nick_f]

Hiya all what is the quality of the router you get supplied with L broadband?
as i currently use a bellkin 54G router, but they are sending me one anyway, is it worth swapping or not?

Ta

[Peter_]

Hiya all what is the quality of the router you get supplied with L broadband?
as i currently use a bellkin 54G router, but they are sending me one anyway, is it worth swapping or not?

Ta
Its a Netgear WGR614 v9 with embedded Virgin firmware which cannot be flashed.

[nick_f]

is that a good bit of kit or not? better than belkin?

[Graham M]

Possibly better than the Belkin but not as configurable. I don't know about Unflashable though, I did a Sky router back to the Netgear firmware for that model, it wasn't straight forward but definitely not impossible. - However, if the Belkin is working fine, keep it where it is and put the Virgin router in the cupboard as a backup

[nick_f]

thanx for response my belkin seems to work ok, but wont update firmware on it.
Is the netgear 54g or 104g?

[Kymmy]

Netgear 614 is 54g where the 624 is 108g

[nick_f]

do you know which one is suppiled with L broadband?

[BenMcr]

Its the 614 so is 54g

[Peter_]

Possibly better than the Belkin but not as configurable. I don't know about Unflashable though, I did a Sky router back to the Netgear firmware for that model, it wasn't straight forward but definitely not impossible. - However, if the Belkin is working fine, keep it where it is and put the Virgin router in the cupboard as a backup
You tend to brick the Virgin router if you attempt to flash it as the firmware is very helpfully embedded and even Netgear themselves refuse to support it, it can be done if you are patient and very careful but it is no longer a supported router.