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Right then m8ty.
Firstly, I've got to say that this is a can of worms. The WRT54G, whilst being a nice piece of kit, is basically a Wireless Access Point, a 4-port switch and a router in one. People tend to buy them when they have cable. This is because they have a seperate cable modem, and they can plug it into the WRT54G.
Folks who get broadband down the phone line tend to buy something similar to the above, but with a modem built in as well. The Linksys equivalent of this is the WAG54G. Essentially the same as the WRT54G, but with the correct modem built in.
Based on that, many of the modems that you can get which would fit the WRT54G are in fact cable modems. Poo.
I did find a few (but don't have endless time to check each one out) that appear to be phone-line ADSL modems.
Zoom X3 (but this has a router built in as well - so not really suitable)
ADSLNation X-modem (This says that it will work with PPPoA, which is the standard in the UK, but the standard in the RoI is PPPoE - PPP over Ethernet so I'm not sure if it's any good). It's also been reported that it doesn't work well with wireless routers in several forums I've visited, although a router firmware upgrade can fix it.
Lastly, I found the D-Link DSL-300T ADSL modem, which appears to be the ticket, and states that it supports PPP over Ethernet. This sounds like the best one to go for if you go down this route.
I have to say though m8, that I'm not sure that persisting with the WRT54G is nesseccarily the best way to go. Based on all the confusion and hassle that I had doing this research, it might be easier to just sell the WRT54G and buy a cheap 4-port 10/100 Ethernet hub and plug your (working) Creative modem/router into that, and then add a Linksys WAP54G standalone wireless access point. This is close to the setup I have, and I find it very flexible. Also very easy to set up!
Finally, you could go for option 3 which is to sell the WRT54G and return the Creative modem, then buy a box with everything built in. This is what most people in your situation would do, and it's probably the simplest if you were starting with nothing. The Linksys WAG54G would do this.
I have read one poor review of this product, and it got slated, but I did find this very comprehensive review which gave it a fairly clean bill of health :-
http://www.adslguide.org.uk/hardware/reviews/2004/q4/linksys-wag-54g.asp
There are several other good alternatives to this box.
Anyway, I hope that's been of some use, but I'm all out of time now.
Red, blue or green. the choice is yours!
Keep me up to date though with which way you resolve this.
STICK
:-cheers
Firstly, I've got to say that this is a can of worms. The WRT54G, whilst being a nice piece of kit, is basically a Wireless Access Point, a 4-port switch and a router in one. People tend to buy them when they have cable. This is because they have a seperate cable modem, and they can plug it into the WRT54G.
Folks who get broadband down the phone line tend to buy something similar to the above, but with a modem built in as well. The Linksys equivalent of this is the WAG54G. Essentially the same as the WRT54G, but with the correct modem built in.
Based on that, many of the modems that you can get which would fit the WRT54G are in fact cable modems. Poo.
I did find a few (but don't have endless time to check each one out) that appear to be phone-line ADSL modems.
Zoom X3 (but this has a router built in as well - so not really suitable)
ADSLNation X-modem (This says that it will work with PPPoA, which is the standard in the UK, but the standard in the RoI is PPPoE - PPP over Ethernet so I'm not sure if it's any good). It's also been reported that it doesn't work well with wireless routers in several forums I've visited, although a router firmware upgrade can fix it.
Lastly, I found the D-Link DSL-300T ADSL modem, which appears to be the ticket, and states that it supports PPP over Ethernet. This sounds like the best one to go for if you go down this route.
I have to say though m8, that I'm not sure that persisting with the WRT54G is nesseccarily the best way to go. Based on all the confusion and hassle that I had doing this research, it might be easier to just sell the WRT54G and buy a cheap 4-port 10/100 Ethernet hub and plug your (working) Creative modem/router into that, and then add a Linksys WAP54G standalone wireless access point. This is close to the setup I have, and I find it very flexible. Also very easy to set up!
Finally, you could go for option 3 which is to sell the WRT54G and return the Creative modem, then buy a box with everything built in. This is what most people in your situation would do, and it's probably the simplest if you were starting with nothing. The Linksys WAG54G would do this.
I have read one poor review of this product, and it got slated, but I did find this very comprehensive review which gave it a fairly clean bill of health :-
http://www.adslguide.org.uk/hardware/reviews/2004/q4/linksys-wag-54g.asp
There are several other good alternatives to this box.
Anyway, I hope that's been of some use, but I'm all out of time now.
Red, blue or green. the choice is yours!
Keep me up to date though with which way you resolve this.
STICK
:-cheers
