The last thing you want is the o2 wirelessBox III.
Port forwarding with this device is virtually impossible.
It constantly changes your devices names to o2wirelessBox,
Then when you select this device for portforwarding it does not allow you, it just refreshes the page and your back to square one. O2 state there is a firmware fix in the pipeline but they have been saying this since january.
Awful piece of kit.
I've ordered the DG834G V4. I heard that is good for o2.Just to add, the O2 box is the worst router ever invented.... I've configured many in the past, belkin, linksys (with dd-wrt), netgears etc.
for an O2 LLU line a Netgear DG834GT is perfect.
Im having a lot of port forwarding probs with my version one box so thinking of going to Belkin, Linksys or Netgear.
USed to have and old Netgear 834 but wireless range was terrible and thats the one good thing about the Thompson o@ box.
ANyone got any recommendations?
get a netgear or dlink
would this work? Netgear (DG834G-500UKS) ADSL 54Mbps Wireless Modem Firewll Router (Version 5) - Scan.co.uk
i might consider ebay as i read here before how ebay are sellinga very cheap netgear router their. never used ebay before though and with the postal strike, i dont think i will unless ebay deliver goods via city link or something?
WOW you are like the first person i have come across to who says they never had any issues with their bebox across 3 different forums i go onS'funny never had a problem with my O2 Wireless box II. I've got several spare DG834GT's kicking around and planned to swap it for one of these but haven't bothered swapping it out yet
My LAN is fairly complicated with a mix of Wi-fi/Wired/Wi-Fi access points/multiple switches with the Thomson O2 box sitting in the middle as the WAN gateway/DHCP server and works faultlessly.
I've also found the Wi-fi signal on the O2 box is quite a bit stornger than the DG834GT
It is nothing to do with the O2 box as such. It is caused by interference from other networks. Read the many threads on these forums on using inSSIDer to fix it.I've just got O2 broadband and have the Wireless box II. It works ok when it's using a wired connection (the yellow plug ethernet cable), but when I unplug it and try using a wireless connection it won't connect and says that I have Limited Access or Limited Availability or something like that. Does anyone know how I can connect wirelessly? It's starting to p*ss me right off!
Same issue. Moved from Sky to O2 (£5 cheaper from Jan 2010). Also nigh on impossible to do any configuration on Wireless Box 2.
Is there not a username and password for O2 buried in the box though?