I should explain myself a little better. I am in my mid 40's with little experience of computers, I remember my school getting a BBC Basic when I was 12 lol. I am using a HP Pavillion laptop, and my internet link is a telephone line broadband connection from fuel broadband with the TG582N router they provided, its very slow, about 300N BPS, and I was told this router is a lot faster. My network consists of the laptop, the router, and a 3TB WM MyCloud I use on a wi-fi connection for storage. I have got a 500GB SSD card for the laptop to replace the hard drive but I am waiting for a mate of mine who lives in Scotland to invite me up so her partner can fit it for me! Basically, when it comes to computers its sort of like when someone asks you for car advice, you ask what they want, and they reply " a red one ", I really am that bad! Im not thick, worked with some high power single seater racing cars, but computers are not my area, a pre teen schoolchild who grew up with them will run rings around me. Its perfectly OK to have a laugh and take the mick, I know when I am out of my depth!
Having been told my router was crap ( technical term lol ), I had a look around on the net, downloaded a few magazines to read, tried to interpret the language into something I could understand, then ordered this one from Amazon. Foolishly I expected to be able to unplug the old one, plug in the new one and it would all work, I can hear you all laughing at me by now. My questions are fairly basic. Is this decice compatable with my internet provider? Why does it say there is no connector plugged in? Do I need a modem or any other bit of kit between the phone line and the router? Is there anyway it can be made to work? Should I ask my friend to sweet talk her boyfriend into helping me, or would I be better off just giving up and getting BT broadband instead who are offering a much faster router for only slightly more per month than I am currently paying? If nothing else, I hope my failures and total lack of talent from this stone age dinasaur at least gives all you young tech savvy folks a laugh at my expense!
