Thread: CYTA Speedtouch Modem or Netgear Router Modem

I have to be fair to Cyta at this point (which is unlike me , I know!!) ...but out of all the modems that Cyta have supplied , the Thompson is definately the best one - especially when referring to the Wi-fi. Have in mind that the signal also depends on the 'receiver'..in other words the equipment that is picking up the signal...either the integrated wi-fi on a laptop or PC or the USB dongle kind....all depends on the manufacturer...

Are you saying we should ask CYTA to replace the Speedtouch with the Thomson ??? Will they do it?

Yes Ctya will swap the modems because my boss did it recently. But on another note the range is still rubbish. I am using a Thomson modem and the range is crap for example I have a timer framed bungalow so no concrete walls to go through. My modem is at the back of the bungalow and I only get three bars in the living room and sometimes drops to 2. If I am in the same room as the router I get 5 bars this is using wirless.

Hi Kevin, You could try cheating - set the lan address of the Netgear to something different to the speedtouch (normally 192.168.10.x, so set the netgear to 192.168.0.1 Subnet 255.255.255.0). Disable the DHCP server - then you turn it into a simple switch with wireless function. I did manage to get a netgear to work with CYTA a couple of years ago, but when I tried recently could not get it to work again - I tried many different settings, but...

Just connected a new Thomson Wireless Router for a friend, may not be new to some but I have never seen one before, not the black Speedtouch model with the wireless button on the front but a new super duper model which looks incredibly like a Netgear DG834G. Good range, no dropping out, was quite impressed with it.

About 2 weeks ago I exchanged my old Cytanet ECI modem for a shiny new Thomson one. Altho when connected it works well and it also has unlike the ECI an inbuilt four port router, (as well as the WiFi which I do not use) I have one complaint - if Cytanet do any work on the network which disconnects me I have to log in again on the i-choice page when they have finished, with the old ECI it usually happened automatically. On another subject, the...