I would want to get a 802.11n router at least. Then also make sure it has true dual channel support. Meaning that both your old 802.11g devices and your new 802.11n devices can connect at the same time at full speed. Some routers out there claim dual channel support, but don’t really have full dual channel support. They would run at the lowest speed, so for instance G when both G and N devices are connected.

As I said the SCM I bought is a second hand ADSL router, which works fine. You can also get second hand SCM’s with an ethernet WAN port that support PPPOE, which means that it can connect through the Sagem directly to the Internet, this way you can also bypass the Sagem’s IP features and use the firewall, NAT, dhcp-server of the SCM in which case the Sagem is only a modem and not a router/firewall any more. It’s funny, but I found that some of the older 802.11n routers, which you can get new for a really good price, have better features then some of the newer expensive routers.

You normally can’t install your own firmware. The provider does this for you. What is your provider? I have EDPnet and had to create a ticket with them, to get them to ask Belgacom to update the firmware.

where do I get the new Firmware – please give me a note.

Thanks in advance.

• If you can move the modem as high as possible, like on the top of a bookcase or something. Also try not to put it to close to a wall.
• You should have 13 possible channels, did you try them all?

Are you running the latest firmware?

My own solution was to buy a 2nd hand SCM ADSL modem for 20 euro (only use the wifi part, not the ADSL part), which supported 802.11n which has a better range then 802.11g.