The BT Voyager 2100 was recently released by the company BT Retail as the newer version of the successful Voyager 2000. The main difference between the two is that the Voyager 2100 has a fourth port that is already built into it for an Ethernet switch and the wireless side has been increased up to the 802.11g standard. The router is targeted towards the home market and is conceptualized as to be used for only one IP address on the account. For setting up the singe IP address or static IP address account, it is the same. People who use Apple Mac OSX will be happy to hear that there is help given to them for setting this up and it even appears firstly in the Quick Start Guide.

The device itself should work for other providers besides BT Wholesale supplied connections because you are able to change the VPI and VCI values of the router. You have an option to turn off the NAT component of the router to be able to use it to block any static IP address. The non-NAT configuration could take a while to understand as it is mainly based on the basics of the NAT implementation.

Some of the bigger features that are offered for this router includes a built in ADSL modem, the fourth port built-in Ethernet switch, 802.11g wireless access point with WEP and WPA wireless encryption, IP switching and blocking, virtual server support (like port forwarding), UpnP, support for any dynamic DNS services, DMZ support, dual LAN IP ranges, support for wireless repeater mode (known as WDS), and telnet interface that is created for the more advanced and knowledgeable subscribers.

Performance

The BT Voyager 2100 router has a very good reputation for holding up as the prior version, even though the Voyager 2000 was not pretty, it was very good at performance and the new one takes the old one out of breathe. The device is fairly stable, and lasts with the power on for a long period of time without rebooting. On the more disappointingly side, a few problems do occurs sometimes if you leave the router on. The router seemed to get its own DNS lookup confused and resulted in the wrong web sites appearing when you enter a URL in the address bar of your internet explorer. When you turn the router off and back on again, this issue is solved.

The performance of the wireless Voyager 2100 router is fine and is more close to being near average. Although, the price tag for this item is as follows:

• For the BT Voyager 2100: £76.59, only £89.99 including VAT
• For the BT Voyager 1060 Wireless Laptop Adapter: £29.78, only £34.99 including VAT

In conclusion, it was noticed that there were a few likely problems with the router itself although with using the router for days straight it is common for such things occurring. Although we do not suggest this is the right router for a person who uses such device for long periods of time very heavily, it would be a nice tool for people who are just being introduced to the ADSL router market.

In a final few words, even though the wireless speed of the BT Voyager 2100 is better than the previous version (BT Voyager 2000 with four Ethernet ports), the BT Voyager 2000 is still reliable if you plan on using the router 24/7, 365 days non-stop.