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Wireless connection to broadband for pc JP 07-21-08
Posted by JP on July 21, 2008, 8:15 am
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Could someone please advise me about buying some equipment. I
currently subscribe to TalkTalk=92s broadband service, and my desktop pc
is connected via a cable from the phone socket to the TalkTalk
broadband modem. I would like my partner to be able to connect to the
Internet at the same time from her laptop (which we yet have to buy),
but via a wireless connection. What sort of kit and software do we
need to get? Would it be a wireless router? TIA

Posted by Keith on July 21, 2008, 9:00 am
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JP wrote:
> Could someone please advise me about buying some equipment. I
> currently subscribe to TalkTalk’s broadband service, and my desktop pc
> is connected via a cable from the phone socket to the TalkTalk
> broadband modem. I would like my partner to be able to connect to the
> Internet at the same time from her laptop (which we yet have to buy),
> but via a wireless connection. What sort of kit and software do we
> need to get? Would it be a wireless router? TIA

Replace the TalkTalk ADSL modem with a ADSL-capable wifi router. The
router connects to the phone line, and the desktop machine connects to
the router. The laptop connects wirelessly to the router and shares the
same ADSL connection.

You'd need to get TalkTalk to give you the appropriate configuration
details you would need for the router to know how to connect to your
ADSL service, eg. account name, password, and so on.

Posted by JP on July 21, 2008, 9:39 am
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> JP wrote:
> > Could someone please advise me about buying some equipment. I
> > currently subscribe to TalkTalk=92s broadband service, and my desktop p=
c
> > is connected via a cable from the phone socket to the TalkTalk
> > broadband modem. I would like my partner to be able to connect to the
> > Internet at the same time from her laptop (which we yet have to buy),
> > but via a wireless connection. What sort of kit and software do we
> > need to get? Would it be a wireless router? TIA
>
> Replace the TalkTalk ADSL modem with a ADSL-capable wifi router. =A0The
> router connects to the phone line, and the desktop machine connects to
> the router. =A0The laptop connects wirelessly to the router and shares th=
e
> same ADSL connection.
>
> You'd need to get TalkTalk to give you the appropriate configuration
> details you would need for the router to know how to connect to your
> ADSL service, eg. account name, password, and so on.

That sounds reasonably straighforward - many thanks.

Posted by Bill Kearney on July 21, 2008, 11:12 am
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> Replace the TalkTalk ADSL modem with a ADSL-capable wifi router.

No. Do not do that. Get a standalone DSL modem and a separate router.
Most of the combo units suck. That and WHEN the DSL modem gets fried you
won't have to reconfigure your router all over again.


Posted by Larry Finger on July 21, 2008, 11:24 am
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Bill Kearney wrote:
>
>> Replace the TalkTalk ADSL modem with a ADSL-capable wifi router.
>
> No. Do not do that. Get a standalone DSL modem and a separate router.
> Most of the combo units suck. That and WHEN the DSL modem gets fried
> you won't have to reconfigure your router all over again.

The OP already has the DSL modem. What he needs to do is purchase a Wireless
Access Point (WAP) such as made by Linksys, D-Link, and others. These devices
contain a router, an ethernet switch with (usually) 4 ports, and the wireless
section. The price ranges from $45 up. The router section has a Wide-Area
Network (WAN) port that is connected to the modem. Your wired computer would
connect to one of the Local-Area Network (LAN) ports, and your partner's
computer could be either wireless or connect to another of the LAN ports.

Larry

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