Hi wireless gurus - I'm seeking to dip a toe in the murky depths of the wireless tar-pit, and would be grateful for some guidance.
I'm seeking to link a Toshiba Satellite laptop (3000 series I believe) to a Scientific Atlanta Webst*r cable modem supplied just over a year ago by Telewest (now taken over by Virgin Media). I'm confused by all the network jargon, but hope I've understood enough to imagine that I need a cable router, and some kind of adapter to attach to the laptop. Because the installation is in an old house with solid walls, I'd earmarked a Netgear WPN824 Rangemax for the router, and a WPN511 adapter.
The only worry I have (well, OK, the main worry) is that someone tried connecting wirelessly to this modem before and had problems:
"In theory any wireless router with an ethernet port will do, however I've tried this before and Telewest seem to have setup their system so that you can only connect a PC to their modem, not a router.
So your options are:
- Replace the Telewest modem. Something like this claims it will support Telewest:
- Find a wireless router that will plug into the Telewest modem - you'll have to contact Telewest to find out if they support any at all."
I guess there must be lots of people out there with Telewest broadband and the same modem; if they have a working wireless setup, and it doesn't work for me, at least it narrows down the possible points of failure!
Thanks in advance for any tips,
Dave