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wiress router AND usb modem?

Hi

hopefully a simple question to answer for someone....and most likely a stupid question too, but here goes: if i have a PC desktop and a laptop, and i plan to buy a wireless router so i can use the laptop around the house, does the desktop PC need to then be connected to the wireless router for access to my broadband internet connection?

OR, can i carry on using the usb adsl modem connected to the desktop?

I'm guessing that its the former, and I need to somehow hard wire the pc desktop to the wireless router via the lan connections on the router. this just means trailing network cable up the stairs.

I know i can get hold of a wireless card for the pc desktop, i just wanted to see if i could get away with no spending the money (little though it is)

thanks in advance, lee

Reply to
rothko
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What you need to do is get a modem that uses the RJ45 connection type, connect it to the WAN port on the router, connect the computer's NIC to to a LAN port on the router, and get a wireless card for the laptop. Let the router be the gateway for the WAN/Internet and LAN and protect the network.

Get router that has logging so you can watch traffic to/from the router and use something like Wallwatcher or KIWI Syslog Daemon. So you don't fly blind.

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Someone can join your network on the wireless side, use it to access the Internet, and hack your machines wired or wireless.

Duane :)

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Duane Arnold

hi, thanks for the reply. the router is going to be downstairs (for better coverage) and the pc is upstairs, so running a cable from the router to the pc would be a pain.

i have a phone extension point upstairs that i connect my adsl usb modem to and i wanted to know if i could keep on using that setup along with a router plugged in downstairs.

or can you NOT have a router connected to the broadband line as well as an adsl modem connected to another extension point?

Reply to
rothko

Then you should make the connection wireless. But you need a wire connection to the router with a computer to configure it. Maybe, that can be your laptop, which you should be able to switch between a wire and wireless connection type.

Someone else is going to have to answer that as I have only used cable BB when using a router.

Duane :)

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Duane Arnold

On Tue, 18 Apr 2006 14:08:38 GMT, Duane Arnold

Reply to
Steve Pearce

thanks for confirming this!

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rothko

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