Can anyone help me please?

Right... my sister is living in a flat for uni... her flat has 1 broadband
connection to a wall socket but she needs to share the connection with her
flat mates wirelessly. Could a wireless router/hub be connected to the cat5
cable and then each computer have a wireless dongle or would my sister's
computer have to keep the current connection and her friend's computers
connect to a router/hubswitch that is attatched to her computer.

Basically there is a wall socket and 4 pcs that could do with having a
wireless connection. If someone could explain it to me so that I can sort it
out for her it would be much appreciated.

Cheers

Dave

Ðave wrote:
> Right... my sister is living in a flat for uni... her flat has
> 1
> broadband connection to a wall socket but she needs to share
> the
> connection with her flat mates wirelessly. Could a wireless
> router/hub be connected to the cat5 cable and then each
> computer
> have a wireless dongle or would my sister's computer have to
> keep
> the current connection and her friend's computers connect to a
> router/hubswitch that is attatched to her computer.
> Basically there is a wall socket and 4 pcs that could do with
> having a wireless connection. If someone could explain it to me
> so
> that I can sort it out for her it would be much appreciated.
>
> Cheers
>
> Dave

Connect the modem to the wall socket, connect the wireless router
to the modem and put wireless cards in all the computers. None
of the computers have to be on all the time.

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Travis in Shoreline Washington

"Travis" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Ðave wrote:
>> Right... my sister is living in a flat for uni... her flat has 1
>> broadband connection to a wall socket but she needs to share the
>> connection with her flat mates wirelessly. Could a wireless
>> router/hub be connected to the cat5 cable and then each computer
>> have a wireless dongle or would my sister's computer have to keep
>> the current connection and her friend's computers connect to a
>> router/hubswitch that is attatched to her computer.
>> Basically there is a wall socket and 4 pcs that could do with
>> having a wireless connection. If someone could explain it to me so
>> that I can sort it out for her it would be much appreciated.
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Dave
>
> Connect the modem to the wall socket, connect the wireless router to the
> modem and put wireless cards in all the computers. None of the computers
> have to be on all the time.

There's no modem... its an actual adsl socket in the wall that connects
directly to the network card. Also, 2 of the computers are macs & 1 is a
laptop

Doesn't matter. Plug a router into the wall socket, plug everything else
into that. A standalone switch/hub may not work depending on what the
service is.

-jason

"Ðave" <1@2.3> wrote in message
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>
> "Travis" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:tuA%e.4529$JY6.2624@trnddc02...
> > Ðave wrote:
> >> Right... my sister is living in a flat for uni... her flat has 1
> >> broadband connection to a wall socket but she needs to share the
> >> connection with her flat mates wirelessly. Could a wireless
> >> router/hub be connected to the cat5 cable and then each computer
> >> have a wireless dongle or would my sister's computer have to keep
> >> the current connection and her friend's computers connect to a
> >> router/hubswitch that is attatched to her computer.
> >> Basically there is a wall socket and 4 pcs that could do with
> >> having a wireless connection. If someone could explain it to me so
> >> that I can sort it out for her it would be much appreciated.
> >>
> >> Cheers
> >>
> >> Dave
> >
> > Connect the modem to the wall socket, connect the wireless router to the
> > modem and put wireless cards in all the computers. None of the
computers
> > have to be on all the time.
>
> There's no modem... its an actual adsl socket in the wall that connects
> directly to the network card. Also, 2 of the computers are macs & 1 is a
> laptop
>
>

Ðave wrote:
> "Travis" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
> message
> news:tuA%e.4529$JY6.2624@trnddc02...
> > Ðave wrote:
> > > Right... my sister is living in a flat for uni... her flat
> > > has 1
> > > broadband connection to a wall socket but she needs to
> > > share the
> > > connection with her flat mates wirelessly. Could a wireless
> > > router/hub be connected to the cat5 cable and then each
> > > computer
> > > have a wireless dongle or would my sister's computer have
> > > to
> > > keep the current connection and her friend's computers
> > > connect
> > > to a router/hubswitch that is attatched to her computer.
> > > Basically there is a wall socket and 4 pcs that could do
> > > with
> > > having a wireless connection. If someone could explain it
> > > to me
> > > so that I can sort it out for her it would be much
> > > appreciated.
> > >
> > > Cheers
> > >
> > > Dave
> >
> > Connect the modem to the wall socket, connect the wireless
> > router
> > to the modem and put wireless cards in all the computers.
> > None
> > of the computers have to be on all the time.
>
> There's no modem... its an actual adsl socket in the wall that
> connects directly to the network card. Also, 2 of the computers
> are
> macs & 1 is a laptop

In that case all you need is a switch and a wireless access point
(WAP) and it doesn't matter if the computers are Apple or WinTel.

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Travis in Shoreline Washington