Laptop User wants to use my modem (cable Internet) with her wireless router

My daughter is coming for a long visit. She has a laptop computer and a
wireless router. She wants permission to use my cable modem to connect to
the Internet. She says all she has to do is hook up to my modem.

I can't believe that's all there is to it. I have no idea what kind of
laptop cable she plans to connect to my modem.

Can someone enlighten me? Is it just "unhook the modem from my desktop
machine and hook her laptop (computer?) (router?) to the modem?

5tulips
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In addition to the other answer, you really would be much safer behind a router
every day. ask your daughter to help you pick out a router for your own
permanent use.

On Sun, 6 Dec 2009 00:47:29 -0500, "5tulips" <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>Can someone enlighten me? Is it just "unhook the modem from my desktop
>machine and hook her laptop (computer?) (router?) to the modem?
Barb Bowman
MS-MVP
http://www.digitalmediaphile.com
http://digitalmediaphile.wordpress.com

Thank you seaweeds!. We should be able to take care of that. Just have to
check, then, with the ISP who installed the modem. I don't have any
documentation on security with that. I do have a system firewall. Will
check her computer for firewall also.
At least I have some idea of what's necessary. Again, thanks.
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5tulips



"seaweedsl" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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On Dec 5, 11:47 pm, "5tulips" <5tul...@discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote:
> My daughter is coming for a long visit. She has a laptop computer and a
> wireless router. She wants permission to use my cable modem to connect to
> the Internet. She says all she has to do is hook up to my modem.
>
> I can't believe that's all there is to it. I have no idea what kind of
> laptop cable she plans to connect to my modem.
>
> Can someone enlighten me? Is it just "unhook the modem from my desktop
> machine and hook her laptop (computer?) (router?) to the modem?
>
> 5tulips
> -----------

She has the right idea and that will be fine. As someone else said
indirectly, you really should have a firewall in your system in any
case. Ask your daughter to help make sure that your modem acts as a
firewall or that you get a reliable router with a firewall in your
system.

seaweedsl wrote:
> On Dec 6, 8:55 pm, "5tulips" <5tul...@discussions.microsoft.com>
> wrote:
>> Thank you seaweeds!. We should be able to take care of that. Just have to
>> check, then, with the ISP who installed the modem. I don't have any
>> documentation on security with that. I do have a system firewall. Will
>> check her computer for firewall also.
>> At least I have some idea of what's necessary. Again, thanks.
>> --
>
> To clarify, there are Local Network (LAN) firewalls and then there are
> individual firewalls on each PC. I'm talking (and probably Barb
> also) about the LAN firewall, which is included nowadays as part of
> any home router. This is the most important one.
>
> Whether your pc has an aftermarket software firewall installed or just
> uses the included Windows firewall (what I prefer) is another
> issue.
>
> Personally, I wouldn't trust the ISP's modem to act as a firewall even
> if they assured me that it does. I don't want them controlling the
> settings from afar to suit their needs. Just get your own router and
> put it inline. Your daughter will know how to do that.
>
> Steve
exactly

The visitor is here. My son sent us a graphic to demonstrate the simple
connection. We did it yesterday . Security is assured and it was a pretty
painless, 3 minute process. Thanks again.
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5tulips

"john" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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: seaweedsl wrote:
: > On Dec 6, 8:55 pm, "5tulips" <5tul...@discussions.microsoft.com>
: > wrote:
: >> Thank you seaweeds!. We should be able to take care of that. Just have
to
: >> check, then, with the ISP who installed the modem. I don't have any
: >> documentation on security with that. I do have a system firewall. Will
: >> check her computer for firewall also.
: >> At least I have some idea of what's necessary. Again, thanks.
: >> --
: >
: > To clarify, there are Local Network (LAN) firewalls and then there are
: > individual firewalls on each PC. I'm talking (and probably Barb
: > also) about the LAN firewall, which is included nowadays as part of
: > any home router. This is the most important one.
: >
: > Whether your pc has an aftermarket software firewall installed or just
: > uses the included Windows firewall (what I prefer) is another
: > issue.
: >
: > Personally, I wouldn't trust the ISP's modem to act as a firewall even
: > if they assured me that it does. I don't want them controlling the
: > settings from afar to suit their needs. Just get your own router and
: > put it inline. Your daughter will know how to do that.
: >
: > Steve
: exactly