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

(E-Mail Removed) wrote:
> 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
>

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.

http://www.homenethelp.com/web/explain/about-NAT.asp

http://netsecurity.about.com/cs/wire...aa112203_2.htm

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

Duane

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?

(E-Mail Removed) wrote:
> 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.

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.

>
> 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?
>

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

Duane

On Tue, 18 Apr 2006 14:08:38 GMT, Duane Arnold
<""Yep-Don't-Bother\"@You-got-it-right@.BET"> wrote:

>(E-Mail Removed) wrote:
>> 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.
>
>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.
>
>>
>> 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?
>>
>
>Someone else is going to have to answer that as I have only used cable
>BB when using a router.

You cannot have two ADSL modems connected to a phone line, neither
will work.

thanks for confirming this!