Hi,
I have cable internet from Comcast, they installed a wireless router during my installation but the router is terrible. I want to upgrade my router by buying the best router on the market. However, all the routers on the market don’t have a cable outlet on the back like the one I have, although almost all wireless routers out there claim to work with both cable and dsl. So my question is how do I get these routers to work with cable without having a cable outlet on the back? Is there an adapter?
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Thanks for the quick reply…I guess a couple of you got confused with what I was asking. As one of you stated, the router and cable modem are combined, so everything is done from one unit.
One of you mentioned that I can simply get any router on the market, use my current all in one unit as a modem and my new router as a wireless router via an ethernet cable.
Is this right?
Note: I’m not new to pc and not calling any router company because I want to talk to someone who understands what am asking.
I have three PC’s networked with a wireless router at home. (Netgear 54Mbps Wireless ADSL Firewall Router). This router is a combination of five products – ADSL 2 +modem+router+firewall+802.11g access point and a four port Ethernet switch.
Two of the comps are wireless connected, while one is wired. The wireless connected PC’s have a wireless antenna each that receives the signals.
Has the installation and configuration been done correctly?
Why not ask your new router vendor to look into the problem?
As far as the cable outlets are concerned, the jack has to crimped on to the wire and then connected, else use an adaptor. Repeat for this too Why not ask your new router vendor to look into the problem?
(My arrangement cost me about Rs.6000/- in India, that’s about US$130 to 150/- and included free installation by the vendor, including a wire of 5 meter (15 feet) Length and matching jacks at each end – that’s about 9 months ago.)
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All da best! Hope this helped!
if each pc got it wireless card or adapter then no worries
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I have three PC’s networked with a wireless router at home. (Netgear 54Mbps Wireless ADSL Firewall Router). This router is a combination of five products – ADSL 2 +modem+router+firewall+802.11g access point and a four port Ethernet switch.
Two of the comps are wireless connected, while one is wired. The wireless connected PC’s have a wireless antenna each that receives the signals.
Has the installation and configuration been done correctly?
Why not ask your new router vendor to look into the problem?
As far as the cable outlets are concerned, the jack has to crimped on to the wire and then connected, else use an adaptor. Repeat for this too Why not ask your new router vendor to look into the problem?
(My arrangement cost me about Rs.6000/- in India, that’s about US$130 to 150/- and included free installation by the vendor, including a wire of 5 meter (15 feet) Length and matching jacks at each end – that’s about 9 months ago.)
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All da best! Hope this helped!
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You need to differentiate between the router and modem. Sometimes they are all in one, sometimes they are not. If you’ve had a wireless cable router/modem installed, you could just connect this with an ethernet cable to any other wireless router you care to buy and then use this (your original bit of kit would simply be working as a modem in this case). I recomend Xyzel wireless routers by the way – top products.
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computer.howstuffworks.com/home-network.htm
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You have the modem confused with a router. Some ISPs combine both but most have a standard modem that a router is connected to. The modem will have to have a ethernet port for you to be able to connect a router to it. If your cable modem only has a USB port you will need another modem.
I could explain the concept to you but would not do as good of a job as in the following link.
It is very simple thought, modem–>router (wireless)–>computers. It’s really no more complicated than that.
As far as the best router made. That is not neccessary. One of the ones listed below will do fine for a home LAN. The last link is of a very good wifi card for your computers that do not have one.
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