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Old 11-May-2005, 14:30
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Is this what i want then?

BUFFALO - AIRSTATION 54MBPS WIRELESS CABLE/DSL BROADBAND ROUTER

from PC World, £30.13 on line price (collect in store like weeks said!!)
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Old 11-May-2005, 14:53
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For your network, you need a modem to connect the outside world (your phone line) to your PC and allow you to use broadband.

You already have one of these as you're using broadband.

A router is something which can connect multiple machines together, and then route them on to another destination.

You can buy a combined modem/router which is basically a single box with lots of ports in it, for you to connect multiple PCs into and they all share the internet connection through the modem.

If your modem has the appropriate ports to connect a router to it (usually via an ethernet (aka Network) cable) then there's no reason why the router won't accept the wireless connection and route it through the modem and out to t'intarweb.

You might want to check that you haven't got something silly (ie, cheap!) like a USB modem as you probably won't be able to connect the wireless router to it.

This article explains it all in Microsoft jargon with pretty pictures:
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/more...lesssetup.mspx
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Old 11-May-2005, 15:00
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Are you on Cable/DSL or BT/Telephone line ADSL?

If Cable/DSL then I'd say that should work, if not you're going to need a ADSL modem/router combo.

54Mbps is OK, but 108Mbps is the current standard, depending on what you're future plans are might be worth looking at that, won't make any odds with your "slow" 11Mbps w/card though, that will be the bottleneck
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I have the standard USB modem that wandoo give you connected to the phone line. So i need an ADSL router rather than a DSL router?
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Old 11-May-2005, 15:48
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Yup ADSL modem/router
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Old 11-May-2005, 16:22
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Actually I disagree. There's no reason why you can't plug a router into the existing modem - that's what they're for.
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Actually I disagree. There's no reason why you can't plug a router into the existing modem - that's what they're for.

Do they have routers with a USB network port? To accomodate this setup? I haven't seen one but it's not as though I'm out looking at these things regularly.

If they don't the combo ADSL modem/router would be my method of choice, otherwise you'd need to use the PC hosting the USB modem as a router. I'd rather not do that.
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Old 11-May-2005, 16:26
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USB Modem?

Do routers have a USB input? why have two boxes a USB to CAT5 converter, CAT5 cable, when you can have one? and non of the associated problems/compatibility between them....
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Old 11-May-2005, 16:34
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oops - missed the USB bit. My bad.

I did mention this above before - if it's USB then you'll need to replace it.
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I'd recommend one of these - it's a modem/router with built in wireless:
http://www.dsl-warehouse.co.uk/product.asp?pr=DG834GV2
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