Yes, Frank. If you have CAT5 cable going from the desktop to the modem/router, the desktop is hard-wired. Pick it up and try to carry it to another room. Second thought, just take my word for it. :) We wouldn't want ya havin surgery like John. =-O
I have a question that's similar to this, but I'm gonna have to think it out before I can explain it. Hang on for a minit.... There. I think I can explain it now. It deals with having 2 connections...one would be my DSL line (which is incredibly slow by today's standards) with fixed IP address for my web server box only. The other would be fiber optic for the remainder of my network. I know I could do this by leaving the DSL modem in place and connecting the 32-port router to the output side of the fiber optic modem. But then we'd have a little trouble managing my server, since I've locked it down pretty right and don't even have an ftp service running on it. So I'm wondering if it's possible to run 2 NICs on my "mainframe" with one connected to the fiber network (fixed IP isn't an option, since the company that runs it around here...one of the former Baby Bells...has an apparently incestuous relationship with Micro$oft and requires that fiber customers use that connection. I know I could shitcan my baby server and put the numerous domains I administer onto a different host, but that still puts my data into someone else's hands. Someone I dislike and don't trust, btw.
I think that pretty much sums up the situation I have now. One thing I like about the current setup (ClarkConnect) is that allows me to access data on the server just as if it was a remote disk drive. I can just drag and drop files via Explorer and it's done. I know I'd have to pay for 2 services, but at the moment, I can't think of any other way to keep my internal LAN connected, yet have one part of it connected to the DSL and the other connected via fiber.
I have a WAP that I use for running my laptop upstairs and zoning out to old documentaries...history, religion, geography and even automobile and racing history. The only problem is that I can't run any speed faster than 320p, cuz it chokes in the DSL link, which is maxed out at 1.2 ghz. Might have been at one point, but it ain't cuttin it now.
Anyway, everything else is hard wired. I'm thinkin about buyin a tablet and hanging it on the wall in the bathroom...if you can picture that. I know, it's not pretty.
Any thoughts? r On 11/27/2012 5:22 AM, STILLFRANKSFAULT@xxxxxxx wrote:
I have a router question. I have my PC hard wired now and would like to keep it that way. If I get a wireless modem can I plug my PC into the modem and it would be considered hard wired? Then the wireless function would pickup the wife's tablet?Smokey Mt Frank
