-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Shoot! -My modem is not good for wyfi?

  • From: "bookworm54 tds.net" <bookworm54@xxxxxxx>
  • To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2009 21:41:59 -0400

Greywoulf,
All you need to do is get a wireless router and hook your modem to it, then
the laptop picks up off the router. That's the way my DSL is set up.

Jo Ann

On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 9:07 PM, DO1212SK <do1212sk@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> HI
> I'm very happy with my 6 year old e-Machines desktop, using WinXP and basic
> Verizon DSL. However me ol' lady now wants an added laptop, and she wants
> it
> wireless... ">(
> However Verizon has informed me that my current DSL modem, the Westall
> 6100,
> is not set up for wireless and I would have to switch from regular DSL to
> Fios to get the correct  modem from them.
> But I don't want to do this! No way! -I'm quite content with basic DSL
> speeds and have absolutely no reason to want to pay more every month for
> Fios..
> But never having gone wireless before, I'm wondering if I can buy my own
> new
> modem to use for a wyfi setup of a new laptop, and whether I need anything
> else, like a "router" maybe, to do this?
> Right now our house phone line has a splitter, with one line going to the
> phones in the house, and the other going to the DSL Westall 6100 modem for
> the PC. What else would I have to get now to hook up a wyfi laptop?
> Much thanks.... ">})
> Greywoulf
>
>
>
>


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