-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Shoot! -My modem is not good for wyfi?
- From: "recklessmaverick@xxxxxxxxxx" <recklessmaverick@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 12:48:48 -0400
After reading Gman's reply to your question I am not real sure that I
know what I am talking about. That said, here goes:
The 10/100 ethernet has the RJ45 socket to connect either a router or a
modem to. Which one you connect is determined by the equipment and
method of connection desired.
Every router I have ever seen has at least four RJ45 sockets available
for connecting equipment to a network. I have never seen a combo
modem/router so I can not speak to that.
A typical network to share a broadband internet connection consists of
the following:
a cable from the wall socket, whether DSL or cable, to a modem. From
the modem to a router. From the router to the various computers. The
connection from the router to the computers can be via ethernet cable
(most secure and required for initial setup of router) or wireless.
Judging from Gman's response, Verizon (or maybe all DSL ISPs now) may
have complicated things and require a combo modem/router for use with
their system. They might also require, in some unknown way, the upgrade
to FiOS to be compatible with the modem. A person with more knowledge
of DSL, FiOS and Verizon will need to address this issue.
Once connected to the network by cable you may keep your emachine
connected via that cable. It is not required that any computer be
connected wireless unless you so desire. Most people with laptops do so
desire. Most laptops, and the newer it is the more "most" it will be,
have a wireless adapter built-in. Typically this will be a generic
brand 802.11b/g. Some newer ones, within the last few months, are now
including the draft 802.11n standard also.
Your wired emachine and the laptop can connect simultaneously to the
router and/or combo unit. It is not necessary to purchase a new adapter
for the emachine unless you want to make it wireless.
If you can make do with the existing modem, you will need to buy a
router. If you must buy a stand alone modem you will also need a
router. If you buy a combo modem/router you will not need to buy a
stand alone router assuming the unit has at least one RJ45 socket on it.
WARNING: I am treading in new territory. My comments are general in
nature and must be combined with input from someone more knowledgeable
about DSL/FiOS/Verizon and combo modem/routers.
Don
DO1212SK wrote:
> Okay Don, thanks...
> My older workhorse PC is an eMachines T3114 with added RAM. Info sticker
> says it has a " 56K ITU V92 Ready/Fax modem" and a network setup called
> "10/100 Ethernet LAN For DSL or Cable Connectivity".
> So does that include a wireless capability so I could make both it and the
> new laptop wyfi? Or if not, could I then keep it still on "the wire" from a
> new wyfi capable modem while installing and using an addl wyfi laptop?
>
> IOWs, If I buy a new wyfi capable modem with a RJ45 socket, (and I suspect
> I'll have to), then can this modem also still hook up to a PC that requires
> a "wire"? (-I don't really feel all that secure about opening my PC's case
> to install another adapter card, and taking the big case to a PC shop is a
> bit expensive and a minor hassle that I'd like to avoid if I can..?)
> Also, if I do buy the new modem, do I then also have to get a router also?
> And does this router then go before or after the modem in the data flow
> chain?
>
> I suspect none of this is terribly difficult, but I'm the type who needs to
> get the details straight in his mind or else I'll be running back and forth
> to the PC store buying and returning things! ">})
>
> And the FIOS ISP may indeed be a good improvement for some, but I agree with
> you that it costs too damn much! Also, if I don't need it, I don't like
> being told by any corporation that "I have to buy it!" (Which is also why I
> still use and luv WinXP. -I'm a real Luddite, I guess..!)
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