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    Is there a router that would...

    Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by voltaire, Mar 6, 2009.

  1. voltaire

    voltaire Notebook Consultant

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    allow you to access the internet without it connected to a base station? Right now the router is connected to my desktop and I access it wirelessly through my lappie. Is it possible to remove the desktop, install the router on this computer but still access the internet without a physical connection between router and laptop?
     
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    Hualsay Notebook Evangelist

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    I tried doing that several times, had no luck. I always had to gonnect it to the base then it'll give connection to the router. I called Time Warner cable and asked them they said nope. When I had verizon, they said the same thing :( .
     
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  3. nizzy1115

    nizzy1115 Notebook Prophet

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    Yes no router needs to be tied to a desktop computer. I dont understand why there would be an issue like Hualsay said. There is nothing in the design of a router that says it has to be directly connected to a desktop in order for a wireless computer to work...that makes no sense.
     
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    gerryf19 I am the walrus

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    You only need the connection on initial setup--I guess I don't understand the question...
     
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    No i think you do get it...its just that they both have the wrong idea on how a router works.
     
    nizzy1115, Mar 6, 2009
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    Sorry for the poor phrasing, you did answer my question though. :)
     
    voltaire, Mar 6, 2009
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