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    wireless router questions

    Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by japorm, Jan 7, 2008.

  1. japorm

    japorm Notebook Enthusiast

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    hey guys. sorry for not doing a search here. do i need a cable modem to connect to a wireless router. i'm living in an a college apartment and the internet is shared by everyone and the internet is really slow. theres a ethernet port on the wall, so do i just connect an ethernet cable to the wall and the wireless router then i can get wireless internet? back home i had a cable modem that's connected to the wireless router, so do i need one in order to do this? if i could do this thing, is getting one better or is it going to be the same speed as i had before without the wireless router. btw the isp for the apartment complex is a constituent of brighthouse network running at 10 mps. thanks for any replies
     
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  2. Lithus

    Lithus NBR Janitor

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    You need to connect it to a modem, or to something running off the modem. The speed won't improve.
     
    Lithus, Jan 7, 2008
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  3. lixuelai

    lixuelai Notebook Virtuoso NBR Reviewer

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    Lol how would you connect a modem to an ethernet jack?

    Anyway just connect a router directly to the ethernet jack. You will have WiFi. Your speed wont increase since you are still using the same internet connection.
     
    lixuelai, Jan 8, 2008
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  4. Lithus

    Lithus NBR Janitor

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    You can't. Though I've never seen an ethernet jack on a wall before.

    The point is that you need a modem somewhere in the connection before the router. Whether the router runs off the modem directly or through a switch doesn't matter.
     
    Lithus, Jan 8, 2008
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    blue68f100 Notebook Virtuoso

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    Not necessarly, Large networks like university and corporations and home users with FIOS do not use modems. They have a Fiber optic line, no modem just a transever. From there they may go through a server to handle the connections or to a switch. I have FIOS service to my house and have no Modem.
     
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    lixuelai Notebook Virtuoso NBR Reviewer

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    Exactly. Nearly all universities are like that so that students can access internal sites that is blocked from the outside and makes managing internet much easier than everyone having a different connection. Same with most companies.
     
    lixuelai, Jan 8, 2008
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    You've never been in a hotel room or dorm? An ethernet jack is much, much better than an unsecured, weak wifi connection.
     
    knightingmagic, Jan 8, 2008
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    Never thought of it that way. I was thinking "apartment" as a bunch of guys, randomly stringing wires.
     
    Lithus, Jan 8, 2008
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