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Cable modem Ethernet and USB

William D Faris

01-12-2006

Re: Cable modem Ethernet and USB

$Bill

01-12-2006

Re: Cable modem Ethernet and USB

riggor99999

01-13-2006

Posted by William D Faris on January 12, 2006, 5:47 pm

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hello.

just wondering something. do not have the specific model name and numbers
of the cable modem ... but i have a friend with a cable modem and service
now with one PC. the pc is connected to the cable modem via a USB cable.
The cable modem also has a ethernet connector that is currently unused.
She wants to use her new laptop via wirelss so i am offering to help her
buy a router and stuff. But the PC does not have an ethernet card. So
the question is. Can the cable modem work with both a USB cable plugged
into it and a wireless router plugged into the ethernet at the same time?

Will

Posted by $Bill on January 12, 2006, 8:04 pm

William D Faris wrote:

> hello.

> just wondering something. do not have the specific model name and numbers

> of the cable modem ... but i have a friend with a cable modem and service

> now with one PC. the pc is connected to the cable modem via a USB cable.

> The cable modem also has a ethernet connector that is currently unused.

> She wants to use her new laptop via wirelss so i am offering to help her

> buy a router and stuff. But the PC does not have an ethernet card. So

> the question is. Can the cable modem work with both a USB cable plugged

> into it and a wireless router plugged into the ethernet at the same time?

That would probably depend on the modem, but I wouldn't do that anyway.

What I would do:

1) Get a wireless G router that has a 4-port ethernet switch (not a B
router and none of the super G etc stuff).

2) Connect the PC to the switch using ethernet (drop the USB crap).
If you don't have an ethernet card on the PC they're only $10-20 or
you could also go wireless if you don't want to have the router near
the PC for $20-40.

3) Get a wireless card for the laptop if it doesn't already have one.
Same brand as router if possible.

4) The brand should be Netgear or Linksys (my preference) and the
router should be avail. for $30 for Netgear and $40 for Linksys on
sale almost every week at one store or another.

5) Follow instructions with router for setup.

Posted by riggor99999 on January 13, 2006, 5:46 am