wireless help ??

[jellybaby]

i got a virgin cable modem thingy and i want wireless and to keep the main computer pluged in with the ethernet cable. is it just a matter of swaping the virgin router for a cable wireless router or does the virgin router connect to a wireless router some way. then i just need a cheep and easy to set up router. cheers

[Drift]

Thats your moden, you need that, you plug your router into that, they come with instructions real easy to set up.
Get in touch with Virgin they give out free routers

[jellybaby]

right so its a ethernet net cable that connects the modem to the wireless router then

[Drift]

Yes, think thats the name.

That blue cable goes from the modem to the router then another goes from the router to the pc.

[jellybaby]

sounds easy enough cheers ste

[Drift]

No probs, but give Virgin a call, cant do any harm as Im pretty sure they still give them out, before I got 50meg I called saying I didnt know they where giving away free routers and I had bought one, they credited my bill back £40

[jellybaby]

guess who im phoneing monday

[Alchamist]

If you have a wireless cable router, then normally there is a dedicated socket on the router for you to connect to the modem (with the standard ethernet cable). If you try just jumping the modem to the router/switch/hub/whatever, then it most likely won't work as the modem will only support a single connection. The cable routers take that connection and shares it between your home network, but a "normal" router doesn't know how to do that.

[Wilberforce]

If you have a wireless cable router, then normally there is a dedicated socket on the router for you to connect to the modem (with the standard ethernet cable). If you try just jumping the modem to the router/switch/hub/whatever, then it most likely won't work as the modem will only support a single connection. The cable routers take that connection and shares it between your home network, but a "normal" router doesn't know how to do that.

Presumably you mean to make sure that the cable modem is connected to the port marked "internet" or suchlike on the router, and the client pcs are plugged into ones marked "lan" or suchlike (4 seems to be a comon number). My Uncle's place is on that principle - cable modem to router, then 2 client pc's and a wireless point plugged into the Lan ports.

[jellybaby]

So what is it I need got the modem thingy in the pics above diagrams and pictures work well computers and me don't mix well

[Sir-Doris]

If you have a wireless cable router, then normally there is a dedicated socket on the router for you to connect to the modem (with the standard ethernet cable). If you try just jumping the modem to the router/switch/hub/whatever, then it most likely won't work as the modem will only support a single connection. The cable routers take that connection and shares it between your home network, but a "normal" router doesn't know how to do that.

What he said

[Alchamist]

So what is it I need got the modem thingy in the pics above diagrams and pictures work well computers and me don't mix well

You want something like this

[Wilberforce]

So what is it I need got the modem thingy in the pics above diagrams and pictures work well computers and me don't mix well

You want something like this

Expensive though... But will do the job more'n adequately..

[Alchamist]

Expensive yes, but that's cos it's on the PC World website ... get the model and search e-bay, aria, overclockers etc

[Sir-Doris]

Jelly Bean, I have a wireless netgear cable router, its only wireless B but would be fine for browsing tinternet and wot nots. Its old but it does the job, yours for beer and postage.

[jellybaby]

cheers doris but gonna give virgin a shout see if they'll send me a free one first

[Sir-Doris]

No worries bud. Its been sitting unused for a few years, hate chucking stuff out.

[Drift]

I have a brand new D-Link N router here but it doesnt work, Virgin gave it me with the 50meg but it wouldnt power up, got warm but no lights, they sent me another a day later so got this one here if anyone can make use of it, fix it or the like, my feeling is its the power receiver thats faulty in the router unit.