Hi all,
I have just moved into hall's at uni and we each have internet allocation but it's just on a network and comes to the room through a cat 5 cable. Is there anyway I can get a wireless router that runs off cat 5? so I plug the cat 5 in opposed to the adsl and then it distrobutes it from that?
thanks.
P.S I only have the lan cable coming to my room, nothing else.
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You mention adsl, do u have an adsl there atm?
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No, you do not want a router. You need a switch. Most universities say its against the rules to put a router on the network. You should check with them for the wireless part. But a switch will let you make that connection into many so all your computers can be wired into it.
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yer ive got an adsl router i brought it with me but there are no adsl connectors in here just the lan cat 5 cable
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AKAJohnDoe Mime with Tourette's
Your LAN cable (CAT5) is probably simple ethernet. You just need a wireless Access Point. Most accept CAT5 as the signal source.
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Right, but before you do that, make sure your school allows it because most dont. If they dont, you can only get a switch to split the connection.
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blue68f100 Notebook Virtuoso
A AP and/or a switch will/should meet your schools req. Neither have a FW and they still control Access (DHCP) to there network.
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But even if you get a router, you dont want it setup as a default router because there is already a router on the network handing out ip address through dhcp.
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AKAJohnDoe Mime with Tourette's
That was my point about using an AP. You want DHCP, but you do not need (nor want) a router. In fact, from what I am reading here, you may not be allowed to add a router. Check to see if an AP is allowed. A switch is your fallback. I have a little travel router that can be used in AP mode, a D-Link DWL-G730AP. They are $50 or so.
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ok guys thanks very much <3
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Cat 5 router
Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by fusioncell, Sep 14, 2008.