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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You need to connect it to a modem, or to something running off the modem. The speed won't improve.
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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. -
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. -
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wireless router questions
Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by japorm, Jan 7, 2008.