router help needed

Hi, I want a router so that I can plug my DSL cable from my telehone socket to my router then an ethernet cable from my router to my PC. I also need to then have a wireless conection from the router to my laptop about 15m away, what do I need to buy?
I use at the moment a BT voyager 205 that only provides an ethernet connection to my PC though and I want to be able to use my laptop aswell with WIFI.

 

there are a bunch of wifi routers out there. you could go ethernet from your current router to both your computer and a wireless router (assuming the router has more than one ethernet port).

i have a linksys wrt54g and it works well, the setup wasn't exactly plug and play, though. there may be routers that are easier to set up out there. i've only used a netgear and a linksys so that's the extent of my knowledge. the netgear crapped out on my- that's why i have the linksys. it was about 50 bucks. what i would suggest is going to a site like newegg and checking the ratings for a router before you buy it. one thing you will want to watch for- do you have a wireless n card? if not, buying one of the new wireless n routers won't benefit you.

also, if you do have a wireless n card and router- i don't think it will speed up your internet surfing any. the absurd transfer rate is for a local network connection. i guess if you are going to be sending huge files from your laptop to your desktop it could be of use...

word.

 

two paths to enlightment :
1. Get a Wireless Access Point that plugs into your existing router
2. get a wireless router (probably cheaper, because these have sales, AP's are pretty much phased out execpt in office enviornments)

 

You need a DSL modem+router and a wireless access point+router.

The DSL modem+router should have been provided by your DSL ISP. They may have provided you with a DSL modem+wireless router, which would mean you already have what you need.

 

the bt router I have only has 1 ethernet port and 1 USB port and is not wireless so just to clarify what do I need?

 

I would replace your BT device you've got now with one of these , it'll probably be the simplest fix for you, as it has both DSL modem capabilities and wireless broadcast up to 50m indoors, as well as Ethernet ports for your wired desktop, so you will hopefully need only one device. The second choice would be to get a wireless router without DSL capabilities (most routers, unlike the ones I have linked, do not have a built-in modem), which will most likely be less expensive but will require you keep your current wired Voyager to be the DSL modem. You would plug the wireless router into the DSL modem attached to the phone cord, and then from it run the Ethernet cord to your wired machine.

Clear as mud?

 

OK, so the DSL cable would go from my phone socket to my bt voyager 205 router plugged into the DSL port, then a cable would go from my bt voyager 205 router to my wireless router, then an ethernet cable would go from my wireless router to my PC. Is this correct and what cable and which port would be used to link the bt voyager 205 router and the wireless router?

Would this setup work with this router
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Linksys-Com...5?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1189419227&sr=1-4
or this one
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Buffalo-WHR...5?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1189419227&sr=1-5

 

Exactly correct: the DSL line into the BT Voyager's DSL port, and then an Ethernet cable from your wireless router to your desktop. As to which cable to join the BT and the new wireless router, my guess would be an Ethernet cable to join the Voyager and the wireless router you choose, this is the most common kind of connection.

I am not very familiar with those routers but they should be fine, I believe that Buffalo is a more reliable and powerful brand than Linksys (I myself have a cranky Netgear that I keep babying along because when it works it's grand but it keeps having fits and needing to be rebooted. I would not recommend Netgear.)

 

k, thanks will go with the buffalo i think

 

Why don't you give BT a call and ask them their current conditions on the BT Hub? Does everything except for the dishes and the new black edition looks rather sleek..