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Hi,
I have recently set up wireless through virgin media. I have a cable modem, netgear router and a net gea adapter. I have been told that i shouldnt need to have the white coax cable conneced to the back of the cable modem in order to have wireless as this defeats the object. If this is true, then why is it that when i unscrew the coax cable from the cable modem i am unable to get a webpage..?
Please help!!
Thank You!!
Hi,
I have recently set up wireless through virgin media. I have a cable modem, netgear router and a net gea adapter. I have been told that i shouldnt need to have the white coax cable conneced to the back of the cable modem in order to have wireless as this defeats the object. If this is true, then why is it that when i unscrew the coax cable from the cable modem i am unable to get a webpage..?
Please help!!
Thank You!!
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Hi and welcome to CF!
Whoever said that you don't need the coax cable doesn't know what he is talking about!
The cable is needed to bring the Internet to your modem. This is passed to the router. The router then converts it into 'wireless' so your machine can pick it up.
So the only bit that is 'wireless' is in your house. All the rest needs wires.
thanks harry youve definitly made things clearer now.
At the moment my lounge is a through lounge but will be divided into a lounge and study Therefore will the cable modem and router be able to get a signal through to the study ??
thanks harry youve definitly made things clearer now.
At the moment my lounge is a through lounge but will be divided into a lounge and study Therefore will the cable modem and router be able to get a signal through to the study ??
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It depends on what the new partition is made of.
Usualy it is a fairly light set of materials - wooded battens and plasterboard, so there shouldn't be much problem. Even if it was a double-brick wall it would probably be OK with such a short distance.
ok thats great then ...so all i will need to do is keep the modem and router in the living area, and my adapter will pick up a signal in the partitioned area?
ok thats great then ...so all i will need to do is keep the modem and router in the living area, and my adapter will pick up a signal in the partitioned area?
The router is plugged into the phone socket, the ariel is plugged into the nic on the pc.
Once you have it setup thats it.
My wireless setup for my broadband included the fact I had to set it up wired first untill the software installation was complete before I could become wireless, this may be the case with your ISP too.
The router is plugged into the phone socket, the ariel is plugged into the nic on the pc.
Once you have it setup thats it.
My wireless setup for my broadband included the fact I had to set it up wired first untill the software installation was complete before I could become wireless, this may be the case with your ISP too.
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The router is not plugged into the phone socket, you are thinking about ADSL.
The coax cable is what connects the modem to the cable network.
31-Oct-2007, 07:59 PM
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