Wirelessing a BB connection

splay

Guys Hi,

I am new to wireless and have a question.

I thought I could buy a Wireless Router, plug in the telephone line, plug in the laptop & configure the router, then disconnect the laptop and use my wireless card to access the BB with the router sitting there not connected to a pc.

I was in Maplins this morning looking at a router and asked the guy, can I do this? He said, "Well yes but its a lot of hassel".

Can I do this?

Im pretty good with PC's, I promise

thanks

yossarin

how.

is um heap big piece of piss. big chief yossarin say Maplins guy not good with computers. don't trust devil man

do it - theres even an bunch of previous posts here comparing best routers to use for this setup. There are security concerns (sharing your connection, etc.), but these can be fairly well mitigated.

seamus

splay wrote:

Guys Hi,

I am new to wireless and have a question.

I thought I could buy a Wireless Router, plug in the telephone line, plug in the laptop & configure the router, then disconnect the laptop and use my wireless card to access the BB with the router sitting there not connected to a pc.

I was in Maplins this morning looking at a router and asked the guy, can I do this? He said, "Well yes but its a lot of hassel".

Can I do this?

Im pretty good with PC's, I promise

thanks

DSL Connection, yeah?

Easy peasy.

Some Wireless routers are router/modem combos, whereas some are just broadband routers.

The difference being that the combo just plugs straight into the phone line, and does all the config for you, whereas the plain broadband router must be plugged into the DSL modem.
The vast majority of broadband routers require an ethernet connection to the modem, some may be USB, I'm not sure, but some modems that are supplied by Eircom or whoever are USB only.

I have NTL, so I'm not too sure about that, someone else here should know about it....

splay

I knew it.

I was chattin to our network guy in work and he said, yeah, thats the way its done.

So Im off now to get myself a Wireless BB router and give it a shot.

Wont be visiting Maplins

Do you have any links to the udder threads about this.


Thanks agai.

splay

seamus wrote:

DSL Connection, yeah?

Easy peasy.

Some Wireless routers are router/modem combos, whereas some are just broadband routers.

Thats brill, seeing as I already have the BB modem (IOL with Ethernet) I might just get the Wireless router, I think they are cheaper than the Router/Modem combo.

And thats it then, Im away ??

Cheers

yossarin

yes.

you may need to do a little configuration of the router. they seem to all be configurable via a web interface - http://192.168.0.1 (check the manual with the router). nothing major though, tick a few boxes.

you may *want* to set a few security options on the router, just to make sure that your neighbour can't use it.


ps, off the top of my head:
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=182182

splay

Bloody brilliant lads.

thanks for the advice.

Will get back and let you know how it goes.

HelterSkelter

Go for it, it's piss easy.

I got my router (3com office connect) with a free laptop card from these guys http://www.dsl-warehouse.ie/ . It was my first time to buy anything other than CD's over the net so I was a bit concerned but the goods arrived in under a week with no problems whatsoever.

seamus

yossarin wrote:

yes.

you may need to do a little configuration of the router. they seem to all be configurable via a web interface - http://192.168.0.1 (check the manual with the router). nothing major though, tick a few boxes.

you may *want* to set a few security options on the router, just to make sure that your neighbour can't use it.

^^
What he said. Companies have copped on now that entry-level networking gear is no longer the domain of lonely nerds or obsessed techies wiring all the appliances in their house together. Most entry-level routers come with simple step-by-step guides.
The one I have comes with a wizard, so you just plug in your modem, click on the wizard, stick in your login/username, and hey presto! Of course, I didn't use the wizard, cos I'm 1337. I configured mine by using a multimeter to change the voltage across the relevant transistors.

Jaden

How does did you achieve a significant voltage change within a transistor using a multimeter? Measure yes, change, no.

seamus

Jaden wrote:

How does did you achieve a significant voltage change within a transistor using a multimeter? Measure yes, change, no.

I rewired it.

Now, no more questions.

splay

Got it done lads.

popped into Harvey Norman and picked up a Belkin ADSL Router €130

Stuck it in, did the 168.121... config and all was well.

had to set the VPI & VCI settings, but udder dan dat no probs.

Easy peasy