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Laptop broadband - UPC plug and play?!

  • 02-07-2010 8:42pm
    #1
    sticker
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    Hey all,

    I bought a new laptop today for my wife. I have a desktop in the house with a UPC 24meg hardline modem. (It's not wireless.)

    I have a seperate wireless modem from UPC - that they gave it to me a few months back during a routine check on the line.

    Can I simply plug the wireless modem into a UPC port elsewhere in the house and the laptop will recieve a web signal?

    Thanks in advance!


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  • #2
    Spear
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    sticker wrote: »
    Hey all,

    I bought a new laptop today for my wife. I have a desktop in the house with a UPC 24meg hardline modem. (It's not wireless.)

    I have a seperate wireless modem from UPC - that they gave it to me a few months back during a routine check on the line.

    Can I simply plug the wireless modem into a UPC port elsewhere in the house and the laptop will recieve a web signal?

    Thanks in advance!

    From what you've said, no, it shouldn't work. Only one MAC address is associated with your account, and only one modem and will be allowed on the network.


  • #3
    sticker
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    Spear wrote: »
    From what you've said, no, it shouldn't work. Only one MAC address is associated with your account, and only one modem and will be allowed on the network.

    My main PC (custom built) does not have a wireless capability. What are my options then?!


  • #4
    Spear
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    sticker wrote: »
    My main PC (custom built) does not have a wireless capability. What are my options then?!

    Either add wireless capability, either by a wifi adapter, or alternately you could use another wireless router in bridge/WDS mode to connect to the UPC router. You could run some ethernet cables, but I suspect you'll want to avoid that. There's also the option of Homeplugs to use you electrical cabling as network cabling.


  • #5
    Snowbat
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    If they gave you a wireless modem/router, why didn't they set it up for you? The model mentioned here has 4 ethernet ports in addition to wireless. If you get in touch with UPC and give them the MAC address of the wireless modem, they should be able to configure your account to use that instead of the non-wireless model.


  • #6
    sticker
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    The hardline modem was acting up so they brought the wireless, we got the hardline router working so they just left the wireless in the event that I needed it.

    This is the wireless modem I have:
    http://www.netgear.com/Products/WirelessRouter/WirelessRoutersforSimpleSharing/WGR614.aspx

    I have a scientific atlantica hardline modem (non-wireless) routed into a splitter/router here:
    http://www.netgear.com/Products/Switches/DesktopSwitches/FS105.aspx

    Can I simply "add" the wireless modem to the router above in an external port and would it distribute the signal to the wireless router to the new laptop?

    Thanks again!


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  • #7
    Spear
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    sticker wrote: »
    The hardline modem was acting up so they brought the wireless, we got the hardline router working so they just left the wireless in the event that I needed it.

    This is the wireless modem I have:
    http://www.netgear.com/Products/WirelessRouter/WirelessRoutersforSimpleSharing/WGR614.aspx

    I have a scientific atlantica hardline modem (non-wireless) routed into a splitter/router here:
    http://www.netgear.com/Products/Switches/DesktopSwitches/FS105.aspx

    Can I simply "add" the wireless modem to the router above in an external port and would it distribute the signal to the wireless router to the new laptop?

    Thanks again!

    So the wireless router is purely a router. In that case you can simply connect the WAN port to the cable modem and connect wirelessly to the Netgear instead.


  • #8
    sticker
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,056 ✭✭✭sticker


    Spear wrote: »
    So the wireless router is purely a router. In that case you can simply connect the WAN port to the cable modem and connect wirelessly to the Netgear instead.

    Did it and it worked - many thanks indeed!


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