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rob27
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Router troubles
      #221252 - Sun Sep 11 2005 12:58 PM

(have posted this in Networking, but thought i might get a better repsonse here)

Okay, essentially what I have is an ADSL connection, and a broadband router. I have a desktop PC and a laptop - the PC has an external modem but the laptop an inbuilt one.

What I have done is - connected the ADSL cable to the PC's modem (the modem is connected to the PC via a USB cable), had an ethernet cable from the modem to the router, and another ethernet cable from the router to the laptop. The laptop's internet worked, but desktop's did not.

I am wondering what sort of configuration could possibly work, using only the broadband router?! It can definitely be used with ADSL, as my laptop worked.

Would this work - ADSL connection to the modem, ethernet cable from modem to router, ethernet cables from router to desktop PC and laptop. ??? PLEASE HELP!


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Re: Router troubles [Re: rob27]
      #221311 - Sun Sep 11 2005 05:42 PM

Mate am in opposite boat, Broadband and ASDL router and its feeling no love for connecting. Maybe we should swap routers!

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Re: Router troubles [Re: Chorltonshark]
      #222091 - Wed Sep 14 2005 07:18 PM

i am a bit confused by your description. A normal connection for a single pc would be ....

pc ---------router ----------modem -------phone socket

to add a second pc plug that into the router as well.

pc -----------¬
pc ---------router ----------modem -------phone socket

use ethernet to connect to router if router has two ethernet connections available.


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