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Diff b/w wireless bb router and a wireless cable router

Oct 29, 2004 12:53AM PDT

Is there a difference b/w a wireless router that will hok up to a broadband modem connection and one that will link to a cable modem connection ?

I was planning to buy the linksys wrt 54gs but i have a broadband modem which connects to the telephone jack at one end and to the rj45 jack on my notebook for which i also need to buy a nic card. is that the correct one to buy ?

Thanks !

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Re: Diff b/w wireless bb router and a wireless cable router
Oct 29, 2004 1:31AM PDT

"Is there a difference b/w a wireless router that will hok up to a broadband modem connection and one that will link to a cable modem connection ?"

What models are you looking at? The Dlink/Linksys and others don't make any distinction here.

"I was planning to buy the linksys wrt 54gs but i have a broadband modem which connects to the telephone jack at one end and to the rj45 jack on my notebook for which i also need to buy a nic card. is that the correct one to buy ?"

Yes. But the rj45 on the notebook will still be used so you don't need that nic card.

Bob

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Re: Diff b/w wireless bb router and a wireless cable router
Oct 29, 2004 1:41AM PDT

ok thanks !