.josh Posted August 24, 2007 Share Posted August 24, 2007 Okay so I have a dumb question. Currently I have 2 computers hooked up to the internet. The current setup is that I have a wirED router connected to a cable modem, and the 2 computers connected to the router. Recently my mom sent me her old laptop. I would like to be able to wireLESSly connect this to the internet. So my question is this: Can I do this without getting a wireless router for all 3 computers? cuz I know that performance will suffer on the 2 desktops if I do that. I was hoping there was some kind of device that I could hook up to one of the available slots on the router that would interact with the laptop's built in wireless card, but I have no idea if some such device exists. Failing that, I thought maybe I could buy a wireless router, but instead of hooking all 3 computers to it, maybe I could hook it up to the wired router, to act as afformentioned device, for the laptop. Thoughts? Suggestions? Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/66520-home-network/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
roopurt18 Posted August 24, 2007 Share Posted August 24, 2007 I think most wireless routers come with a set of wired jacks as well. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/66520-home-network/#findComment-333112 Share on other sites More sharing options...
akitchin Posted August 24, 2007 Share Posted August 24, 2007 I think most wireless routers come with a set of wired jacks as well. in fact, i think you'd be hard-pressed to find a wireless router that DOESN'T have cat5 ports as well. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/66520-home-network/#findComment-333121 Share on other sites More sharing options...
GingerRobot Posted August 24, 2007 Share Posted August 24, 2007 Just to add, you can connect a wireless router to a wired router...thats how mine's set up at home. We already had a wired modem router, then got a laptop. My dad bought a wireless router thinking it also had a modem in it, but it didn't. Never got round to buying a wireless modem router, so it's stayed that way ever since. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/66520-home-network/#findComment-333160 Share on other sites More sharing options...
zq29 Posted August 24, 2007 Share Posted August 24, 2007 ...or you could just buy a wireless access point, that'll plug into one of your cat5 sockets and add wireless connectivity to your network. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/66520-home-network/#findComment-333204 Share on other sites More sharing options...
.josh Posted August 25, 2007 Author Share Posted August 25, 2007 ...or you could just buy a wireless access point, that'll plug into one of your cat5 sockets and add wireless connectivity to your network. Ah so that's what it's called. I knew there had to be something like that out there. Okay so I been googling that and it seems those things cost about the same as just buying a wireless router. I'm going to assume that overall performance would be better if I had one device (wireless router w/ a couple of cat5 ports) for all 3, rather than hooking up several devices to each other, so I guess I'll go shopping for a wireless router then. thanks all for the help Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/66520-home-network/#findComment-333828 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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