.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? Quote Link to comment 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. Quote Link to comment 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. Quote Link to comment 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. Quote Link to comment 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. Quote Link to comment 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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