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ADSL wireless Router as just a wireless router
Hi there,
I moved to a new house that has cable installed for internet. It has a modem already. Can I use a 3Com ADSL Wirelss 11g Firewall Router as just a router for my internet connection. I need it to connected an old laptop to the internet that doesn;t have a network port.
many thanks
I moved to a new house that has cable installed for internet. It has a modem already. Can I use a 3Com ADSL Wirelss 11g Firewall Router as just a router for my internet connection. I need it to connected an old laptop to the internet that doesn;t have a network port.
many thanks
Steven Vona
Some ADSL routers are ADSL/Cable routers. What make and model are we working with here?
ASKER
Hi there,
it is a 3Com ADSL Wirelss 11g Firewall Router (product code: 3CRWE754G72-A ... as if that helps). Looking at the back of it, it doesn;t seem to be anyplace to out a cable. It has 4 Lan connections. I was thinking that I could just plug the modem into one, then share the internet connection of the wireless network. I think the main promblem is that the cable modem assigns an IP address and the 3com wireless trys to be a dhcp server and assign IPs.
it is a 3Com ADSL Wirelss 11g Firewall Router (product code: 3CRWE754G72-A ... as if that helps). Looking at the back of it, it doesn;t seem to be anyplace to out a cable. It has 4 Lan connections. I was thinking that I could just plug the modem into one, then share the internet connection of the wireless network. I think the main promblem is that the cable modem assigns an IP address and the 3com wireless trys to be a dhcp server and assign IPs.
Well there does not need to be a place to plug a coax cable into. Does on of the lan ports say uplink? or is there on ethernet port that is seperate from the other 4? If so that is probably the uplink port. Try plugging the ethernet cable from the cable modem into on of the above mentioned ports. Then unplug everything and plug in the cable modem, give it a minute to start up and then plug in the router. Give that a minute to pull an IP. Then start up the computer plugged into the router lan ports. If the router is set up as a DHCP server and is looking for a DHCP address on the WAN port everything should work fine.
Good luck.
Good luck.
ASKER
Unfortunately, non of the ports say uplink. they're all the same. There is the ADSL port and 4 ethernet ports. The only one that is separate is the ADSL port. Looking at the adsl/router config, I'm not sure it can accept a Dynamic IP, but you can give it whatever one you want.
I'll try a few things adn see what happens.
I'll try a few things adn see what happens.
Is the ADSL port ethernet? If so it is prob the same as an uplink port.
3CRWE754G72-A is a modem router combination. The wan port is internally connected to the modem and not accessible.
You can use the switch ports and the wireless, but not as a router.
You can use the switch ports and the wireless, but not as a router.
ASKER
So is that conclisive, I cannot for the IP on the router to be on the same subnet as the modem and then create a network on the subnet to share the internet. I have not tried this, but will asap.
Is the modem useless to me to create a wireless network to share my internet?
Is the modem useless to me to create a wireless network to share my internet?
ASKER
sorry let me repeat
So is that conclisive, I cannot force the IP on the router to be on the same subnet as the modem and then create a network on the subnet to share the internet. I have not tried this, but will asap.
Is the modem useless to me to create a wireless network to share my internet?
So is that conclisive, I cannot force the IP on the router to be on the same subnet as the modem and then create a network on the subnet to share the internet. I have not tried this, but will asap.
Is the modem useless to me to create a wireless network to share my internet?
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