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grocerjack · 12-11-2008, 23:13

My B-i-L is a technophobe and he wants his boys PC upstairs to have access to the internet. He has a VM cable service but being a tightwad only has the 2Mb Broadband and his downstairs PC is so old it has no Ethernet connection. My plan is to use a Netgear wireless router to connect the boys PC using a USB wireless adapter.

So, the question is this - will the downstairs PC continue to work via the USB connection the modem once the ethernet port on the modem is connected to the router? CAn the VM modem connect one pc to the internet via the USB link and allow access through the router as well. If not then I'll buy a second USB adapter for him to use on the downstairs PC.

12-11-2008, 23:13	#1
grocerjack Inactive Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 15	Simple modem/router question My B-i-L is a technophobe and he wants his boys PC upstairs to have access to the internet. He has a VM cable service but being a tightwad only has the 2Mb Broadband and his downstairs PC is so old it has no Ethernet connection. My plan is to use a Netgear wireless router to connect the boys PC using a USB wireless adapter. So, the question is this - will the downstairs PC continue to work via the USB connection the modem once the ethernet port on the modem is connected to the router? CAn the VM modem connect one pc to the internet via the USB link and allow access through the router as well. If not then I'll buy a second USB adapter for him to use on the downstairs PC.