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buckmoy · 12-05-2005, 16:57

Hi there

I have a Motorola SURFboard Cable Modem, which takes an input from my Telewest STB in the living room, the modem pushing out an ethernet connection to my PC.

A flatmate wants to use wireless on his laptop, so I want to get a wireless router to transmit the signal, but still have an ethernet cable running to my PC (don't want to by a PCI wireless card for it)

Two main questions:
1) Can the wireless router take the input straight from the STB, or does it need to take input in the form of the Ethernet connection my cable modem is pushing out - in other words, can I take my cable modem out of the loop?

2) Any good wireless routers anyone can recommend?

Many thanks

12-05-2005, 16:57	#1
buckmoy Inactive Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 3	Wireless Router & Cable Modem..? Hi there I have a Motorola SURFboard Cable Modem, which takes an input from my Telewest STB in the living room, the modem pushing out an ethernet connection to my PC. A flatmate wants to use wireless on his laptop, so I want to get a wireless router to transmit the signal, but still have an ethernet cable running to my PC (don't want to by a PCI wireless card for it) Two main questions: 1) Can the wireless router take the input straight from the STB, or does it need to take input in the form of the Ethernet connection my cable modem is pushing out - in other words, can I take my cable modem out of the loop? 2) Any good wireless routers anyone can recommend? Many thanks