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itworks · 28-09-2005, 23:31

As I know a bit about IT, a friend asked if I could supply a router. She told me that she'd had broadband installed today by NTL. The engineer installed it to the tv in the corner of the downstairs lounge and supplied an NTL 250 modem along with a USB lead and a short 1m ethernet lead. As my friend's computer is upstairs in the opposite corner of the house it wasn't practical to have a cable laid.

The engineer said it would be easy to have a wireless router instead and said she should go out and buy one - nothing more was explained - apart from it was easy and would only take a few minutes !

I tried connecting the ethernet cable he supplied to the NTL250 modem and my laptop but it didn't register anything on the laptop's network IP address. -Am I meant to use a cross-over lead between these two or am I going about this the wrong way entirely ?

What's the drill for a new setup please ?

28-09-2005, 23:31	#1
itworks Inactive Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 10	How do you connect NTL250 to a wireless router ? As I know a bit about IT, a friend asked if I could supply a router. She told me that she'd had broadband installed today by NTL. The engineer installed it to the tv in the corner of the downstairs lounge and supplied an NTL 250 modem along with a USB lead and a short 1m ethernet lead. As my friend's computer is upstairs in the opposite corner of the house it wasn't practical to have a cable laid. The engineer said it would be easy to have a wireless router instead and said she should go out and buy one - nothing more was explained - apart from it was easy and would only take a few minutes ! I tried connecting the ethernet cable he supplied to the NTL250 modem and my laptop but it didn't register anything on the laptop's network IP address. -Am I meant to use a cross-over lead between these two or am I going about this the wrong way entirely ? What's the drill for a new setup please ?