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Originally Posted by coffeebean
It is the broadband intenet I want to get wireless, yes. I'm not 100% sure but I think that the internet may come via cable and not via the phoneline? Either way though, it's that which I would like to be able to do.
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It comes as ADSL, not as cable. It seems from other posters that the Home choice box has an ethernet socket on the back.
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Originally Posted by coffeebean
I'm not sure what type of router etc I would need, and how to set it up? I already have a wireless card in my computer - can anyone who actually has homechoice tell me what the wireless router which is needed is? Then - hopefully - if I could figure out how to install a router to the set top box (which is.....how?!) then it would have a wireless network that my computer could hop onto?
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A ethernet based router, one that you would use on the cable networks. The Linksys WRT54G is popular here.
http://www.cableforum.co.uk/forum/article.php?a=74 thread will also give some guidance.
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Originally Posted by coffeebean
I would want to set up the wireless network securely so that my neighbours can't steal my broadband. Is this something I would do from the router (I presume not) or from my computer? I dont know anything about this stuff - presumably one computer sort of 'hosts' the network, and from this one I could decide on the password etc for any other computers I might want to add on?
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You log onto the router and edit the settings via internet pages from your computer, so while you do it from the router, you need a computer to do it.
http://www.cableforum.co.uk/forum/article.php?a=12
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Originally Posted by coffeebean
I'm presuming a wireless router plugs into the set top box - but it just occured to me it might plug into the computer?!
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Into the Set top Box and into a power outlet.
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Originally Posted by coffeebean
Could someone direct me to a step by step instruction website which would work for Homechoice in particular? I dont know whether there's any difference between the wireless network I'd need for this, and any other....?
thanks very much for all of the assistance.
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The above two links should help. If you call homechoice ask how you connct your pc to the box to get internet the answer should be by ethernet, usb, or both.