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MovedGoalPosts · 20-02-2006, 17:50

A Cable / DSL router can work with either cable or ADSL based broadband. It relies upon a separate modem to provide the connection to the ISP. The modem should have an ethernet, rather than USB output to the LAN (Local Area Network) side, which you connect to the RJ45 (ethernet) WAN (Wide are Network) port of the cable / DSL router. OF course you then use wireless or the 4 LAN ports of the router for your connections to individual PCs.

Many routers though, as in the case of the netgear one you have bought, combine into the one electronic box of tricks the ADSL based modem and the router. That is fine if you have a BT phone line based broadband, as it's a neat, less spaghetti wiring solution. But it won't work for cable as there is no ethernet WAN port.

20-02-2006, 17:50	#6
MovedGoalPosts Inactive Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: 127.0.0.1 Age: 61 Posts: 15,868	Re: Help needed - Home Network Setup A Cable / DSL router can work with either cable or ADSL based broadband. It relies upon a separate modem to provide the connection to the ISP. The modem should have an ethernet, rather than USB output to the LAN (Local Area Network) side, which you connect to the RJ45 (ethernet) WAN (Wide are Network) port of the cable / DSL router. OF course you then use wireless or the 4 LAN ports of the router for your connections to individual PCs. Many routers though, as in the case of the netgear one you have bought, combine into the one electronic box of tricks the ADSL based modem and the router. That is fine if you have a BT phone line based broadband, as it's a neat, less spaghetti wiring solution. But it won't work for cable as there is no ethernet WAN port.