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Originally Posted by pop80_uk
You need the Linksys 54 modem/router/hub you have brought a router which can only be used with cable internet connections.
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Not true. The router the original poster has purchased is perfectly adequate for use with ADSL broadband - provded that the modem she is using has an ethernet connection. It is the fact her modem does not have ethernet that is the problem here, not the router.
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As you have BT you need a router with a modem in it to be able to ditch the voyager modem.
Sell it on and get the right piece of kit.
Hope this helps.
Thanks!
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True to a point, but seeing as she now has a router, if she can get an ethernet ADSL modem cheap on ebay the same way she got the router, that might be better than going looking for an all-in-one modem and router.
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Guys - I have said this before and I'll say it again - we need to stop assuming knowledge on the part of people who come on here looking for help, especially first-time posters we don't know. All this talk of model numbers, ad-hoc networks, connection types ... most of that information is unnecessary, not to mention excessively complex.
I am no expert at networking, but even I could see from the OP that the simple, straightforward answer to the question asked is:
"Your modem does not have the approprate socket to connect it to the router. You need a modem with Ethernet, not USB. You have two options:
1. Go back to eBay and look for an ADSL modem with ethernet. You will be able to connect this to the router.
2. Ditch the modem and the router, and buy a combined ADSL modem/router, thus removing the need for any connections.
Either way, I'm afraid you're going to have to spend some more money. Let us know when you have decided what you want to do, and we can talk you through setting it all up.
Hope that helps - and by the way,
to Cable Forum! "
