help needed with belkin router and ntl modem

[graham 985]

hi, i have a problem, i want to make a wireless home network, linking 2 desktops, one downstairs, one upstairs. i have a belkin wireless router f5d7230-4, and 2 pci wireless desktop network cards. i have installed the cards in the 2 desktops.
the ntl modem is a home 120 at the moment im using a usb cable from the modem, to the downstairs desktop. the problem starts when trying to connect the router to the modem. i turn of the modem, if i take out the cable from the back of the desktop, as it says in the belkin instructions, i have nowhere on the router that that particular cable will fit into. do i plug the ethernet cable that i have into the modem and then into the back of the router, where it says ''connection to modem/internet'', also i have no cable which according to the belkin instructions should go into any of the 4 lan ports. i have called ntl or virgin as its now called, and got told you cant use the usb and ethernet together. so i'd like to know if possible, what i have to do, do i need more cables. any help will be appreciated.
graham 985

[handyman]

Originally Posted by graham 985

do i plug the ethernet cable that i have into the modem and then into the back of the router, where it says ''connection to modem/internet'',

Yep thats the one.

Originally Posted by graham 985

what i have to do, do i need more cables.

You need another ethernet cable (99p from ebay)

Plaese note that your modem must be off before you doe this. The ntl modem when it starts up sets it self up to work with what its connected to and it must be powered down if you connnect anything new.

Ethernet from modem to router, ethernet from router to main pc. Other 2 wireless.

[Halcyon]

to the forums.

You need to plug the Ethernet network cable from the NTL modem into the routers WAN or Internet port.
The other 4 LAN ports are if you want to connect any of your machines via ethernet as a wired network.
You may have to connect one of them once with a cable the first time you connect it all up, but then you can connect using your wireless cards.

you can get ethernet cables cheaply from CableUniverse:

http://www.cableuniverse.co.uk/catal...ex&cPath=23_31

[videodj]

Plug modem into router using ethernet cable. (power off both router and modem first).

Then you'll need an ethernet cable from one of the LAN ports to the the PC. This will let you set up the router and then you can connect the other PC Wirelessly.