Telewest Broadband Upgrade?
 

Hi i have just bought a new laptop computer which i would like to connect wirelessly to my telewest broadband. I know that i need some kind of wireless cable/dsl router but i`m not entirely sure if it will connect. The current modem is a black motorola vertical thing which is connected to the desktop pc using usb and the broadband signal is input using a silver F-connector like those use for sky satelite dishes. The signal comes in from outside and then splits into two with one signal to the set top box and the other to the modem. Does anybody have any recommendations or comments to help me with this problem.

Your help would be greatly appreciated, Thanks.

Ric Allmond

Re: Telewest Broadband Upgrade?
 

The normal method is to connect the output of the CM to a wireless capable router, and then the pc's connect to the router. A number of people in the forum have done this and I expect they will pop along with model recomendations.

Re: Telewest Broadband Upgrade?
 

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Wireless info thread - http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/sh...ad.php?t=16296


Couple of wireless routers I'd recommend:

Linksys BEFW11S4 wireless B router - http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/...619330-1986067

Linksys WRT54G wireless G router - http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/...619330-1986067


You'd also need some sort of wireless adaptor for the laptop (unless it has wireless built-in) - you can get ones which connect via USB, or ones which use the laptop's card slot.


The modem would connect to the router's WAN port using an ethernet cable (straight-through cable, I think, rather than crossover).

The desktop PC would connect, using ethernet, to one of the router's LAN ports using a straight-through ethernet cable (*not* a crossover cable). [unless you wanted to wirelessly connect the PC too, & used a wireless adaptor for that. However, I'd recommend having the PC cabled].

As you would be changing from connecting the modem using USB (to the PC) to using ethernet (to the router), you'd need to power cycle the modem - info here: http://homepage.ntlworld.com/robin.d...b.html#usbswap