Re: 3Com Office Connect Problem
Like he ^^^ says. The router will have a WAN (Wide Area Network) connection to connect to the net, and several LAN (Local Area Network) connections to connect to local PCs (plus wireless connections if it is a wireless router). ADSL routers also have a built-in ADSL modem, and AFAIK, the WAN connection is INTERNALLY connected to the built-in modem. You then have a connection (RJ11) to connect the modem to the ADSL line. Non-ADSL routers have the WAN connection exposed as an RJ45 port which you connect to the EXTERNAL cable modem. What I suspect you are doing, is connecting one of the LAN ports to the cable modem, which is effectively bypassing the router function and just using the 'router' as a simple hub. Unless your router is dual-function (never heard of any that are!) such that the WAN connection can go to the internal modem OR an external RJ45 port, I'm afraid you are out of luck.
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