hello, router question

by AM1G0 • 22 Mar 2010, 14:51 • Journals
im gonna take internet from local cable tv provider (or whatever its called).
he delivers internet [25mb/s] with coaxial cable which goes to the modem and then ethernet or usb. but i want to have internet also on my notebook, so i need a router.

i dont want their shit modem, so...
i want to buy a router where i can connect coax and at least one ethernet cable. it also needs to have WiFi, so i can have inet on my notebook. any ideas what routers are good for that?



i need a router with inputs/outputs/whatever like this:
image: x36bh2


thx ppl for the help, ill just go for modem+router standard setup. didnt know that its impossible what i wanted :D
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gambit 22 Mar 2010, 14:52
speedport w920v
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AM1G0 22 Mar 2010, 14:57
cant find it anywhere in polish internet shops/auctions and it seems sooo ok :F need something else
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Nub 22 Mar 2010, 14:54
eeeeeh, shouldnt they should give you a router lol
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AM1G0 22 Mar 2010, 14:56
if they give me a router then i need to connect it with modem+router, and i want to have a modem inside my router, so i have one box instead of thousands of them. also, i want a nice WiFi signal.
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Ronner 22 Mar 2010, 15:08
Most cable internet providers ship their customers with a bridged cable-modem, meaning coax cable goes in and ethernet cable comes out. It just translates coax signals to network signals. That's it.

What you do with that ethernet cable is up to you. You can stick it straight into your pc and it will work, or you can hook it up to a router which will act as your network gateway for multiple networked devices (pc, laptop, mediacenter, coffeemachine if you like etc) in your local area network.

So to answer your question, no they shouldn't. They provide internet connectivity, not your local area network.
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AM1G0 22 Mar 2010, 15:38
i can get router from them but its bullshit, they want to pay them 5pln per month (its like 1,5 euro per month just for having fucking router!) thats why i want to buy router with modem in it by myself.
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rAzbo 22 Mar 2010, 16:06
Seems like your stressing for no reason. Cable modem + Cable router is a pretty standard setup. :D
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elektronischetanzmusik 22 Mar 2010, 16:19
same here, works like a charm
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Ronner 22 Mar 2010, 20:10
Even more so, 1.50 a month is so unbelievably cheap. That's only 18 euro's per year to rent a router basically. Peanuts if you ask me but I guess he's a cheap pole :P
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Ronner 22 Mar 2010, 20:13
1,5 euro's per month to rent a router is really cheap. That's only 18 euro's per year. I can tell you right now you can not buy a cable-modem and router in one device that cheap. If you want some decent quality you'll probably end up buying something that costs well over 100 euro's. That's 5+ years of renting the one from your isp.

and yes, like razbo said, it's a very comon set up to have a cable modem and router seperately. I have that too.
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Thomm 22 Mar 2010, 14:59
image: linksys_wrt54g

Worked fine so far, though it limits my dl/ul to ~7mbit/s.
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AM1G0 22 Mar 2010, 15:01
picture is moved bla bla...

i dont mind limiting but to 12,5mbit/s so i can have use of my 25mbit connection *_*
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Thomm 22 Mar 2010, 15:06
So can you dl 25mbit/s now or is it just the connection type what they sell to you? This one is good for 54mbit-connection, so it eats 46 out of my connection. But I have to use it because of the wireless...
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AM1G0 22 Mar 2010, 15:23
they change cable frequency on friday, id prefer to have a router before that time.

yep, will be able to dl 25mb/s.


image: Linksys%20WRT54G%20back
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Thomm 22 Mar 2010, 15:37
Oh, I somehow totally skipped that one. Ye, it doesn´t have one. Weird that you have it there.
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AM1G0 22 Mar 2010, 15:42
after reading some shizzle in inet i think that provider modem is a must. daaaamn, big, awful black box looking like its some robot from 90's :|
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EiNIX 22 Mar 2010, 16:40
Cos it doesn't exist?
You need to get the modem from your provider. The output of the modem you plug into your router.
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rAzbo 22 Mar 2010, 15:34
Use a cable router with your ISP provided modem. It will work fine. :)
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AM1G0 22 Mar 2010, 15:36
yeee i know itll work but i wonder if i can do anything to connect it without a mode :D (its pretty big, 2 my friends have it)
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unblind 22 Mar 2010, 15:50
then you can buy a modem/router unit :[

http://www.zoom.com/products/adsl_overview.html
ive got an x6 for home, the software isnt GREAT but it works and the unit never crashes :}
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HugTheSub 22 Mar 2010, 16:02
thats the best techniquie around atm, have fun with it
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Panda 22 Mar 2010, 16:15
It makes no difference whatever you have, you'd still get Poland 3rd world connections LOL
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AM1G0 22 Mar 2010, 17:55
i wish i live in 3rd country :/

Poland is like 6th or 7th
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Panda 22 Mar 2010, 19:55
Even worse than I thought then =D
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