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Superman
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Sat Jan 02, 2010 2:12 pm
On 2/01/2010 3:05 PM, David L. Jones wrote:
Quote:
Superman"<"the _man_of_steel wrote:
On 1/01/2010 10:05 PM, Rob wrote:
Superman wrote:
This will probably seem like a dumbass question to the tech savvy
ppl here, but here goes..
Q1/ I have a Bigpond cable modem, and I believe that BP connects
using the MAC address of the modem? I also have another cable access
point and modem of the same kind (Motorola Surfboard), so I'm
wondering if there's any way to set the spare modem to the same MAC
address so that I can set up another internet access point?
Q2/ If that's not possible, how do I create another net access
point? Do I use two of these..
http://tinyurl.com/yb5ptns .. one
connected to the modem, and the other where I want the other access
point? Or else how do I do it?
Thanks,
**
The modem goes to a router then tap off that for all connections,
wired or wireless.
Get an 'N' router not the 'G' as you suggest above. Check the specs.
D-LINK Wireless N Router DIR-615 not the D-LINK Wireless G Router
DIR-300 - Check the specs. If keen on DLink
Ok, I get that the router connects to the modem, but what does the
router transmit to?
Each computer, via cable Ethernet or Wireless.
What I was actually asking is.. what equipment does the router transmit
to? Routers are only transmitters, right? not receivers. So what can I
use as the receiver if I go the wireless route? I can't use a dongle as
I need to connect via an ethernet socket, and that's because I'm not
wanting to connect to a computer but a DVDR.
Quote:
so that I can get another internet connection
point? Do I just use another router of the same kind? Or if I run a cable
from the router it would need to be about 30 or 40 metres long. Would that
length be a problem, eg. signal loss, interference, etc.
No. 30 or 40 meters is easily possible with Ethernet.
ok
Quote:
and what kind of wall plates/sockets would I use? I also want to do it as
cheaply as
possible.
Wireless is the easiest and probably the cheapest solution. Get a WiFi card
or dongle for your computer.
I can't use either of those (see above) but I understand now that I can
run a cable from the router and just plug the other end into the
ethernet socket of the DVDR. But is there such a thing as a 'double
adapter' to use on the ethernet socket of the BP modem? If so it would
eliminate the need for a router.
Quote:
The easiest way to do it would be if I could use the spare
modem somehow, and just connect it to the cable point that is already
there.
Forget trying to use the extra bigpond modem, it's not going to work.
The Bigpond modem plugs into the "Internet" input on the rounter, you then
plug all your computers into the rounter.
If you get a wireless router (you should, even if you don't need it now)
then you can connect as many computers as you want using the wireless
connection, as well as the ones connected directly to the router.
I use a DIR-300 D-Link wireless router with my bigpond modem, but there are
countless others.
I'm told that not all routers work with BP modems. I will have to get a
list of 'approved' ones, but it's good to know that the DIR-300 does.
Quote:
Dave.
--
rgds,
Pete
=====
http://pw352.blogspot.com
"We stopped the boats coming. The facts speak for themselves. People knew where we stood. We didn't try to be all things to all men. Look, our policy worked. There was no need to alter it" - John Howard
"Our journalists are finally noticing the elephant in the room. Rudd has given us grocery watch, fuel watch, a national dept our children will still be paying, an ETS scheme that will further bankrupt the nation without making an iota of difference to global warming. Rudd is all spin and no substance. Even worse, he expects to fool all people all the time." - media comment
"I don't care what you f__kers think!" - The Hon Kevin Rudd MP, Prime Minister of Australia
Mr.T
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Sat Jan 02, 2010 5:09 pm
"Superman" <"the _man_of_steel"@metropolis.com> wrote in message
news:HFx%m.66273$ze1.49228_at_news-server.bigpond.net.au...
Quote:
I seriously doubt that I'll still be watching the same Plasma panel in
50 years time,
I'd bet my house it won't still be working anyway.
Quote:
and not because it's burnt out, but rather because it's
been replaced or I'm dead!
Or more commonly the power supply has failed and you choose to replace the
TV rather than the power supply when you find out the cost!
Not that LCD's are much better in that regard though. Plenty of both have
been thrown away while many older CRT sets keep on going.
(and even plenty of working CRT's thrown away when they are replaced with
big flat screens)
MrT.
Rob
Guest
Sat Jan 02, 2010 6:01 pm
Superman wrote:
Quote:
On 2/01/2010 3:05 PM, David L. Jones wrote:
Superman"<"the _man_of_steel wrote:
On 1/01/2010 10:05 PM, Rob wrote:
Superman wrote:
This will probably seem like a dumbass question to the tech savvy
ppl here, but here goes..
Q1/ I have a Bigpond cable modem, and I believe that BP connects
using the MAC address of the modem? I also have another cable access
point and modem of the same kind (Motorola Surfboard), so I'm
wondering if there's any way to set the spare modem to the same MAC
address so that I can set up another internet access point?
Q2/ If that's not possible, how do I create another net access
point? Do I use two of these..
http://tinyurl.com/yb5ptns .. one
connected to the modem, and the other where I want the other access
point? Or else how do I do it?
Thanks,
**
The modem goes to a router then tap off that for all connections,
wired or wireless.
Get an 'N' router not the 'G' as you suggest above. Check the specs.
D-LINK Wireless N Router DIR-615 not the D-LINK Wireless G Router
DIR-300 - Check the specs. If keen on DLink
Ok, I get that the router connects to the modem, but what does the
router transmit to?
Each computer, via cable Ethernet or Wireless.
What I was actually asking is.. what equipment does the router transmit
to? Routers are only transmitters, right? not receivers. So what can I
use as the receiver if I go the wireless route? I can't use a dongle as
I need to connect via an ethernet socket, and that's because I'm not
wanting to connect to a computer but a DVDR.
so that I can get another internet connection
point? Do I just use another router of the same kind? Or if I run a
cable
from the router it would need to be about 30 or 40 metres long. Would
that
length be a problem, eg. signal loss, interference, etc.
No. 30 or 40 meters is easily possible with Ethernet.
ok
and what kind of wall plates/sockets would I use? I also want to do
it as
cheaply as
possible.
Wireless is the easiest and probably the cheapest solution. Get a WiFi
card
or dongle for your computer.
I can't use either of those (see above) but I understand now that I can
run a cable from the router and just plug the other end into the
ethernet socket of the DVDR. But is there such a thing as a 'double
adapter' to use on the ethernet socket of the BP modem? If so it would
eliminate the need for a router.
yes
Quote:
The easiest way to do it would be if I could use the spare
modem somehow, and just connect it to the cable point that is already
there.
Forget trying to use the extra bigpond modem, it's not going to work.
The Bigpond modem plugs into the "Internet" input on the rounter, you
then
plug all your computers into the rounter.
If you get a wireless router (you should, even if you don't need it now)
then you can connect as many computers as you want using the wireless
connection, as well as the ones connected directly to the router.
I use a DIR-300 D-Link wireless router with my bigpond modem, but
there are
countless others.
I'm told that not all routers work with BP modems. I will have to get a
list of 'approved' ones, but it's good to know that the DIR-300 does.
Dave.
David L. Jones
Guest
Sat Jan 02, 2010 11:37 pm
Dave Goldfinch wrote:
Quote:
On Sat, 2 Jan 2010 15:05:25 +1100, "David L. Jones"
altzone_at_gmail.com> wrote:
Superman" <"the _man_of_steel wrote:
On 1/01/2010 10:05 PM, Rob wrote:
Superman wrote:
This will probably seem like a dumbass question to the tech savvy
ppl here, but here goes..
Q1/ I have a Bigpond cable modem, and I believe that BP connects
using the MAC address of the modem? I also have another cable
access point and modem of the same kind (Motorola Surfboard), so
I'm wondering if there's any way to set the spare modem to the
same MAC address so that I can set up another internet access
point?
Q2/ If that's not possible, how do I create another net access
point? Do I use two of these..
http://tinyurl.com/yb5ptns .. one
connected to the modem, and the other where I want the other
access point? Or else how do I do it?
Thanks,
**
The modem goes to a router then tap off that for all connections,
wired or wireless.
Get an 'N' router not the 'G' as you suggest above. Check the
specs.
D-LINK Wireless N Router DIR-615 not the D-LINK Wireless G Router
DIR-300 - Check the specs. If keen on DLink
Ok, I get that the router connects to the modem, but what does the
router transmit to?
Each computer, via cable Ethernet or Wireless.
so that I can get another internet connection
point? Do I just use another router of the same kind? Or if I run a
cable from the router it would need to be about 30 or 40 metres
long. Would that length be a problem, eg. signal loss,
interference, etc.
No. 30 or 40 meters is easily possible with Ethernet.
and what kind of wall plates/sockets would I use? I also want to do
it as cheaply as
possible.
Wireless is the easiest and probably the cheapest solution. Get a
WiFi card or dongle for your computer.
The easiest way to do it would be if I could use the spare
modem somehow, and just connect it to the cable point that is
already there.
Forget trying to use the extra bigpond modem, it's not going to work.
The Bigpond modem plugs into the "Internet" input on the rounter,
you then plug all your computers into the rounter.
If you get a wireless router (you should, even if you don't need it
now) then you can connect as many computers as you want using the
wireless connection, as well as the ones connected directly to the
router.
I use a DIR-300 D-Link wireless router with my bigpond modem, but
there are countless others.
Dave.
Hi Dave
Are you connected to Bigpond Cable?
Yep.
Quote:
Reason for the question is that I am wanting to replace my Router, a
Netgear WG614 and am not sure which others run the BP Cable Client.
There is no Bigpond cable client software any more, it's all done in the
bigpond modem via the MAC address now. So you just plug the moden into any
wired or wireless router and it just works.
I guess too many people complained about the old client software system that
meant you couldn't just plug the modem directly into a router.
Quote:
Are you happy with the D-Link unit?
Yeah, it works, never given any problem.
Dave.
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David L. Jones
Guest
Sun Jan 03, 2010 12:02 am
Superman" <"the _man_of_steel wrote:
Quote:
On 2/01/2010 3:05 PM, David L. Jones wrote:
Superman"<"the _man_of_steel wrote:
On 1/01/2010 10:05 PM, Rob wrote:
Superman wrote:
This will probably seem like a dumbass question to the tech savvy
ppl here, but here goes..
Q1/ I have a Bigpond cable modem, and I believe that BP connects
using the MAC address of the modem? I also have another cable
access point and modem of the same kind (Motorola Surfboard), so
I'm wondering if there's any way to set the spare modem to the
same MAC address so that I can set up another internet access
point? Q2/ If that's not possible, how do I create another net access
point? Do I use two of these..
http://tinyurl.com/yb5ptns .. one
connected to the modem, and the other where I want the other
access point? Or else how do I do it?
Thanks,
**
The modem goes to a router then tap off that for all connections,
wired or wireless.
Get an 'N' router not the 'G' as you suggest above. Check the
specs. D-LINK Wireless N Router DIR-615 not the D-LINK Wireless G
Router
DIR-300 - Check the specs. If keen on DLink
Ok, I get that the router connects to the modem, but what does the
router transmit to?
Each computer, via cable Ethernet or Wireless.
What I was actually asking is.. what equipment does the router
transmit to?
The ethernet connection on the computer or other Internet enabled device of
course.
Quote:
Routers are only transmitters, right? not receivers.
They are tranceivers, they send and recieve ethernet packets.
Quote:
So what can I use as the receiver if I go the wireless route?
You need a wireless ethernet bridge, like this:
http://www.linksysbycisco.com/US/en/products/WET54G
Quote:
I can't use a dongle as I need to connect via an ethernet socket, and
that's
because I'm not wanting to connect to a computer but a DVDR.
and what kind of wall plates/sockets would I use? I also want to do
it as cheaply as
possible.
Wireless is the easiest and probably the cheapest solution. Get a
WiFi card or dongle for your computer.
I can't use either of those (see above) but I understand now that I
can run a cable from the router and just plug the other end into the
ethernet socket of the DVDR. But is there such a thing as a 'double
adapter' to use on the ethernet socket of the BP modem? If so it would
eliminate the need for a router.
Don't know for sure, sorry.
A wireless ethernet bridge would allow you to use a wireless router as I
said.
Dave.
--
---------------------------------------------
Check out my Electronics Engineering Video Blog & Podcast:
http://www.eevblog.com
Rob
Guest
Sun Jan 03, 2010 12:25 am
David L. Jones wrote:
Quote:
Superman" <"the _man_of_steel wrote:
On 2/01/2010 3:05 PM, David L. Jones wrote:
Superman"<"the _man_of_steel wrote:
Look I found a picture!
http://www.duxcw.com/faq/ics/diffrout.htm
Swanny
Guest
Sun Jan 03, 2010 1:08 am
David L. Jones wrote:
Quote:
It interfered with my orgone accumulator, generating significant
quantities of dor. The only remedy I could find was to build a stone
pyramid listening room, and now all my music sounds sharp!
Superman
Guest
Sun Jan 03, 2010 5:33 am
On 3/01/2010 3:09 AM, Mr.T wrote:
Quote:
"Superman"<"the _man_of_steel"@metropolis.com> wrote in message
news:HFx%m.66273$ze1.49228_at_news-server.bigpond.net.au...
I seriously doubt that I'll still be watching the same Plasma panel in
50 years time,
I'd bet my house it won't still be working anyway.
and not because it's burnt out, but rather because it's
been replaced or I'm dead!
Or more commonly the power supply has failed and you choose to replace the
TV rather than the power supply when you find out the cost!
Not that LCD's are much better in that regard though. Plenty of both have
been thrown away while many older CRT sets keep on going.
(and even plenty of working CRT's thrown away when they are replaced with
big flat screens)
And not just by big screens either. I want to replace some smaller CRT's
with flat panels, eg. dining room, bedroom, etc.,but what to do with the
CRT's? I'm a hoarder by nature and hate disposing of perfectly good
equipment. Guess I'll have to ask friends if they want them. I still
have VCR's in perfect order, but no one wants those.
Quote:
MrT.
--
rgds,
Pete
=====
http://pw352.blogspot.com
"We stopped the boats coming. The facts speak for themselves. People knew where we stood. We didn't try to be all things to all men. Look, our policy worked. There was no need to alter it" - John Howard
"Our journalists are finally noticing the elephant in the room. Rudd has given us grocery watch, fuel watch, a national dept our children will still be paying, an ETS scheme that will further bankrupt the nation without making an iota of difference to global warming. Rudd is all spin and no substance. Even worse, he expects to fool all people all the time." - media comment
"I don't care what you f__kers think!" - The Hon Kevin Rudd MP, Prime Minister of Australia
Dave Goldfinch
Guest
Sun Jan 03, 2010 9:54 am
On Sun, 3 Jan 2010 09:37:31 +1100, "David L. Jones"
<altzone_at_gmail.com> wrote:
Quote:
Dave Goldfinch wrote:
On Sat, 2 Jan 2010 15:05:25 +1100, "David L. Jones"
altzone_at_gmail.com> wrote:
Superman" <"the _man_of_steel wrote:
On 1/01/2010 10:05 PM, Rob wrote:
Superman wrote:
This will probably seem like a dumbass question to the tech savvy
ppl here, but here goes..
Q1/ I have a Bigpond cable modem, and I believe that BP connects
using the MAC address of the modem? I also have another cable
access point and modem of the same kind (Motorola Surfboard), so
I'm wondering if there's any way to set the spare modem to the
same MAC address so that I can set up another internet access
point?
Q2/ If that's not possible, how do I create another net access
point? Do I use two of these..
http://tinyurl.com/yb5ptns .. one
connected to the modem, and the other where I want the other
access point? Or else how do I do it?
Thanks,
**
The modem goes to a router then tap off that for all connections,
wired or wireless.
Get an 'N' router not the 'G' as you suggest above. Check the
specs.
D-LINK Wireless N Router DIR-615 not the D-LINK Wireless G Router
DIR-300 - Check the specs. If keen on DLink
Ok, I get that the router connects to the modem, but what does the
router transmit to?
Each computer, via cable Ethernet or Wireless.
so that I can get another internet connection
point? Do I just use another router of the same kind? Or if I run a
cable from the router it would need to be about 30 or 40 metres
long. Would that length be a problem, eg. signal loss,
interference, etc.
No. 30 or 40 meters is easily possible with Ethernet.
and what kind of wall plates/sockets would I use? I also want to do
it as cheaply as
possible.
Wireless is the easiest and probably the cheapest solution. Get a
WiFi card or dongle for your computer.
The easiest way to do it would be if I could use the spare
modem somehow, and just connect it to the cable point that is
already there.
Forget trying to use the extra bigpond modem, it's not going to work.
The Bigpond modem plugs into the "Internet" input on the rounter,
you then plug all your computers into the rounter.
If you get a wireless router (you should, even if you don't need it
now) then you can connect as many computers as you want using the
wireless connection, as well as the ones connected directly to the
router.
I use a DIR-300 D-Link wireless router with my bigpond modem, but
there are countless others.
Dave.
Hi Dave
Are you connected to Bigpond Cable?
Yep.
Reason for the question is that I am wanting to replace my Router, a
Netgear WG614 and am not sure which others run the BP Cable Client.
There is no Bigpond cable client software any more, it's all done in the
bigpond modem via the MAC address now. So you just plug the moden into any
wired or wireless router and it just works.
I guess too many people complained about the old client software system that
meant you couldn't just plug the modem directly into a router.
Are you happy with the D-Link unit?
Yeah, it works, never given any problem.
Dave.
Well that is news to me!
I always knew that it was done via the MAC address as this was what
the installers had to call back to the admin centre before it would
work. I have been using the same modem & router since I connected to
BP about 6 years ago & it definitely hasn't changed apart from a
download of new firmware for the router about a year ago.
Are you perhaps talking about the Cable Elite or Ultimate offering?
This hasn't hit WA yet.
Dave
Jasen Betts
Guest
Sun Jan 03, 2010 11:36 am
On 2010-01-02, Superman <"the _man_of_steel"@metropolis.com> wrote:
Quote:
What I was actually asking is.. what equipment does the router transmit
to? Routers are only transmitters, right? not receivers. So what can I
use as the receiver if I go the wireless route? I can't use a dongle as
I need to connect via an ethernet socket, and that's because I'm not
wanting to connect to a computer but a DVDR.
a "wireless bridge" or an access point that supports bridging can be
used to connect wired devices to a wireless network.
Quote:
I can't use either of those (see above) but I understand now that I can
run a cable from the router and just plug the other end into the
ethernet socket of the DVDR. But is there such a thing as a 'double
adapter' to use on the ethernet socket of the BP modem? If so it would
eliminate the need for a router.
you could try an ethernet switch there.
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Mr.T
Guest
Sun Jan 03, 2010 11:41 am
"Superman" <"the _man_of_steel"@metropolis.com> wrote in message
news:M6V%m.66513$ze1.8114_at_news-server.bigpond.net.au...
Quote:
. I still have VCR's in perfect order, but no one wants those.
If you have a good VHS-HiFi unit, I'll have it. Still have plenty of old
tapes not available on DVD.
MrT.
David L. Jones
Guest
Sun Jan 03, 2010 10:12 pm
Dave Goldfinch wrote:
Quote:
On Sun, 3 Jan 2010 09:37:31 +1100, "David L. Jones"
altzone_at_gmail.com> wrote:
Dave Goldfinch wrote:
On Sat, 2 Jan 2010 15:05:25 +1100, "David L. Jones"
altzone_at_gmail.com> wrote:
Superman" <"the _man_of_steel wrote:
On 1/01/2010 10:05 PM, Rob wrote:
Superman wrote:
This will probably seem like a dumbass question to the tech
savvy ppl here, but here goes..
Q1/ I have a Bigpond cable modem, and I believe that BP connects
using the MAC address of the modem? I also have another cable
access point and modem of the same kind (Motorola Surfboard), so
I'm wondering if there's any way to set the spare modem to the
same MAC address so that I can set up another internet access
point?
Q2/ If that's not possible, how do I create another net access
point? Do I use two of these..
http://tinyurl.com/yb5ptns .. one
connected to the modem, and the other where I want the other
access point? Or else how do I do it?
Thanks,
**
The modem goes to a router then tap off that for all connections,
wired or wireless.
Get an 'N' router not the 'G' as you suggest above. Check the
specs.
D-LINK Wireless N Router DIR-615 not the D-LINK Wireless G Router
DIR-300 - Check the specs. If keen on DLink
Ok, I get that the router connects to the modem, but what does the
router transmit to?
Each computer, via cable Ethernet or Wireless.
so that I can get another internet connection
point? Do I just use another router of the same kind? Or if I run
a cable from the router it would need to be about 30 or 40 metres
long. Would that length be a problem, eg. signal loss,
interference, etc.
No. 30 or 40 meters is easily possible with Ethernet.
and what kind of wall plates/sockets would I use? I also want to
do it as cheaply as
possible.
Wireless is the easiest and probably the cheapest solution. Get a
WiFi card or dongle for your computer.
The easiest way to do it would be if I could use the spare
modem somehow, and just connect it to the cable point that is
already there.
Forget trying to use the extra bigpond modem, it's not going to
work.
The Bigpond modem plugs into the "Internet" input on the rounter,
you then plug all your computers into the rounter.
If you get a wireless router (you should, even if you don't need it
now) then you can connect as many computers as you want using the
wireless connection, as well as the ones connected directly to the
router.
I use a DIR-300 D-Link wireless router with my bigpond modem, but
there are countless others.
Dave.
Hi Dave
Are you connected to Bigpond Cable?
Yep.
Reason for the question is that I am wanting to replace my Router, a
Netgear WG614 and am not sure which others run the BP Cable Client.
There is no Bigpond cable client software any more, it's all done in
the bigpond modem via the MAC address now. So you just plug the
moden into any wired or wireless router and it just works.
I guess too many people complained about the old client software
system that meant you couldn't just plug the modem directly into a
router.
Are you happy with the D-Link unit?
Yeah, it works, never given any problem.
Dave.
Well that is news to me!
I always knew that it was done via the MAC address as this was what
the installers had to call back to the admin centre before it would
work. I have been using the same modem & router since I connected to
BP about 6 years ago & it definitely hasn't changed apart from a
download of new firmware for the router about a year ago.
Are you perhaps talking about the Cable Elite or Ultimate offering?
This hasn't hit WA yet.
Don't know about those, I joined the super fast Bigpond Liberty Extreme plan
in Sydney a couple of years back after having it 5 years ago or so and then
switching to ADSL for a couple of years.
I guess they call that the Elite or Ultimate plan now?
I've got the new SB5101 modem as part of the new sign-on package, don't know
if you need that to connect direct via the MAC address only though.
One of the reasons that enticed me back to cable was that they had removed
the requirement to have that stupid client software running on the computer
that was connected, so you couldn't just connect the modem to a wireless
router like you can with an ADSL modem.
I read on the Whirlpool forums that they had actually removed this
requirement a year or two before I joined again, and I believe it's for all
plans now. No one should have to use the client software.
Best to ask on the Whirlpool forums about this though, I don't know all the
details.
Dave.
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Hugh Jeego
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Mon Jan 04, 2010 9:30 pm
"Superman" <"the _man_of_steel"@metropolis.com> wrote in message
news:VCH%m.66372$ze1.38331_at_news-server.bigpond.net.au...
Quote:
What I was actually asking is.. what equipment does the router transmit
to? Routers are only transmitters, right? not receivers. So what can I
Nope. A router is a transceiver the same as radios in taxis are
transceivers. Routers send and receive otherwise they cant route.
Quote:
use as the receiver if I go the wireless route? I can't use a dongle as I
need to connect via an ethernet socket, and that's because I'm not wanting
to connect to a computer but a DVDR.
I assume you mean you want to connect to something like a Tivo? If so you
need to be more specific. Which one? In any case, a wi-fi router is a
transceiver and you WOULD need a dongle if your computer isnt close to the
other equipment. Alternatively, if you want to run ethernet cables
everywhere, you could have a router that either is or isnt also wi-fi and
plug the cables into it. Some routers allow more than one ethernet
connection.
Superman
Guest
Tue Jan 05, 2010 3:08 am
On 5/01/2010 7:30 AM, Hugh Jeego wrote:
Quote:
"Superman" <"the _man_of_steel"@metropolis.com> wrote in message
news:VCH%m.66372$ze1.38331_at_news-server.bigpond.net.au...
What I was actually asking is.. what equipment does the router
transmit to? Routers are only transmitters, right? not receivers. So
what can I
Nope. A router is a transceiver the same as radios in taxis are
transceivers. Routers send and receive otherwise they cant route.
use as the receiver if I go the wireless route? I can't use a dongle
as I need to connect via an ethernet socket, and that's because I'm
not wanting to connect to a computer but a DVDR.
I assume you mean you want to connect to something like a Tivo?
No, it's a DVDR that has inbuilt software for connecting to the internet
via an ethernet socket.
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If so you need to be more specific. Which one? In any case, a wi-fi
router is a transceiver and you WOULD need a dongle if your computer
isnt close to the other equipment. Alternatively, if you want to run
ethernet cables everywhere, you could have a router that either is or
isnt also wi-fi and plug the cables into it. Some routers allow more
than one ethernet connection.
It seems to me this is what I have to do?..
http://ausnet.info/pics/router.jpg
(with apologies to Rembrandt, Renoir, etc., :)
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rgds,
Pete
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Superman
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Tue Jan 05, 2010 3:13 am
On 3/01/2010 9:36 PM, Jasen Betts wrote:
Quote:
On 2010-01-02, Superman<"the _man_of_steel"@metropolis.com> wrote:
What I was actually asking is.. what equipment does the router transmit
to? Routers are only transmitters, right? not receivers. So what can I
use as the receiver if I go the wireless route? I can't use a dongle as
I need to connect via an ethernet socket, and that's because I'm not
wanting to connect to a computer but a DVDR.
a "wireless bridge" or an access point that supports bridging can be
used to connect wired devices to a wireless network.
Thanks. I'll have to investigate the difference between that and a
router. I assume that the bridge would be cheaper.
Quote:
I can't use either of those (see above) but I understand now that I can
run a cable from the router and just plug the other end into the
ethernet socket of the DVDR. But is there such a thing as a 'double
adapter' to use on the ethernet socket of the BP modem? If so it would
eliminate the need for a router.
you could try an ethernet switch there.
Except I will need to use a wireless router if I'm not going to run cable.
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rgds,
Pete
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"We stopped the boats coming. The facts speak for themselves. People knew where we stood. We didn't try to be all things to all men. Look, our policy worked. There was no need to alter it" - John Howard
"Our journalists are finally noticing the elephant in the room. Rudd has given us grocery watch, fuel watch, a national dept our children will still be paying, an ETS scheme that will further bankrupt the nation without making an iota of difference to global warming. Rudd is all spin and no substance. Even worse, he expects to fool all people all the time." - media comment
"I don't care what you f__kers think!" - The Hon Kevin Rudd MP, Prime Minister of Australia
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