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What do i need to set up wireless connection?

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  • 08-05-2008 10:33am
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    rliston
    Registered Users Posts: 260 ✭✭


    Did a quick search but didnt find any threads that answered this.

    I'm after buying a DELL XPS M1530 laptop and want to connect wirelessly to the internet. We've wireless broadband from a local company- small dish on the roof of the house, cable runs from this to a small white box, (p + data out) and a cale runs from this (data in) straight into the back of the desktop and to the xbox.

    What do i need to buy to connect the laptop to the internet? is it just a case of buying a wireless router? do i need to buy a modem? would i be able to have both the computer/xbox and the laptop connected to the internet at the same time?


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    MunsterCycling
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    By the sounds of it just a wifi router will do you, post up who the wireless provider is and the make and model of the white box so others can google for you!


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    Spear
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Help & Feedback Category Moderators Posts: 25,180 CMod ✭✭✭✭Spear


    rliston wrote: »
    Did a quick search but didnt find any threads that answered this.

    I'm after buying a DELL XPS M1530 laptop and want to connect wirelessly to the internet. We've wireless broadband from a local company- small dish on the roof of the house, cable runs from this to a small white box, (p + data out) and a cale runs from this (data in) straight into the back of the desktop and to the xbox.

    What do i need to buy to connect the laptop to the internet? is it just a case of buying a wireless router? do i need to buy a modem? would i be able to have both the computer/xbox and the laptop connected to the internet at the same time?

    Buy a plain wireless router with no integrated modem, such as the Linksys WRT54G (just an example, but they are popular). Connect ethernet cable from broadband box to WAN port and clients connect wirelessly to the router.


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    rliston
    Registered Users Posts: 260 ✭✭rliston


    bbnet is the service provider: http://www.bbnet.ie/
    no make or model on the box, will stick up pics of it in a minute


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    Spear
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    rliston wrote: »
    bbnet is the service provider: http://www.bbnet.ie/
    no make or model on the box, will stick up pics of it in a minute

    They address this themselves on their FAQ page at the very bottom.

    http://www.bbnet.ie/FAQs/


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    rliston
    Registered Users Posts: 260 ✭✭rliston


    Spear wrote: »
    They address this themselves on their FAQ page at the very bottom.

    http://www.bbnet.ie/FAQs/

    thanks for spotting that!


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    MunsterCycling
    Registered Users Posts: 4,864 ✭✭✭MunsterCycling


    Good to see they advise a user to use the trusty auld WRT54G, seems like these boyo's know what they're talking about!!!

    It'd be a first... LOL


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