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My router/modem is hooked up through my desktop which now officially seems to be among the dead. I need to at least have it looked at. My question is this: if I unplug my router/modem from the computer, will my wireless connection be unplugged as well? Currently, it works with or without the desktop being on.
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Posted 03 May 2012 - 04:44 PM
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Posted 03 May 2012 - 04:53 PM
Starr & Dru, on 03 May 2012 - 04:44 PM, said:
My router/modem is hooked up through my desktop which now officially seems to be among the dead. I need to at least have it looked at. My question is this: if I unplug my router/modem from the computer, will my wireless connection be unplugged as well? Currently, it works with or without the desktop being on.
If your router/modem is like mine, it is a separate unit. Powered by its' own source, plugged into the phone jack for DSL (or cable) for the internet data. The desktop should have a CAT 5 cable from the router to the network card in the desktop.
You can unplug the entire desktop from the modem/router and it will keep on broadcasting the WiFi signal to your laptop. At least that is the way my setup works. Now, if you have a printer hooked up to the desktop, you have another issue. At least, if you want to print from a wireless laptop.
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Posted 03 May 2012 - 04:59 PM
Starr & Dru, on 03 May 2012 - 04:44 PM, said:
My router/modem is hooked up through my desktop which now officially seems to be among the dead. I need to at least have it looked at. My question is this: if I unplug my router/modem from the computer, will my wireless connection be unplugged as well? Currently, it works with or without the desktop being on.
Yes you can remove the desktop and still access the wireless network.
it works like this in this order.
DSL Line (phone jack) -> Modem - > Router
then from the router you connect your computers via CAT5 cable or Wireless Network to the router.
In short, you can just have the modem and router plugged in and you can access the wireless network.
think of the "computers" desktop or laptop even game stations as the last link in a chain.
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Posted 03 May 2012 - 07:06 PM
Thanks. I remembered reading somewhere that once you get the modem set up you didn't need the computer. I just wanted to make sure before I unhook the computer.
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In loving memory of Mason (December 1, 2001 to December 9, 2001) and Ashley Jr. (December 1, 2001 to December 2, 2001)
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