routers

[marcoose]

hi i have got a pc just bought laptop which is the best one to buy i am i vm 20mb broadband thanks

[G77]

try squeezing one out of vm.

if they wont give you one any will do as long as its for cable and not adsl. you will know as the one you want will have a rj45 wan port.

as with most things, the more you spend the better they are. if its speed on the laptop your after i think they go up to "wireless n" now. (something else might have even come out since that!)

belkin, netgear, all pretty standard. linksys are prob a bit better

[john 1]

yeah go 4 linksys im using 1 of those they r 1 of the best

[dandnsmith]

You may already have a VM cable modem, in which case a large variety of routers (makes mentioned above) will do the job - just remember to connect the output from the cable modem to a LAN port on the router, not the WAN port, using a standard ethernet cable.

[FlyerUK]

Originally Posted by dandnsmith

You may already have a VM cable modem, in which case a large variety of routers (makes mentioned above) will do the job - just remember to connect the output from the cable modem to a LAN port on the router, not the WAN port, using a standard ethernet cable.

why on earth would you connect the output from the modem to a lan port on the router? That would remove the routing facilities of the router, effectively making it a switch. May as well buy a bog standard switch, cheaper than a router.

[G77]

when theres a line in the modem config which says "cpe = 1" plugging it into the lan port means you'll get naff all

[dandnsmith]

Originally Posted by FlyerUK

why on earth would you connect the output from the modem to a lan port on the router? That would remove the routing facilities of the router, effectively making it a switch. May as well buy a bog standard switch, cheaper than a router.

two reasons:
1) if you plug into the WAN port, you won't be providing on either side the sort of signal/protocol the other expects (try it, if you don't believe it).
2) you don't lose the routing facility, but may have to set it up carefully to get the facilities you expect. If you haunt the forums where these things are discussed in detail for different types of connection, you might learn something.

[G77]

marcoose: plug the modem into the wan port buddy. not the lan port.

[unadkat]

Originally Posted by dandnsmith

two reasons:
1) if you plug into the WAN port, you won't be providing on either side the sort of signal/protocol the other expects (try it, if you don't believe it).
2) you don't lose the routing facility, but may have to set it up carefully to get the facilities you expect. If you haunt the forums where these things are discussed in detail for different types of connection, you might learn something.

Never heard this in my life!!!! So am pretty much confused.com like everyone else here. Am curious which forum actually discusses that you plug into the LAN port and not a WAN port.

Originally Posted by FlyerUK

why on earth would you connect the output from the modem to a lan port on the router? That would remove the routing facilities of the router, effectively making it a switch. May as well buy a bog standard switch, cheaper than a router.

I agree with your statement and your 100% right.

[G77]

regardless if this modem into lan port nonsense works (and i very much doubt it does) with the cpe set to one in docsis config files it will simply not provide any internet to any device other than the router that you've plugged it into (which is pretty pointless)

the original poster asked a simple question to which he got the simple answer he required.

lets not go creating confusion, factual or not.

plug modem into lan port = nothing funtionally useable

plug modem into the correct WAN port (as per instructions, user guide, net tutorials and the majority or people here) = correct NAT protocols and internet and all the fuctionallality you'd expect