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how to install a wireless router?!

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  • PhilCo_2
    PhilCo_2 Posts: 136 Forumite
    Follow the instructions on that link I posted and it should be straightforward. You need to make sure the cable modem isn't plugged into the computer but into the netgear router.
  • bc3000
    bc3000 Posts: 758 Forumite
    I have a USB thing from my computer to the modem, but this doesn't fit in anywhere on the router. Did I buy the wrong one?!
  • espresso
    espresso Posts: 16,448 Forumite
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    :confused:

    RTFM here it's idiot proof.

    You can't use the USB cable that you previously used between your modem and PC with this router!
    :doh: Blue text on this forum usually signifies hyperlinks, so click on them!..:wall:
  • bc3000
    bc3000 Posts: 758 Forumite
    loaner wrote: »
    see post 10, you connect pc - router - modem with 2 ethernet cables, not usb.

    you are with Virgin cable, and your cable modem has an ethernet port?

    i have no ethernet cable between the computer and modem
  • k1rkyc
    k1rkyc Posts: 238 Forumite
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    bc3000 wrote: »
    i have no ethernet cable between the computer and modem

    The router should have come with an Ethernet cable ?
  • HC_2
    HC_2 Posts: 2,239 Forumite
    k1rkyc wrote: »
    The router should have come with an Ethernet cable ?

    If not, just go to PC World and buy one!

    I'm not going to be able to sleep until you get this damn router set up...
  • k1rkyc
    k1rkyc Posts: 238 Forumite
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    HC wrote: »
    If not, just go to PC World and buy one!

    I'm not going to be able to sleep until you get this damn router set up...

    :rotfl:

    bc - have you found the cable?
  • bc3000
    bc3000 Posts: 758 Forumite
    lol sorry guys..
    ok: the router came with an ethernet cable, but i swear i need 2?
  • k1rkyc
    k1rkyc Posts: 238 Forumite
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    bc3000 wrote: »
    lol sorry guys..
    ok: the router came with an ethernet cable, but i swear i need 2?

    deleted original answer cos it was incorrect - thanks for pointing out espresso!
  • espresso
    espresso Posts: 16,448 Forumite
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    k1rkyc wrote: »
    No - the Ethernet cable plugs directly into your PC from the router. The phone cable will connect the phone line to the router. Then of course you will have a power cable.

    Seems like the blind are leading the blind again!

    Cable modem > Ethernet cable 1 > Netgear router > Ethernet cable 2 > PC
    :doh: Blue text on this forum usually signifies hyperlinks, so click on them!..:wall:
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