wireless network with aol broadband modem.

yaacov81

hi
i would like to setup a wireless network. i have aol broadband using the adsl modem they supply.
can i set up a netowrk using a normal wireless router or do i need a different modem/router?
is this a simple thing to set up, i.e. install the router and plug in a usb network adaptor or is it more complicated than this?

thanks

Mattjimf

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Ember999

yaacov81 wrote:

hi
i would like to setup a wireless network. i have aol broadband using the adsl modem they supply.
can i set up a netowrk using a normal wireless router or do i need a different modem/router?
is this a simple thing to set up, i.e. install the router and plug in a usb network adaptor or is it more complicated than this?

thanks

I have AOL broadband on wireless router now. It is a pain to set up! You have to buy only certain models for it to work with AOL and if you look under keyword 'Broadband' on AOL you can get a list of the models that you can choose from. Setting up my laptop to work took an AOL engineer almost an hour! the settings are a nightmare and even though I am quite intelligent I couldn't do it. However, the engineer managed it and I now have my desktop running on broadband and my laptop running broadband from a wireless card.
The router I got was Netgear and the set-up cost just over £100 for the wireless router for the desktop and the card for laptop.

Ember xx

Mattjimf

You really only need to get the aol reconmended routers if you want them to help you out, I personally am not using a reconmended router and it's running fine for me, easy as pie to set up. I use the D-Link DSL-G604T all i had to do was connect to the router via a network cable, enter my aol screen name and password and everything else happened automatically. The only real problem you may suffer is with your firewall, but once you know how that's easy to fix as well.