wireless broadband

magicdamo1984

i have just bought the bt wireless router of ebay thinking i could just plug it in and my desktop would be connected am i right in thinking this isnt the case and i need a wireless dongle and if so which one is the best/cheapest

cheers damo

albertross_2

If the router is close to the pc, and you have an ethernet network card, you could plug it in, otherwise you do need a wireless dongle, try https://www.ebuyer.com

magicdamo1984

i dont have bt broadband does this make a difference i have aol until bt decide to upgrade the line to adsl2 and then ill be going to sky broadband max

albertross_2

Your isp is unrelated to whether the router will work, unless you have bought a BT locked router. Have you plugged it in and tried it wired?

Why not get sky BB now, with a free Netgear router, or ask AOL for one

http://myaolbroadband.co.uk/broadband/broadband.adp

magicdamo1984

havnt received it yet should be here in 2 days

i did see that today but i want to wait for adsl2 and i already have sky so would only be £10/month

BexTech

Use the hard-wired side of the router, only use wireless if you have a laptop and you want to move around, for your desktop PC, better off hard-wired.

Sky will give you a free wireless router, though again use the hard-wired side for desktop.

You could use your existing router, but Sky don't give out details required to enter on them, you have to download something and pull the details from the Sky supplied router and then Sky won't offer support unless you are using their modified router.

magicdamo1984

i want to move my computer without having to have wires running through the room which is why i want wireless as well as wii,psp and ds

just read somewhere else that i will have to reconfigure it to let me use my isp is this true

BexTech

magicdamo1984 wrote: »

i want to move my computer without having to have wires running through the room which is why i want wireless as well as wii,psp and ds

just read somewhere else that i will have to reconfigure it to let me use my isp is this true

You need to enter your username and password in the router config page., as it's your router that will be connecting to the ISP from then on, your computers don't then need to log onto your ISP, they will jjust get the connection straight away from the router. I'd set-up security too, so no one else can use your internet.