I can't seem to get a good answer from Radio Shack on this question, so I
figured someone on here someone would know it. This is not a shortwave
question, but I figured there is a higher level of tech knowledge on here
than Radio Shack workers. Verizon just sent me an upgraded wireless router
for my DSL. I also have a second computer than communicates with the router
via a USB adapter. Anyways, I had a Netgear wireless router that I was using
but no longer need since Verizon sent their new and improved one. Can this
Netgear router be used on a third computer to receive the DSL signal from
the Verizon router OR will I need to pick up another USB adapter to receive
a signal. I am not sure a router just transmits signals and maybe doesn't
act as a receiver of signals, thus the need for the USB adapter. Any
information appreciated.
David
N1QLK

I am not sure if I understand your question.
A router is like a telpehone central
office exchange. Each PC (on a net)
has to have a NIC (network interface card)
These can be ISA, PCI, integrateed, PCMIA
(or whatever you call the little plug in cards
that laptops use), or USB.
Each PC has a ethernet cable, today most
look like a telephone jack on steroids, but,
in the "good old days" we used 50 thinnet
with BNCs and I have even seen some odd IBM 2
pin coax. But almost everything today is either CAT5
or fibre optics.
You hub has one port called "uplink", (different terms
are used) that connects to your Cable/DSL or real world
ethernet port. My Ntegear T10 has 8 femal connectors.
One has a switch to allow it to function as a normal
prot, or an uplink port.
Say I have four PCs and a cable box, I don't we only have
2 and a use56K dialup, you will run one cable to each
PCs NIC device, in this case your USB adaptor. Then the
uplink port will go to the cable modem.
But each PC has to have it's own NIC.
An each will have to have a unique TCP/IP assigned.
Some hubs, modems are smart and use DHCP.
Others you will have to assign "static" numbers.
This will at least get you pointed in the right direction.
In a realy bad evil situation, you mihgt have to have
1 PCwith 2 NICs to act as a bridge. I don't know how far
hubs and cable modems have come in the last few years,
but when I helped a friend set his up 3 years ago, he had to
go the ugly route.
Wireless systems face similar issues. All PCs must have
a unique TCP/IP address. This is perhaps the single most
important thing to learn. I learned the hard way at 3:00Am the
hard way. We have one modem and use "network connecton
sharing" to allow that. It was a major PITA to set up.
I am assuming that you are using TCP/IP and not "netbui" or
Novel.
Terry

Why would you want to broadcast everything you do on your computer to
all your neighbors?

On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 23:54:06 GMT, "snow"
wrote:

I can't seem to get a good answer from Radio Shack on this question, so I
figured someone on here someone would know it. This is not a shortwave
question, but I figured there is a higher level of tech knowledge on here
than Radio Shack workers. Verizon just sent me an upgraded wireless router
for my DSL. I also have a second computer than communicates with the router
via a USB adapter. Anyways, I had a Netgear wireless router that I was using
but no longer need since Verizon sent their new and improved one. Can this
Netgear router be used on a third computer to receive the DSL signal from
the Verizon router OR will I need to pick up another USB adapter to receive
a signal. I am not sure a router just transmits signals and maybe doesn't
act as a receiver of signals, thus the need for the USB adapter. Any
information appreciated.
David
N1QLK