On 14 Feb, 15:51, "Bill Kearney" <wkearne...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > Sure. Plug your ethernet cable modem into one of the four LAN ports of
> > the WRT54G.
>
> Why would he do that? If he's on a cable modem it's probably only serving
> up one IP address; to the connected desktop. Connecting the router's WAN
> port to the cable modem will let him then support multiple internal IP
> addresses.
>
> It's possible his cable modem also has router functionality. Some do, but
> often it's crippled compared to what can be found in a more robust device
> like the WRT54G. So if his cable modem IS a router then he'd do well to
> configure it to operate solely as bridge and use the functions in the WRT54G
> instead.
>
> The wiring would be cable->cable modem->WAN port on WRT54G and then up to
> four wired PCs and then wireless devices. He could even use on of the LAN
> ports with a powerline ethernet device. I generally dislike them as my
> experience with them has never been satisfactory (noise disrupts them, they
> burn out, etc). Newer ones appear to "suck less" but still seem to have
> reliability problems.
>
> Running wire is rarely as impossible as people believe. Walls are generally
> hollow and if there's wire in there now it's likely more can be run without
> all that much hassle. It's not as easy as wireless, of course, but nothing
> else matches the performance and reliability of good old wired ethernet.
>
> -Bill Kearney

I agree, wired all the way for reliability, performance and security.

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