On 15 Jul 2005 03:56:40 -0700, "Fernando" <frr@easyjob.net> wrote:
>I currently have internet access via cable. If I buy a wireless router,
>will it work when I move to DSL internet provider?
Yes.
>Is the router cable or dsl specific or is that irrelevant?
Sorta/maybe. In general, you're safe buying almost any router and it
should work on either cable or DSL.
What you want is an ethernet wireless router. That means the WAN
(wide area network) port is an ethernet connection. That will go to
either your cable modem ethernet port, or your DSL ethernet port.
Avoid a cable or DSL modem that has *ONLY* a USB port. That will not
work. Some cable and DSL modems have both USB and ethernet. Those
are fine. Obviously, don't buy a wireless router with a built in DSL
or cable modem.
In all cases, the ethernet wireless router will take care of logging
into your DSL provider's system, probably using PPPoE. No need for
any special software on your computers. If no login is necessary,
then the router will use DHCP, or other means.
The only problem I can think of is if you have a provider that uses
PPPoA (i.e. Quest) instead of PPPoE, which requires a specific modem
with PPPoA support. In general, these are combined with routers,
making the choice of hardware rather awkward. If you're stuck with
one of these, your ethernet wireless router can still be used as a
wireless access point (i.e. no router section). We can supply
instructions for configuring it this way if necessary.
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