If I get a wireless router and wireless notebook card for my laptop, do I still need to have a cable modem to use the internet????
2006-12-22 09:57:23 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Internet
Yes you do.
The cable modem provides access to the outside world.
You hook your wireless router up to the cable modem (with a cable) and the router then broadcasts that internet access out to your house.
2006-12-22 10:00:52 · answer #1 · answered by Nicholas J 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
yes. the cable modem is what connects you to the interne. Your wireless router connects to your cable modem, and your wireless notebook connects to your router. If you get more then one computer than you can connect all those through your router. The router "routes" the Internet traffic to the correct computer. You need all the to use wireless technology.
2006-12-22 18:04:27 · answer #2 · answered by cimmerdyne 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, that is were the internet connection is coming from not the wireless router. You will have to plug the router into the modem so the internet can be transmitted to your laptop.
2006-12-22 18:00:46 · answer #3 · answered by mybestemail69 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yeap, the wireless router plugs into either a cable modem or a DSL modem for Internet access.
2006-12-22 18:01:15 · answer #4 · answered by Dan821 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes. The cable modem will plug into your router, then your computers will receive the internet access via wireless from the wireless router.
2006-12-22 17:59:58 · answer #5 · answered by Toms777 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes, unless you have a wireless internet provider.
2006-12-22 18:01:12 · answer #6 · answered by Still Crazy... 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes... or another high speed provider.
2006-12-22 17:59:41 · answer #7 · answered by doc311 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋