Do i need a modem if I connect to the Internet with a wireless USB connector?

Answer 1

If all you're doing is going to coffee shops with your laptop or your municipality provides a wifi signal, then no. You don't need a modem.

You do need a modem if you're paying for an internet service provider to cable service to your home and you want to pick up the signal wirelessly. The ISP should provide the modem with the service. But you don't get the wireless router with it. And that's what you need to send the signal. The simplest way to do this is to get a router by the same manufacturer as your USB wifi stick. In this way you're less likely to have problems in making a connection. And it will be easier to find answers to any networking problems that way.

Answer 2

Go to netgear.com and look at the tutorials on home networking.

Assuming your talking about 802.11B/G/N wireless (a.k.a. wifi)?

You will need a wireless router that supports the same flavor of wifi as your NIC. The router will connect to either a DSL or cable modem - depends on what service you have.

Alternative is to ride your neighbors wireless, providing they have it and they don't have security turned on.

Answer 3

You won't if you're stealing someone else's wireless internet. You'll need some kind of modem to be legal.

Answer 4

You still need a broadband account and a wireless router.

Answer 5

not if you get internet already