How can I get my modem to connect to both a wireless router and a cable/dsl modem?

Question

Yes my wireless router has the ports in the back but my Xbox 360 doesnt work too well when its connected to the wireless so everytime I want to play online I have to disconnect my wireless modem and plug it into my cable/dsl modem and I was wondering if I could just make them both work.

I also tried to have my modem connected to the wireless and getting an ethernet cord and connecting it to the back of the wireless (1 of the 4 ports) and connecting it to the back of the cable/dsl router (the part where you would plug the modem into) but it didnt work.

please help

Answer 1

Even wireless routers will have ethernet ports on the back so you can connect your X-Box using rthernet cable.

Here are your connections:
-Cable from wall to your broadband modem
-Ethernet cable from your Broadband Modem to your Wireless Routers WAN (Internet) Port
-Ethernet cable from one of the ethernet ports on the router to your x-box's ethernet port

Thats It.

Now if your modem has a antenna on it then you already have a router built into it and you dont want to use two routers together. If you only have one ethernet port on your modem/router combo unit then you need to purchase a simple 4 port ethernet hub and connect it to the modem/router combo unit and then connect your computer and x-box into one of the free ports on the hub.

Hope that helps.....

Answer 2

well having two router's wich dsl has an internal will cause conflict's also there's the portforwarding that need's set up on both but as i said if you have dsl then have a router you now have 2 router's. i suggest calling your isp and asking them for a modem with wireless so you'll just have one modem and one router..