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Old 03-13-2008, 11:19 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Cable modem connected to Ethernet port for ADSL wireless router

I am using a Motorola cable modem (one USB port and one Ethernet port) to access the net. I would like to connect that to a router; to share the network.

Right now I do not have a router (i.e. one Ethernet WAN port , and 4 Ethernet LAN ports) to do a sharing, because with this type of router the connection straight forward

But I have got two ADSL Wireless modem routers (NETGEAR DG834G V1and LinkSys WAG54G V2.0 (RJ 11 port and 4 Ethernet LAN ports)

Can I use one of those ADSL Wireless modem routers ? and connect my motorola modem cable to one of its LAN Ethernet port ? does it have any drawback ?
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Old 03-14-2008, 08:46 AM   #2 (permalink)
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Re: Cable modem connected to Ethernet port for ADSL wireless router

Yep, you will only be able to use one computer on the connection. What you're doing is bypassing the routing function of the router, which is the part that enables you to share the Internet connection.

Buy a proper router.
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