Can I connect a wifi router to the internet without a modem

[hamoudziane]

I have an Ethernet cable coming out if the wall in my apartment
Would it be possible to just connect a router and have WiFi ?
Or do I need to buy a modem and a router

 

[nitinvaid20]

that ethernet cable has internet connection? if yes then you can just plug it in your wifi router and use it

 

[Pooneil]

It depends on what the other end of the cable is connected to. Do you know?

If you can plug the cable into a computer and get internet access, then it is possible that you could set up a router as an access point and use that for wifi. See this forum sticky post.

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/36406-43-convert-wireless-router-wireless-access-point

 

[Karadjgne]

Yes, but no. The job of a modem is to facilitate data flow to/from an ISP. The job of a router is to split that signal to various other equipment, like phones or pc's. There must be a modem somewhere. If the other end of that enet terminal ends up on a modem somehow, then yes, you can use your router to make that hardline into Wi-Fi. If the other end of that enet terminal is blank, then you will have no internet connection at all, router useless.
Just be very careful if the other end is hooked to a community modem, like in an apartment building or coffee shop etc as that'll be public access for the entire network, apart from truncated bandwidth and probable up/down load issues, a neighbor could be on the same network/group as you and if not setup correctly can cause all sorts of malicious software issues.