Wireless without modem or with modem?

[Agera One]

I'm using cable broadband internet (by which i'm accessing Tom's Hardware now). There is one ethernet (RJ 45) coming from over my house to get internet access. The ISP made some changes to my laptop and made a connection, so that this cable without any router can be used only in this laptop. I decided to buy a DSL router (by what means I found it as DSL router is by speedtest.net - both up and down are same). Now coming to the wireless router selection, I came across two kinds - Wireless with modem & without modem. Which one should I buy?

 

[Someone Somewhere]

Can I just be certain, the RJ-45 Ethernet cable normally goes straight from LAN 1 on the router to the LAN port on your laptop?

 

[Agera One]

Normally it´s connected like:
ISP -> Cable TV connection in your house -> cable modem with only one RJ45 plug -> laptop

This is getting straight !! This is the exact setup.

the first thing to know, is it possible to deactivate the integrated modem inside your AN-1020-21 TYPE-II

I don't know, because it's from a friend who doesn't know tech stuff much.

is there another device between laptop and wall plug?

NOPE.

 

[Agera One]

http://forums.techarena.in/india-broadband/1421119.htm

you have to do this first or no Internet connection will be provided.

PPP ethernet connection

That answer by "Namkar" - I have no RJ-11 jack. 🙁

 

[Agera One]

Can I just be certain, the RJ-45 Ethernet cable normally goes straight from LAN 1 on the router to the LAN port on your laptop?

No, RJ-45 into the LAN1 port, turned the router ON, the wifi and LAN1 LEDs blinked, then the wifi signal with warning triangle in laptop.

 

[Someone Somewhere]

http://forums.techarena.in/india-broadband/1421119.htm

you have to do this first or no Internet connection will be provided.

PPP ethernet connection

That answer by "Namkar" - I have no RJ-11 jack. 🙁

It's the one on the right of your picture with the black wire.

Can I just be certain, the RJ-45 Ethernet cable normally goes straight from LAN 1 on the router to the LAN port on your laptop?

No, RJ-45 into the LAN1 port, turned the router ON, the wifi and LAN1 LEDs blinked, then the wifi signal with warning triangle in laptop.

You didn't answer the question. What do you normally do?

 

[Agera One]

http://forums.techarena.in/india-broadband/1421119.htm

you have to do this first or no Internet connection will be provided.

PPP ethernet connection

That answer by "Namkar" - I have no RJ-11 jack. 🙁

It's the one on the right of your picture with the black wire.

Can I just be certain, the RJ-45 Ethernet cable normally goes straight from LAN 1 on the router to the LAN port on your laptop?

No, RJ-45 into the LAN1 port, turned the router ON, the wifi and LAN1 LEDs blinked, then the wifi signal with warning triangle in laptop.

You didn't answer the question. What do you normally do?

I know the types of RJ jacks, I don't have the RJ-11 jack.
To answer the question, (note I said dumb while saying), it didn't go into the RJ-11 port (the black wire port in the picture, so plugged into LAN1 - I know it won't work)

 

[Someone Somewhere]

The RJ-11 jack is for a phone line, to run an ADSL/DSL signal over.

I need a picture of what you normally (when you're not trying to get extra stuff) have connected. Because you're not answering my questions, and I'm thus completely confused.

 

[Agera One]

Normally it´s connected like:
ISP -> Cable TV connection in your house -> cable modem with only one RJ45 plug -> laptop

Okay, tomorrow I'm going to pay the bill through cash. What should I ask them to share my internet?

 

[Someone Somewhere]

OK, thanks. That's the magic info I needed.

To share internet, you'll need a wireless router with an ethernet WAN port, like this.

You then connect an Ethernet cable between your cable modem and the WAN port on the router, and another Ethernet cable between one of the LAN ports on the router and the LAN port on your laptop.

You'll need to make a note of the PPP information in your laptop if present (if not, find out if there's any static IPs or anything), then set it to DHCP.

Then enter the PPP info or static IP into the router, and it should all work.

 

[Agera One]

The same router is what Raven also recommended. But I can't select 2 answers at a time, so voted him up. You just reduced my work for tomorrow 😀 Anyway, I'll get the router and then get along with the PPP, DHCP stuff (I came across these once, but I don't remember - catching those stuff will be easy I guess).

 

[Someone Somewhere]

[strike]Those aren't ADSL or DSL routers. They're just wireless routers. No modems.[/strike] Thanks for the edit.

I wouldn't really worry too much about getting something faster, unless you want to do internal file sharing. You can get way more than 1Mb/s over an N150 router, even in a fairly crowded environment.

 

[Agera One]

Internal file sharing means "sharing of files (through both wired and wireless means) between the multiple systems connected in same network" - Right?

If YES, can I really share a 4+ Gig file by means of internal file sharing?

 

[Someone Somewhere]

Yes, and yes. Faster if all concerned are on ethernet than WiFi, though.

Only works internally.

 

[Agera One]

Okay,