Networking using a USB modem.....

Brum Man · 17 Apr 2006 at 19:01

I've just moved into a new house and have started looking at who to sign up with regard to cable. Now I know there are a lot of good offers about at the moment, with half price deals around etc, but a lot of the companies seem to give you a USB modem. Now when I was with telewest at Uni they gave us a proper ethernet modem so networking was not a problem, however how easy is it going to be with a USB modem? Basically there will be 3 computers sharing the connection, all wirelessly through some form of wireless router.

Is it possible to plug a router in to a USB modem at all?

If it isn't, what companies around these days give out ethernet cable modems?

Brum Man · 17 Apr 2006 at 19:44

Oops.....I didn't realise they were ADSL, I'm so STUPID!!!!!!!!!!

So if I get it from Bulldog I can use my US robtics wireless router, mmm.........

Brum Man · 17 Apr 2006 at 19:56

Question.

Telewest are already supplying us with our phone, does that mean that we are tied in with them to have cable with them or is it still going to be possible to get ADSL through them?

Brum Man · 17 Apr 2006 at 20:08

Bugger, that's what I thought.

The only problem with that is that to go with telewest means that I need to buy a new wireless router to plug into the modem, where as I have all the wireless stuff that I need if we were to get ADSL