Virgin Internet Questions

banja · 4 Sep 2008 at 15:39

I've just moved into a house with no land-line and currently no internet. I've looked about and Virgin's service looks like it might fit the bill for a net and phone package at a fair price (we won't be getting a BT line whatever happens)

My question is how does the modem / wireless router situation work with Virgin? I don't want to be wireless - my PC doesn't have the necessary hardware and I prefer to be wired anyway. My housemate has a Mac laptop and he wants wireless. Will we both be able to connect? My PC previously connected from a BT line via cheapish modem using the standard connection (don't even know what it's called) Will I still be able to use this wire??

Virgin's site doesn't give much info. I called the customer service line but it's mostly automated and their phone operators were all 'busy'.

!bluetonic! · 4 Sep 2008 at 16:06

A cable comes into your house and a virgin cable modem plugs into this. You then plug a cable router into this and this will give you your ethernet ports to connect to.

xb8browney · 4 Sep 2008 at 16:24

Wallsocket>coax wire to VM Modem>ethernet cable from VM modem to WAN port on the wireless router from there you can either connect to the router by wire or wifi

banja · 4 Sep 2008 at 18:49

Excellent answers gentlemen, thankyou

I assume 'ethernet' connection is basically the standard connection that I used before? And that I will be able to use the wired connection at the same time as it is being used wirelessly??

xb8browney · 4 Sep 2008 at 21:12

banja said:
Excellent answers gentlemen, thankyou

I assume 'ethernet' connection is basically the standard connection that I used before? And that I will be able to use the wired connection at the same time as it is being used wirelessly??

Yes and yes remember to get a cable router not a adsl one

banja · 5 Sep 2008 at 02:18

xb8browney said:
Yes and yes remember to get a cable router not a adsl one

The package includes a free wireless router so I guess that will be fine

Daegan · 5 Sep 2008 at 03:55

banja said:
I assume 'ethernet' connection is basically the standard connection that I used before?

Not necessarily, you could easily have been connecting via USB. Just make sure your PC has an ethernet interface. Read the manual, see if it has an ethernet NIC (network interface card) built in. In Windows check your Network Connections or Device Manager for an ethernet NIC. If it's fairly new, anything in the last 5 years or so, it should be okay.