zillah Posted March 14, 2008 Share Posted March 14, 2008 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 forwardBut 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 ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwit Posted March 14, 2008 Share Posted March 14, 2008 Unfortunately no you can't. The routers your referencing are not just routers but are actually gateways. A gateway is a modem and router built into one devise. That being said if you have an ADSL gateway means you have a ADSL modem and router built into one. ADSL uses the phone line as the medium to bring you the internet. Cable uses coax. What you would need is a cable gateway. A few examples are the NETGEAR CG814M Wireless Cable Modem Internet Gateway and the Linksys wcg200 Wireless-G Cable Gateway Cable Modem with Built-In Wireless-G Router. But i would talk with your isp and confirm which gateway would work best with their services. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zillah Posted March 14, 2008 Author Share Posted March 14, 2008 Thanks dwit, I think you misunderstood my question.What I am looking for is connected the Cable modem through its etherent port to the ethernet port of ADSL (Gateway) router, that means I am looking to use ADSL (Gateway) router as a switch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rendrag Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 http://www.jacobsen.no/anders/blog/archive...outer_only.htmlthat might work for the Linksys (i don't know what internet provider you have)I doubt you want to use the linksys or netgear as a switch only... most internet providers only allow one MAC address to access a particular connection at a given time (and many will refuse the connection if the MAC address on file does not match what is currently connected). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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