[TARITAKAYE1982]

Hello,

I am about to purchase a new laptop, probably from Dell. My household uses DSL through a wired connection versus wifi. It looks like the laptop I am going to purchase doesn't have a connection or "card" thingy to plug the dsl into. I have an option to purchase a wireless router that I guess I plug into the modem. Well, there are 5 other users in the house that utilize the wired connection and none of them want to purchase and use a wirless network.

So, my question is....is there such a thing as a modem that has "plugs" for both lan line and wireless routers. I know we will still be sharing the same connection and what not, but I really don't have the money to set up a new line just for a wireless internet connection.

I need it because I am a full time college student with all four classes being online. I am also a mother of a 2 yr old who obviously cannot be left unattended and my computer is in my room and my daughter and I are always in the living room...so I need and want a laptop. Originally, I was just going to buy extra wire and an extender so I could just unplug the connection from my computer in my room and extend the wire into the livingroom to use the internet on my laptop from there.

So anyway, now I don't know how to go about this. Is there a modem (oh I use Verizon Service and Modem now) that will plug in a lan and wireless router, or does anyone have any ideas or suggestions that could solve my little problem?

Thanks!
Taritakaye1982

[BG-0]

Wireless routers can take a RJ45 (the regular wired internet cable) cable from your modem and pass the connection onto wireless.
Wireless modems also always have 4-6 RJ45 connections. I don't know about the quality of the Verizon box, but I'd think you're better off leaving the modem alone and just getting a wireless router.

[TARITAKAYE1982]

Thanks for your reply.........it just dawned on me.....I think I meant to ask is if there is a modem that will connect to a wireless router AND a lan line router. I will be the one to only be using the wireless connection, the other members don't have the set up for wireless and don't want to.

[BG-0]

AFAIK, wireless routers connect to the modem by cable(modem LAN port -> router WAN port), and only the computers connect to it by wireless connection. The router further has LAN ports, too, for you to connect it to computers by hard wire.
I don't see a reason for you not to just hard-wire a wireless router to the current modem. Are there no free plugs? Why get a new modem as well as a wireless router, when it's not needed?