Wired/Wireless in the home, help needed...

Spencer4 · July 20th, 2010, 04:38 AM

Hello,

First post and a little left-field perhaps. Having bought a new smart phone I'd like to have a wireless router in the house so that I can use the wi-fi with the phone.

At present I have an old 4-port wired router and have wires stretching through many rooms connecting various computers. I'd really like to keep the wired set-up as the main hassle has already been navigated.

Can someone recommend a fairly simple solution, a router that can still give me the wired connections to the 3 computers I'm using at present, but that can also allow me to use my phone and lap-tops wirelessly at the same time?

Hopefully not too expensive, or complicated to set up as I'm a bit of a techno-dinosaur. UK based btw.

Thanks.

hitmark · July 20th, 2010, 06:36 AM

you need a wireless router(that you may have already). some wireless USBs.

SoulTerror · July 20th, 2010, 07:32 AM

Most routers are both wireless and wire. I know my Linksys is. I have 3 wires coming off it, one to another room in the house for my game systems, and 2 at my desk. 1 for my laptop, other for computers I work on. Then we have wireless for my wifes laptop and when I go out of my computer room with mine.

graeme73 · July 24th, 2010, 10:54 PM

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LoyalServant · July 25th, 2010, 12:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Spencer4

Hello,

First post and a little left-field perhaps. Having bought a new smart phone I'd like to have a wireless router in the house so that I can use the wi-fi with the phone.

At present I have an old 4-port wired router and have wires stretching through many rooms connecting various computers. I'd really like to keep the wired set-up as the main hassle has already been navigated.

Can someone recommend a fairly simple solution, a router that can still give me the wired connections to the 3 computers I'm using at present, but that can also allow me to use my phone and lap-tops wirelessly at the same time?

Hopefully not too expensive, or complicated to set up as I'm a bit of a techno-dinosaur. UK based btw.

Thanks.

I personally still use a Linksys WRT54GL with tomato.
It's a B/G router and should work with your phone and laptop as well as maintain your wired computers - it has a built-in 4 port switch.

I bet they are cheap now as well... and tomato extends it's capabilities.

Hangdog42 · July 25th, 2010, 07:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LoyalServant

I personally still use a Linksys WRT54GL with tomato.
It's a B/G router and should work with your phone and laptop as well as maintain your wired computers - it has a built-in 4 port switch.

I bet they are cheap now as well... and tomato extends it's capabilities.

+1 to the WRT54GL and Tomato combo. I've been using that combination of router and software for a few years and I highly recommend it. Granted, it doesn't do N speeds, but unless you're streaming video, you probably won't need N speed. G is good for general web-use, audio streaming and gaming (unless you are a hard-core gamer, in which case you shouldn't be using wireless at all).

monsterenergy22 · July 31st, 2010, 04:20 AM

Most wireless routers are also wired routers. My belkin router is wireless as well as wired. The router they are referring to is this one.

Newegg.com - Linksys WRT54GL IEEE 802.3/3u, IEEE 802.11b/g Wireless-G Broadband Router

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