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"Broadband around the house ..."

Excuse my ignorance, and I'm sure this gets asked every 5 minutes or so, but whatever ...

Best way to get broadband access in another place in the house from where it's hooked up to the main computer?

Would just buying another modem and setting my laptop up the same work? Or does it all have to go through the main computer?

It be saying:

Ebuyer 108 Mbps 4 Port Wireless Firewall Internet Gateway Router with Built in ADSL2/2+ Modem 802.11g+

So, yeah.

Make sure it says "router/modem" because you won't be able to use a USB modem with it anyway.

And E-buyer's a good place to shop.

Right right right.
*hides*

The router replaces your modem.

Excellent, will be getting one of those then.
Is E-buyer the best place to get it from, do you think?

And it doesn't matter which kind of modem you've got? We've got a USB one.

Seconded.

FinalFantasyFanatic wrote:
> Can't I connect the router up to the main computer with wires, and
> just have the wireless connection for the laptop? That would be
> ideal.

Yes. That is what I meant in my first post.

Could have worded it better though.

Can't I connect the router up to the main computer with wires, and just have the wireless connection for the laptop? That would be ideal.

FinalFantasyFanatic wrote:
> Do you think that'll only work with the Airports, or any other router as well?

The Airport Extreme card(s) should work with any wireless router so you don't need to buy an Airport Extreme base station.

I don't think PCMCIA cards or USB dongles work with Macs so you will need to buy an Airport Extreme card for your non-wireless Mac.

Damarus wrote:
[URL]http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X292ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=63014[/URL]
>
> Use this in your laptop and connect wirelessly to the router.

I'm gonna buy this, so I just stick it into the side of my laptop and I'm sorted? Right?

(I've got the NAP too, I'm not that thick!)