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Forums › New Zealand Broadband › connect wireless router to wired modem/router


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Topic # 56325 13-Jan-2010 16:48
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I have a D-link 504T 4 port modem/router.
Works fine for me - quite happy with it. However, my wife has jsut bought a new laptop with a wifi connection.

Can I purchase a wireless router and connect it up to my D-Link modem router or do I need to by a wireless modem/router?

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  Reply # 289715 13-Jan-2010 16:56
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There are no probs having a separate wireless router connected to a regular Modem/router.



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  Reply # 289723 13-Jan-2010 17:10
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so how does it work? Do I just plug the wan out on the wireless routher to one of the 4 ports on the modem router? Any specific changes that need to be made anywhere?

 
 
 
 


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  Reply # 289918 14-Jan-2010 10:52
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Hi, check my comments on doing this in the thread below.

http://www.geekzone.co.nz/forums.asp?forumid=49&topicid=55723

Cheers
Cyril

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