Modems and routers – The basics If you subscribe to a cable or DSL internet service, your modem will act as a bridge to connect your cable service directly to your computer or your wireless router.

To properly connect the devices, first configure the modem in bridged mode, then configure the router with your DSL credentials, and lastly, connect the modem and router to provide Internet access ...

The difference is that a modem takes whatever data you need and sends it to the internet, whereas a router allows the devices in your home to wirelessly connect to the internet from the modem.

The box you rent from Comcast contains both a modem, the device that connects to the service provider's network, and the wireless router, to which you connect via WiFi or Ethernet cable.

Your modem needs to handshake with your ISP to get connected and if you didn’t get a refresh signal when you reset the router-modem combo, you may need to request one.

While a modem is a plug-and-play device, connecting it to a multi-line phone system will require some additional hardware to provide uninterrupted service.

Any Wi-Fi device in range of that network can use whatever password you've set to connect wirelessly to the router and, through it, to the modem and the web.

I have a modem/wireless router (Belgacom B-Box2) and I'm trying to set up a wireless VPN connection. Can I connect a wireless router to the modem and have that router broadcast its own wireless ...

Two weeks ago, I posted an article on how to connect to the internet using mobile broadband (the dongles) in this Ubuntu How-to series of articles. The article solicited some great comments from ...