Thank you for the information Kevin! I'm trying to figure out my.folks wifi modem, router, ect... Older folks don't understand all the new things (for lack of words). I found your instructions clear, quick (I can always pause!), and informative for basic modem, router, and the big computer they have. I am having troubles with all the different cables. I've noticed a black flimsy telephone type cable used where the Ethernet cable should be. Unlike most, I can't find an extra laying around the place, but there are several sturdy gray cables I have access to now with the same attachments. I'm wondering if replacing the black flimsy phone cable with a sturdier one would help? Does the cable have to be yellow? I'm just not computer savvy! SecNola
My question is: I moved into an apartment that already had a wifi router installed and I got my internet up and running, and on the router it supports 4 Ethernet ports and the speed is only 1 GBPs and i was wondering if I could buy a faster modem with an Ethernet port and plug it into said wifi router?
Is ur purple CAT-5 cable same as ur yellow cable? I.e., interchangeable in use? I remember any CAT-5 cable comes behind a modem has straight wire connection, not crossed.
I connected pc wirelessly and with cat5 cable to a modem .the compter with cat5 cable can pront from the network printer which is connected with with cae to the modem . But the wireless pc cant connect to printer.any ideas
I connected my router to my modem/router with the router wan port and the modem/router lan port and it works so that I could use my modem/router 10gb wan port for my PC ethernet cable. I also turned off the wifi of my modem/router so that only my new router would work. My question is : should my router be connected to my modem/router via wan to wan port or is it okey to have my router using wan port and connect to the lan port of my modem router .😅