Wonder if anyone can shed any light on this - I have some experience with networking, but virtually none with cable modems, etc.
A friend of mine is connected up using a cable modem from his provider, hooked up through a Cat5e cable into his PC (the cable from the wall is the horrible screw-on kind.) The cable modem connects up to the provider without any input from the PC - I just switch it on, and way it goes.
The problem lies with the router he just bought. It's an ADSL broadband router (A D-Link model) which has an ADSL port, 4 LAN ports, and a wireless antenna - he intends to use it with a laptop for wreless access. AFAIK, ADSL routers like this one are designed to be plugged into the phone line through a microfilter (i.e. not a cable connection). But rather than have him returning it and going through all the hassle, my way of thnking was this:
Power up the cable modem as usual, plug that into one of the LAN ports. Hook up his PC to the LAN port as well, therefore still using the cable modem for internet access across the network (as it would be providing net access) - in theory using the LAN function of the router and not using the ADSL specific functions.
Will this work, or am I getting the wrong end of the stick? Is there anything else I need to be aware of?
Any advice would be appreciated!
