Hi I have recently purchased an ACER laptop with built in wireless. I currently use my desktop to connect to the Internet, through a Speedtouch modem, broadband, plugged in via USB and then wires to the adsl filter. I now want to connect both wirelessly. Please may I ask for a little advice on what I need; I'm guessing the Speedtouch USB modem will become obselete? Many many thanks in advance. Jonathan

Plan A: Find a wireless router with USB and Ethernet connections for the internet. Plan B: Get a DSL modem with ethernet instead of USB, and then get any wireless router. "President Bush is doing everything he can to lower gas prices, including...making the oil companies so rich that maybe they'll get sick of money."

Thanks for your prompt reply! Great! I'm guessing then the wireless router does not need a modem built-in? Both desktop and laptop will rely on the modem from the laptop, making the speedtouch obselete? Sorry for being a little thick :-) Jonathan

Modem modulates the DSL signal into Ethernet. The router then allows the connection to go to multiple computers via Network Address Translation. ADSL Modem -> Router Wan Port -> Router LAN port (or Wireless Access Point in the case of your wireless computer(s)) -> Client machines. "President Bush is doing everything he can to lower gas prices, including...making the oil companies so rich that maybe they'll get sick of money."

Thank you VERY much. Jonathan

No problem! "By the way, for a fun second-term drinking game, chug a beer every time you hear the phrase, ‘contentious, but futile protest vote by Democrats.’ By the time Jeb Bush is elected, you’ll be so w