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Do you need a modem or can you just use a router for the computer?
Wiki User
∙ 12y ago
A router is used for connecting multiple computers to a single connection, but it doesn't provide the actual connection. You still need a cable modem or a DSL modem to connect to the router to provide the connection to the internet. Usually on the back of the router there is one port marked internet or uplink that you'll need to connect to the modem you get.
Wiki User
∙ 14y ago
Wiki User
∙ 13y agoyes
the modem is what "connects" to the internet, not the router or the computer. Really, the computer connects to the router or the modem, if your using a router than the router connects to the modem, and the modem connects to the system by which your ISP provides you internet service (i.e. DSL, Landline, Ethernet, etc.). The "internet" is carried on phone lines, the modem (Modulator - Demodulator) converts the analog phone signal to a digital signal your computer can use, and vise verse (for this, just imagine the modem is that funny plug that connects an old UHF t.v. - the kind with the screws in the back - to a modern coaxial cord).
To keep it short, a router doesn't have the capability to connect your computer to the internet.
Wiki User
∙ 12y agoA 'router' is the device that controls the distribution of data packets in a network, a 'modem' is the device that uses an analogue signal to carry digital information. You need both. Most devices sold as 'routers' will actually have an inbuilt modem, and even back in the 56k era, the 'modem' was also a router since it passed data between modem and computer.
You need a cable modem to convert between the cable TV provider's signal and Ethernet protocol. A router can be used to connect the cable modem to multiple computers. Some cable modems have a built in Ethernet or Wi-Fi router. If only one machine is connected a separate router is not needed.
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