You purchase a router and connect it to the cable modem and then connect everything to the router. Otherwise you have to unplug whatever is connected to the cable modem (for example a PC) and plug in the PS3 . Whatever you have unplugged is no longer connected to the internet until you unplug the PS3 and plug it back into the modem. Once the PS3 is connected to the cable you need to go to network settings on the PS3 and set up the network connection.
You are supposed to connect an ethernet cable from the modem to whatever device that needs an online connection and if you have 2 or more items connect the router to the modem with an ethernet cable and then connect the devices to the router with ethernet cables
No. You need to connect the ethernet cable to a modem or router. You can disconnect the PC ethernet cable from the modem and connect an ethernet cable from the Xbox 360 to the modem until you purchase a router.
If you want to know if you need WiFi to get online then no you don't. You can connect an ethernet cable from your cable modem or from a router to the ethernet port in the back of a PS3
you need to connect your ps3 to a wireless modem. or use an ethernet cable.
No. Your computer would connect directly to the cable modem via an ethernet cable.
Ethernet
connect the cable modem to PC using the usb port, leaving you the ethernet porton on the cable modem to connect to the wireless router.
Usually with an ethernet cable
Wireless or Wired (ethernet cable).
1. Dial-up - You use a dial-up modem in your computer to connect to the internet over a phone line. 2. Ethernet - You connect to a cable / DSL modem with an Ethernet cable, either directly to the modem or through a router. 3. Wi-fi - You connect to a cable / DSL modem with a wireless card to a router, which is connected to the modem. 4. USB - you connect to a cable / DSL modem directly with a USB cable. 5. 3G - A form of wireless internet that communicates using cellphone towers.
You must subscribe to an internet service and have WiFi modem or router or connect an ethernet cable to your PS3 from a router or a Modem with internet service
is it a straight ethernet or a crossover? i am using a Motorola SURFboard SB5120. You'll only need a straight ethernet cable for that.