What equipment does a PC need to get a signal from a router?

How do you make a wireless PC to PC connection?

You will need a wireless router and a wireless adapter to have wireless pc to pc connection

Cable modem from Cox and you have a wireless router how do you connect your router to the modem so you can use your computer and xbox?

To get "wireless" access from a cable modem, you will need a wireless router in addition to the cable modem. Wireless routers are made by Linksys, and a number of other vendors. Start: 1. Plug the coax cable from the wall into your modem. (this is the "live" internet connection now powering your modem. The modem is now "live") 2. Run the ethernet cable from your modem into your wireless router. (this router is now "live") 3. Run the ethernet cable from the wireless router into your PC. (the PC is now "live") You are basically looping the modem into the router, and the router to your PC, instead of going directly from the modem into the PC. The benefit of looping the wireless router in between the Modem and the PC is so that the wireless router can get a live internet signal and broadcast a "wireless" signal to your home and surrounding 100 foot area. The reason you loop the ethernet cable from the wireless router (in step #2) back into your PC is so that the PC can get the internet connection. Most PC's don't have a wireless "receiver" to receive the wireless signal, and require a direct input from an ethernet cable. Most laptops have wireless ("receivers" aka: modems) and can receive the signal from the wireless router (which is now actively receiving and broadcasting the signal) which we connected in step #2. The concept is very similar to your home telephone with a wireless handset. The phone line runs into the base station, and you can walk around your home with a wireless phone. This is the same with your laptop, and the wireless router is just like the base station of your phone.

What do I need to be able to use Wi-Fi hot spots?

You'll need a built in antenna to recieve the signal. That's it for laptops, PDA's and other mobile computer devices. Regular PC's need a modem, and router.

Do you need a PC in order for a laptop to work via a router?

A laptop is a PC. You don't need a desktop PC to configure a router, you can use a laptop to do so, by connecting to the router via a network adaptater - either via wifi or ethernet. Both ways of connecting are included on laptops nowadays.

What is the different between wireless and non wireless networks?

One uses the airwaves, a wireless router sends a signal. The other needs a cable from the router plunged into a port on the PC.

What do you need to go from wired PC to wireless laptop?

wireless router

Do you need a router to get wi fi?

You would of course need an internet connection from a dsl or cable modem. If you have a laptop, you will need either a built in wireless connection or purchase a wireless card or usb device to pick up the router. If you have a desktop PC you will need to buy a wireless pci adapter or a wireless usb device to connect.

How do you lock my belkin router?

i have a pc i would like to dissconnect from my router how do i do that because i don't have access to that pc

How expensive is it to hook a PC up to a wireless router?

It only costs about $50 unless you need to buy the WI-Fi card for the PC.

Do you need to attach anything from your PC to your PSP to get internet on your PSP?

No, the PSP connects wirelessly to your wireless router.

What cable do you use between a modem to a cisco router?

External modems are built with a female data communications equipment (DCE) DB-25 port for connection to a controlling device such as a PC or a router. Depending on the model of the router you are connecting to, you will use that type of cable. For details lookup "modem-router configuration" on cisco.com

Is a router a PC?

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