Thanks for the advice on my previous post. Need some help once more.
I have a pc and the new Imac which will be in seperate rooms. My internet
connection is high speed DSL using a USB modem. What do I need to set up a
wireless network. I called around and was told it couldn't be done with the
present modem but didn't understand, over the phone, the reasons why or what
I needed...
Also, I want to upgrade the memory on the Imac. I've been told to beware of
lower quality memory modules. Which brands are the better ones?

Thanks
JML

In article <9Z%Ud.23355$Vf6.682092@news20.bellglobal.com>,
"J.M.L." <jeanmarc.lachance@sympatico.ca> wrote:

> Thanks for the advice on my previous post. Need some help once more.
> I have a pc and the new Imac which will be in seperate rooms. My internet
> connection is high speed DSL using a USB modem. What do I need to set up a
> wireless network. I called around and was told it couldn't be done with the
> present modem but didn't understand, over the phone, the reasons why or what
> I needed...
> Also, I want to upgrade the memory on the Imac. I've been told to beware of
> lower quality memory modules. Which brands are the better ones?
>
> Thanks
> JML

An Ethernet-based DSL modem would be better-- in that case, you would
connect your wireless router to the modem, and it would share the
Internet connection with any connected computers.

With a modem that connects to your PC, it may be more problematic. With
a wired setup, you could install Windows Internet Connection Sharing on
the PC, and let it share its Internet connection with the Mac (or other
PCs)... that MIGHT work with your wireless network, but might not-- I
haven't tested this.

If it's going to have a chance of working, you would want a wireless
base station that ISN'T set for 'DHCP'-- in other words, isn't giving
TCP/IP addresses to the computers that are connecting to it-- you want
them to get these from the computer that's set up for Internet
Connection Sharing.

Frankly, you may be better off trying to get an Ethernet DSL modem...
they're fairly cheap these days.

re. RAM-- check www.crucial.com; not the cheapest, but high quality.

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Alan Zisman <alan@nospam.zisman.ca> wrote:

> In article <9Z%Ud.23355$Vf6.682092@news20.bellglobal.com>,
> "J.M.L." <jeanmarc.lachance@sympatico.ca> wrote:
>
> > Thanks for the advice on my previous post. Need some help once more.
> > I have a pc and the new Imac which will be in seperate rooms. My internet
> > connection is high speed DSL using a USB modem. What do I need to set up a
> > wireless network. I called around and was told it couldn't be done with the
> > present modem but didn't understand, over the phone, the reasons why or what
> > I needed...
>
> An Ethernet-based DSL modem would be better-- in that case, you would
> connect your wireless router to the modem, and it would share the
> Internet connection with any connected computers.

The OP should be able to get a router that connects via USB to an ADSL
modem. I got this (see below) from SMCs home page. Because I use a SMC
router. And that router BTW connects to an analog modem via RS232. So
why not maybe USB too?

I'm not sure that the "ADSL modems with USB, bridging and/or routing
capabilities" mentioned here meets his needs though.

<quote>

Broadband Internet access at home and/or in the office (via ADSL or
cable modem) is set to change the needs of PC and network users. SMC
Networks is focused on providing the optimum solutions for users to
access and share the internet - either through easy-to-install routers
that connect to ADSL or cable modems or ADSL modems with USB, bridging
and/or routing capabilities. We have used our networking expertise to
integrate wireless technologies into our broadband range and to offer
greater security.

<end quote>

The OP should do a thorough search, on say Google, for a router that
connects to an ADSL modem via USB.

In article <9Z%Ud.23355$Vf6.682092@news20.bellglobal.com>,
"J.M.L." <jeanmarc.lachance@sympatico.ca> wrote:

> Thanks for the advice on my previous post. Need some help once more.
> I have a pc and the new Imac which will be in seperate rooms. My internet
> connection is high speed DSL using a USB modem. What do I need to set up a
> wireless network. I called around and was told it couldn't be done with the
> present modem but didn't understand, over the phone, the reasons why or what
> I needed...
> Also, I want to upgrade the memory on the Imac. I've been told to beware of
> lower quality memory modules. Which brands are the better ones?
>
> Thanks
> JML

I was under the impression that DSL modems in general connect via
Ethernet, not via USB. Routers all use Ethernet as far as I know
(Wireless routers also have Ethernet ports as well.) Are you sure your
modem connects via USB?

Bill

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B Collins <bbcollins@earthlink.net.invalid> writes:
>
> I was under the impression that DSL modems in general connect via
> Ethernet, not via USB. Routers all use Ethernet as far as I know
> (Wireless routers also have Ethernet ports as well.) Are you sure your
> modem connects via USB?

Unfortunately, there are definitely USB DSL modems out there, and some
service providers prefer them over the ethernet kind (probbaly because
they're cheaper.)

Unfortunately, sharing one with a LAN requires a router that can
connect to the modem via USB. I think there are some, but they're not
very common.

-- David

>
> I was under the impression that DSL modems in general connect via
> Ethernet, not via USB. Routers all use Ethernet as far as I know
> (Wireless routers also have Ethernet ports as well.) Are you sure your
> modem connects via USB?
>
>
I'm afraid I did make a mistake in my original post. I does have an Ethernet
jack but also the Usb connection. Sorry and
Thanks
JML