comcast and linksys wireless router

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isela
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comcast and linksys wireless router

Post by isela »

hello,
i recently bought a laptop and i went out to buy a wireless router to use the wireless internet. i have comcast high speed internet, and when i tried to hook up the new wireless router, it asks me to use along with my old router, the problem is i dont have a router, the dsl cable from comcast simply comes straight out of the wall, i have no router. what can i do..please help.
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isela wrote:hello,
i recently bought a laptop and i went out to buy a wireless router to use the wireless internet. i have comcast high speed internet, and when i tried to hook up the new wireless router, it asks me to use along with my old router, the problem is i dont have a router, the dsl cable from comcast simply comes straight out of the wall, i have no router. what can i do..please help.

For Comcast cable..you pretty much only need the Modem and then the wireless router and that's it. What modem are you using?
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If you connect the cable from the wall directly to your computer, can you access the Internet? Com cast is cable, not DSL. You would need a Comcast modem hooked up to that cable.
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