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Asked Sep 19, 2007, 10:37 AM — 8 Answers
I currently have a bt voyager 220v ADSL voice router on my home pc.
I was thinking about buying a wireless g router so I can get internet through my laptop.
Will it work this way?

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Sep 19, 2007, 10:40 AM
From the specs of that router it doesn't appear to have wireless capabilities.

http://www.telephonesonline.co.uk/details_print.asp?prodID=1307
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Sep 19, 2007, 10:40 AM


You need to check with your provider. It may be that you can't replace your router because its a combined modem and router. If that's the case, you can either ADD a wireless access point (WAP) or get a wireless router and ADD it to your system and just use the WAP capabilites.
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Sep 19, 2007, 10:43 AM
As you are in the UK you need to get a modem router that does wireless.
This is quite straightforward and PCWorld have a number.
BT do support any model that you buy, so there's no problem there.
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Sep 19, 2007, 10:46 AM
I think its just a router?
How do you add a (WAP) I also have a wireless dongle which I'm told I need for the wireless router. Would the wireless g router have a wire which slots into a usb point at all?
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Sep 19, 2007, 10:48 AM
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Originally Posted by Curlyben
As you are in the UK you need to get a modem router that does wireless.
This is quite straightforward and PCWorld have a number.
BT do support any model that you buy, so there's no problem there.

Well I found a wireless g router online for about 30.00 and I already have a dongle. But I just wasn't sure how to set it up and if it would work
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Sep 19, 2007, 10:49 AM
Psssst there's a load here that will work: PC_World - ADSL Routers

IMHO the supplied BT modem is crud, you'd be best off replacing it anyway.
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Sep 19, 2007, 10:52 AM
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Psssst there's a load here that will work: PC_World - ADSL Routers

IMHO the supplied BT modem is crud, you'd be best off replacing it anyway.

There all a bit expensive for what I have looked at
There is a belkin one I found on ebay for bot 30.00
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Sep 19, 2007, 12:21 PM


I think you need a specific router that combines the modem.

To add a WAP means just connecting the WAP to a LAN port of your existing router.
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