Two or more modems on on connection?

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  1. barry84

    barry84 Member

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    does anyone know if its possible to have two modems on the one connection?
    I have NTL(Irish service provider)broadband,which comes through the same cable the TV connection comes through,which is in every room.
    Can i have a two seperate modems in different rooms?
    Will i have a problem with the IP address's clashing?
     
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  2. Mr_Del

    Mr_Del Regular member

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    Shoet answear. No.

    Need to get a router for this. Your best bet would be to go wireless. That would mean one router. You will also need a WIFI device on each PC.

    -Del
     
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    cool,thats what i was thinking.cheers.
     
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    I'd recommend trying to find a LAN modem and a separate router, I believe the NTL cale modems already have LAN. If you can only use USB, share the connection over the network. Combination modem/routers are usually horrible shoddy things, no matter how much they cost, I learnt that one the hard way.
     
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