Need some suggestions and help

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@trot wrote:

I have a desktop and laptop. The desktop is in the kitchen. I want to move it to another room which doesn't have a phone line.  The laptop is wireless.  It would be difficult for me to run a phone line to this "new" room.  I have a router/modem through verizon.  This is plugged into the back of the CPU through a ethernet cord and inot the phone jack in the kitchen. 

 

How do I go about getting this wireless once moved into the "new" room?  I went to staples today and they showed me something to buy. It was like a memory stick.  They said that I may need to contact verizon to get help with this but I'm not sure.

 

Any help that anyone can give is appreciated.

Gina

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The memory stick-like device you are talking about is just an antenna to receive the wireless signal from your router/modem that your laptop is able to receive with its builtin antenna.

If I use this will it connect me to the internet on the desktop? What do I need to do to get the desktop connected without a phone jack???

Gina

Some information and links here.

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@trot wrote:

What do I need to do to get the desktop connected without a phone jack???

Gina

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I don't understand what you mean. You will be connected WIRELESSLY just as your laptop is now.

 

But I will still need a phone jack to plug into the modum? Correct

If you are using dialup to get to the internet, what is your wireless router connecting to?

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@trot wrote:
But I will still need a phone jack to plug into the modum? Correct

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If you have DSL and your router/modem from Verizon has wireless capability, the modem/route stays in the room with the phone jack. Your desktop with the new USB wireless antenna moves to the new room.

Ah, I understand now.  Just to make sure:

 

Right now you have: wall jack -> modem -> computer

 

If you also have a wireless router then what you want to do is set it up like this:  wall jack -> modem -> router -> computer(s) via network cable (oversized phone line looking connection) or wireless

 

You will need to reset the modem (unplug all cables, especially power, for at least 5 minutes) so it will talk to the router.  Connect the modem to the WAN (or Internet) port on the router using a network (aka, ethernet) cable.  Once you've made sure the desktop can get out to the internet through the router using a network cable you can add the wireless adapter to the desktop and move it to wherever you want (assuming you can get a wireless radio signal there from your router).

 

Did that make sense?

Ok, sorry to be a bit thick headed here but I am totally computer illiterate! This is why I come here!

 

So, I can leave the modum in the kitchen where desktop is currently. Leave is plugged into the phone jack in the kitchen? But the other end is plugged into the CPU. 

 

I want to take the desktop and move it to the dining room where there is not a phone jack. Purchase the wireless program. Install on the desktop and with the modum in the kitchen still it should now turn the desktop into wireless. Have I got this right so far?  

 

Or of course the easiest way would be for the hubby to just run a phone line through the house to the diningroom. :)

 

 

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@trot wrote:

Ok, sorry to be a bit thick headed here but I am totally computer illiterate! This is why I come here!

 

So, I can leave the modum in the kitchen where desktop is currently. Leave is plugged into the phone jack in the kitchen? But the other end is plugged into the CPU. 

 

I want to take the desktop and move it to the dining room where there is not a phone jack. Purchase the wireless program. Install on the desktop and with the modum in the kitchen still it should now turn the desktop into wireless. Have I got this right so far?  

 

Or of course the easiest way would be for the hubby to just run a phone line through the house to the diningroom. :)

 

 

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I am confused by your first post in which you that your laptop is wireless implying that you are able to get internet on it currently. Apparently this is not so.

 

Anyhow, I have Verizon DSL. Since you mention that you have a DSL modem that is also a router, setting up wireless to your desktop will be a bit of a challenge for you. You might want to look into HomePlug devices which uses the power lines to get internet signal from your router/modem to the desktop in the new room.

Home Plug device , just plug and play

Yes kinda of.  I just can't believe how complicated something like this is. Someone told me that no matter what I do I will always need the router/modum plugged into the phone jack.

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Someone told me that no matter what I do I will always need the router/modum plugged into the phone jack.

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Yes, this is true. To make your life, easier look into these Home Plug devices. Several companies make them including Netgear and Actiontec.

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@ieee488 wrote:

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@trot wrote:

Ok, sorry to be a bit thick headed here but I am totally computer illiterate! This is why I come here!

 

So, I can leave the modum in the kitchen where desktop is currently. Leave is plugged into the phone jack in the kitchen? But the other end is plugged into the CPU. 

 

I want to take the desktop and move it to the dining room where there is not a phone jack. Purchase the wireless program. Install on the desktop and with the modum in the kitchen still it should now turn the desktop into wireless. Have I got this right so far?  

 

Or of course the easiest way would be for the hubby to just run a phone line through the house to the diningroom. :)

 

 

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I am confused by your first post in which you that your laptop is wireless implying that you are able to get internet on it currently. Apparently this is not so.

 

Anyhow, I have Verizon DSL. Since you mention that you have a DSL modem that is also a router, setting up wireless to your desktop will be a bit of a challenge for you. You might want to look into HomePlug devices which uses the power lines to get internet signal from your router/modem to the desktop in the new room.

Home Plug device , just plug and play

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I do have a laptop that is wireless, I am using it right now.

I guess because I can't figure out why I need a phone jack.  Right now the desktop is plugged into a phone jack. The room where it will be going doesn't have a phone jack and its too much of a hassle to put one in. The whole phone jack thing is what's messing me up.

 

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@trot wrote:

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@ieee488 wrote:

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@trot wrote:

Ok, sorry to be a bit thick headed here but I am totally computer illiterate! This is why I come here!

 

So, I can leave the modum in the kitchen where desktop is currently. Leave is plugged into the phone jack in the kitchen? But the other end is plugged into the CPU. 

 

I want to take the desktop and move it to the dining room where there is not a phone jack. Purchase the wireless program. Install on the desktop and with the modum in the kitchen still it should now turn the desktop into wireless. Have I got this right so far?  

 

Or of course the easiest way would be for the hubby to just run a phone line through the house to the diningroom. :)

 

 

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I am confused by your first post in which you that your laptop is wireless implying that you are able to get internet on it currently. Apparently this is not so.

 

Anyhow, I have Verizon DSL. Since you mention that you have a DSL modem that is also a router, setting up wireless to your desktop will be a bit of a challenge for you. You might want to look into HomePlug devices which uses the power lines to get internet signal from your router/modem to the desktop in the new room.

Home Plug device , just plug and play

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I do have a laptop that is wireless, I am using it right now.

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Than I'm totally confused as to why you are confused.

 

Why would you think that you can't set up your desktop to use your router/modem as your laptop is doing right now ??????