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Originally Posted by Steve-o||[^]
Not really. You could have a router sitting there with no other devices connected to it and VM would still issue you an IP*.
It's ok to have an internal IP on the PC/other devices connected (wired or wireless)....so long as a) your router has a VM IP b) has a default gateway and c) has a routing entry telling it "anything not on the local subnet should be routed out the WAN interface to the default gateway.". A and B are taken care of by VM and C is taken care of by the router.
+1 for the DGL-4300 
* so long as the modem's MAC is registered to an account with a valid service subscription, and there's no other problems on the network. |
In the above case yes he needs a PC to be connected as he wants the Internet, read what he said about his home network, he thinks he can get onto the Internet without as he puts it a Global IP Address, in other words a Valid Virginmedia IP address.
But yes you can just connect an XBOX, PS3 or a Wii and get an IP and play online, a router will receive an IP but no one can use it unless they have a wireless device that can connect to the router in order to utilise that IP address.