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Old 09-04-2007, 15:54   #4
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Re: Virgin ADSL Broadband Question

Hi

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NO...You current use the Virgin modem connected via an ethernet cable, with ADSL you connec the router to the phone socket as the router actually has the modem in side it.
Sorry that's incorrect. Provided the ADSL modem has an ethernet port, the existing DSL/Cable router will be able to connect via it's WAN port...It's the ADSL routers, that have the inbuilt modem, that can't readily be used on cable, as you haven't got an ability to connect a WAN port from the router to the cable modem.
Thanks for clarifying that. I thought the 1st reply may be incorrect.

I was sure that the only reason that you couldn't use an ADSL wireless router on cable was because most (if not all) ADSL routers included a built-in modem. Hence why they ADSL routers are reffered to as "ADSL router" while cable compatible ones are labelled as "DSL/Cable router" instead of just "cable router". And from your post it seems to clarify my understanding about it.

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You may have to change some of the settings in the router's admin pages so it knows it's using ADSL rather than cable.
Yeh there are a couple of settings in the router's config pages for different types of connections.

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The problem...is to ensure you get supplied with an ADSL modem that has ethernet rather than USB ports.
So are there any ideas if Virgin Media provide ADSL modems with ethernet? And if it's possible to request one?

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