Basic connection for DSL: You'll have a wire from the phoneco that goes to the dsl modem. This carries DSL data.. the modem 'modulates and demodulates' (hence the name) and then sends it to/from the ethernet port on the modem.
Now, in a simple one-device home, you could plug that into your Mac, as you have done. But you have two devices now... So you take the ethernet cable from the modem and plug it into the router on the port labelled 'WAN' or 'Internet' or otherwise different from the other ports. Then you plug the Mac into one of the 'other' ports (usually 4 of them) on the route. You could plug a Radio or even things like network aware printers, other machines, whatever ethernet devices you have into one of the other 4 ports... or connect them wirelessly. The router is basically a 'connection sharing' device. It sits directly on the internet and routes (hence the name) from your local network to and from the internet. If it's a wireless router, it will also route from your wireless network to and from the wired network and to/from the internet as needed. It's like a hub but smarter. The only real trick is telling the difference between the ports on the router, they're not all the same. The 'unique' one (WAN, or Internet or however they label it) goes to your DSL or Cable modem.. the others go to clients. It should be pretty much plug it in and it works, except for setting a password and name for your wireless network. -- snarlydwarf ------------------------------------------------------------------------ snarlydwarf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1179 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=73258 _______________________________________________ Radio mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
