Splitting cable (revisited)

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incognitopenguin

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I'll admit upfront..I'm a bit of a bandwidth hog :)..

Is it possible to use a lan splitter from my cable modem to go to both my lan port on my laptop and my wireless router? (this would allow me to connect to the internet directly from the modem while the rest of the family used the wireless)

Would my lan connection be faster?

Thanks!
 
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The modem will only connect to one device. Either a PC, or a router.
The router serves up IP addresses to multiple devices. You plug your PC into the router, and everyone connects to the router via WiFi.
And if you need more hardwired devices than there are ports on the back of the router, that's what a switch is for.
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Most consumer grade wireless routers have RJ-45 ports in which you can plug a network cable. This would mean you would be able to connect your computer with a cable straight to the wireless access point. This will get you a stable and high speed connection (and the connection will probably be faster then the wireless connection you had before).

Splitting a cable is not done, you can add a switch / hub and physically seperate the wireless and the wired connection but unless the internet speed is faster then what the wired connections of the access point can give you you will not gain any speed. And I highly doubt this situation is applicable so do not waste $ at it. Just use a cable and plug it into the wireless access point.

Info: You often do see splitted cables, but this is for example for splitting the phone and data stream on a cable. These work at different frequencies and thus the cable is splitted putting the phone frequency on one cable and the data frequency on another. But network transmissions are all at the same frequency so splitting is actually the same as just using a hub, all transmissions will go everywhere.
 
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The modem will only connect to one device. Either a PC, or a router.
The router serves up IP addresses to multiple devices. You plug your PC into the router, and everyone connects to the router via WiFi.
And if you need more hardwired devices than there are ports on the back of the router, that's what a switch is for.
 
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