ADSL Broadband very simple question!?

Question

Is BT's ADSL broadband the broadband in which you have wires that enable you to connect to the internet, e.g wire from modem to the computer itself. Or does ADSL broadband also allow wireless connections? Basically does ADSL broadband mean that you need wires going from your modem to your computer to allow you to connect to the internet?

Answer 1

ADSL Broadband means higher downstream and lower upstream speeds. Wired or wireless connection depends on your modem and your computer.

Answer 2

ADSL has nothing to do with the distribution of the network once it gets to your house, It's just the way it gets to you from the BT exchange. Most of the connections in the UK are ADSL connections (It stands for Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line and means that the data is coming down the same line as the telephone signals but at a different frequency).



BT will probably give you a home hub, which can transmit wireless and wired connections (over ethernet cables which will be provided).



It is very unlikely that any UK broadband provider would give you a router that is not wireless when they set you up.



So in short, don't worry about ADSL, it's nothing that the end user needs to be concerned about, it's all about the equipment in your home (the router) and the one they give you will be fine.

Answer 3

ADSL broadband (no matter who the supplier is) says that the router or modem connects to the internet over a telephone line - "ADSL" has nothing to do with wireless. The alternatives to ADSL are (1) cable broadband (if you are in an area with cable cover) (2) wireless broadband via the mobile network (using a dongle; no router or modem involved).



How you connect your PC to your router or modem can be either wired (Ethernet cable) or wireless (WiFi). WiFi is not the same as wireless broadband. If you want to connect more than one PC to the internet, you need either a router or one dongle per PC.

Answer 4

You can have either.



If you want wireless broadband then get a wireless router, this means that you would have the router connecting to your phone line and then the router would send out a wireless signal to your computer, providing you have a wireless reciever, which you can get off amazon/ebay cheap.



The hardware you want to look for is an ADSL Wireless Router. with this you can have either Wired or Wireless Connections.

Answer 5

at a loss for words? so which you have on the spot internet? Or cable? Or DSL? ADSL is a form of provider in many situations over favourite telephone cable. which might goto a DSL modem then out via cat 5 or 6 to the two a on the spot router or right this moment to computing gadget etc.. Please boost

Answer 6

The BT home hub can be either wired (LAN cable) or wireless (for computers and other devices)

Answer 7

Yes you have to have an ethernet cable I believe coming form the your PC into the modem.