Using a wireless router with dialup?

Question

Yes i know it sounds crazy but its the only option i have. I recently bought a ipod touch and it will be here by wednesday and i would really wanna use the wi-fi features(cant get ADSL cus the exchange RIGHT OUTSIDE MY HOUSE HASNT BEEN UPGRADED!) Anyways i found a D-link wireless ADSL router in my cubourd which i got given ages ago. it has a cable hole called ADSL then 1,2,3,4 all on the back. So while my laptop was connected to the dialup i plugged the blue cable into the hole numbered one then into my network port on back of the comp. On the router the status light keeps flashing, the WLAN light is on and same with the light labelled 1. I then went into the wireless wizard thingy in my comp and voila there is a DLINK connection available, but it says 54.0 Mbps and im on dialup that is impossible... Will this arrangement work for me when i get my touch?

Answer 1

The answer in short is yes and no.



Yes:



In order to get this to work, you have to get in the dlink settings and disable DHCP,so that once you turn on internet connection settings, your PC will act like a DHCP server to start giving out IP addresses. Dont forget to plug in your pc on the ports labeled 1-4, NOT the WLAN or LAN port.



Now the No part:



You do not want to do this. You realize how slow dialup is now, so just wait till your sharing it >:)



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Response to above:



OK you will have to download or view a manual for this router. go to www.dlink.com and search for the manual on your dlink router to find the default password/username for your router. If the default password/username does not work then you have to do a reset on the router. To do this, hold down the reset on the back of the modem for 5 seconds while the modem is plugged in. This should return the modem to default settings. Your dlink might have been already configured......





second response to above:



yes give it a try to see what happens. If you have internet connection sharing on your pc enabled it should work.... let me know how it goes.

Answer 2

The only wireless router I know of that would work with dial-up was the first generation Apple Airport. I don't think that the DSL router you have will work with a dial-up connection. It may be possible to install a NAT router on a PC that dials-in and then connect that to a switch but it will be very slow and require connecting on that PC to use the internet. I don't think that it would be worth it.

Answer 3

i understand you may connect computers by using dial up networking (you may nevertheless dial into the different on the fee of a decision and it rather is nearly a LAN) yet im uncertain approximately wirelessly answer above seems notably precise