Chiclanagir

I have got ADSL with Telefonica. Our son is coming to stay for a fortnight and will hog my ADSL line. Is it worth going down to Mediamarkt and buying a Wifi "thingmijig" and wiill it work with having an ADSL line. Sorry to sound stupid but when it comes to things like this, I am!

EsuriJohn

Why? if you had a wireless connection on your landline you could use both at the same time.

You would need to get a new ADSL modem with wifi if you do not already have one but I think Telefonica supply the wifi version as standard on taking BB. So you could then use your PC wired to the modem as usual and any portable device such as laptop or IPad could log on via wifi.

VFR

And you will know if its a WiFi router as it will have a little ariel on it.

missile

My WiFi router does not

Fred James

But is it a Telefonica router?

missile

No it's Sagem, you got me

Mitzyboy

I have a pc downstairs and a laptop upstairs ...... both can be used at the same time on the internet with no problems at all

Chiclanagir

No I haven´t got a Telefonica wifi router just an ordinary one. Apart from phoning Telefonica and paying the earth for one via them can I just buy one from Media Markt?

missile

That is what I did. Be careful, IMHO not all WiFi routers are reliable.

Chiclanagir

How do I know what to get?

missile

You could ask the man in the shop?
You could ask on any of the geek forums?
I would recommend Sagem.

missile

Maybe your son has WiFi? and could bring his router from the UK.

Chiclanagir

Would a UK one work then?

Fred James

No it wouldn't as you are using different ISPs. It would need to be set up for your Telefonica connection and then set up to the UK connection when he got home.

One advantage of Telefonica routers is that they are preset and work straight out of the box. Any other router will need to be set up with the right parameters before it will work. This is easier on some models than others. I have a D-Link DSL2640B which was very easy to set up - you just tell it you are on Telefonica and it will do the rest.

missile

Yes it would, but obviously he would need to know how to reconfigure with your isp log in and password etc. It is not that difficult. If you post which router he has, I am sure we could point you at a how to DIY on the www.