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Old 15th February 2006 | 19:23
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Keef

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It will be extremely complex to set up a network while keeping the USB modem as your broadband connection. You will need to make the desktop PC into a router for the laptop to access the net. I wouldn't be brave enough to go that route - I don't know how to do it, although it is theoretically possible.

Your BT BROADBAND: BT Voyager 105 USB ADSL MODEM is designed to work through a USB port on your computer, and to feed that computer only.

If you want to connect more than one computer, then you need a modem and a router. The configuration I suggested above (or one like it) will do that. My daughter has a BT Broadband connection, and was provided with the same Voyager 105 USB modem; that modem is still in its box (unopened). She has a D-Link ADSL modem router and a D-Link wireless access point and it all works flawlessly.
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