I need to plug my wife's computer into my internet line.
I need to plug my wife's computer into my internet line.
last thing-- My current Netgear Wireless-N dual band stick is now plugged into the ethernet port in the back of my wife's computer, and then the stick goes into the USB end of the wire. If I unplug this from the ethernet port of my wife's computer and then plug in a new switch... will it work AUTOMATICALLY? Is it plug-and-play or will it need something to find the IP address? I truly do not want to ruin what I have now as I showed you with her present connection when we were trying to use the Netgear stick. All I want to do is plug the wires in where they have to go and be connected to the web at a better speed than I am now. That's all. And by splitting the signal will MY original connection be lowered? or hindered any? and lastly- this whole fiasco started because my wife's computer seemed very slow doing anything. I mean anything. Since I located the hidden icon for the NetGear stick and found out that I was NOT connected to the internet and NOW I reconnected to the web... The WHOLE computer seems FASTER. Is that possible? Because I was very close to buying another one because of the super slow lag? Thanks again
The switch is easy. You just plug it in and move on. No special setup needed. You won't slow down your internet speed. Yes, you are using the router's big 1-gigabit line for both your phone and PC at once. But that extra sharing doesn't really mess with your speed. If you go from wireless to wired, you might even get a little boost in your connection!
thanks a bunch! you've been super helpful, sorry to hear about it - I'll tell you how things go.