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Problem: Airport vs. Ethernet
My hubby's old Dell does not have wireless so it's connected by ethernet cable directly into a Linksys Wireless G Broadband Router with 4 ports. The Router uses an ethernet cable to the phone company DSL modem (1 port only). The Dell internet connection speed is 100.0Mbps.
My new iMAC (located on the opposite end of the house) is using Airport with a Wireless Range Expander and receives either a very low signal or NO signal at all. I'm having to use hubby's old pc more and more. This is getting very frustrating for me, especially when I hear dear old hubby's quiet giggles.
**If I connect three (or four) 50' ethernet cables together and run them through the attic, from my iMAC to one of the ports on the Router, would this be the magic solution?
**Would the signal be strong or weak?
**Isn't ethernet connection safer than wireless? (I really worry about my neighbor's computer savvy teenagers.)
**If ethernet would give me a great connection for my iMAC could I get rid of the Linksys router? And if so...
**How would I connect BOTH computers using ethernet cables to a modem with only 1 port?
Many many thanks for any help,
Carleen
My hubby's old Dell does not have wireless so it's connected by ethernet cable directly into a Linksys Wireless G Broadband Router with 4 ports. The Router uses an ethernet cable to the phone company DSL modem (1 port only). The Dell internet connection speed is 100.0Mbps.
My new iMAC (located on the opposite end of the house) is using Airport with a Wireless Range Expander and receives either a very low signal or NO signal at all. I'm having to use hubby's old pc more and more. This is getting very frustrating for me, especially when I hear dear old hubby's quiet giggles.
**If I connect three (or four) 50' ethernet cables together and run them through the attic, from my iMAC to one of the ports on the Router, would this be the magic solution?
**Would the signal be strong or weak?
**Isn't ethernet connection safer than wireless? (I really worry about my neighbor's computer savvy teenagers.)
**If ethernet would give me a great connection for my iMAC could I get rid of the Linksys router? And if so...
**How would I connect BOTH computers using ethernet cables to a modem with only 1 port?
Many many thanks for any help,
Carleen