need a little advice

**Ice** · 07-24-2009, 05:06

Your setup really doesn't make much sense. I assume your dad is paying for a dialup service, while having broadband also?

Tell him it will save him money in the long run if you buy a router. I'm not seeing the logic here.

**miotas** · 07-24-2009, 05:16

They have a broadband connection and the modem for this connection is connected to the desktop pc. Our boy hooah wants to get a wireless router connected to this modem so he can access it from his laptop.

**Hooahguy** · 07-24-2009, 05:24

Originally Posted by miotas

They have a broadband connection and the modem for this connection is connected to the desktop pc. Our boy hooah wants to get a wireless router connected to this modem so he can access it from his laptop.

thanks, exactly what i was trying to say.

**miotas** · 07-24-2009, 05:33

Speaking from experience, it will probably be simpler to get a combo modem/wireless router in one box, as having the modem go to the router then to your computer can quite often cause problems. Though it will be more expensive than just a wireless router.

**Hooahguy** · 07-24-2009, 05:35

the issue isnt what i should get. the issue is how should i go about convincing my dad to let me gt a router.

**Samurai Waki** · 07-24-2009, 08:46

I understand that some parents can be awfully strict in their backwardness when it comes to "technology" and their lack of understanding.

Try convincing a "conservative businessman" like my father, that switching from DOS to Win98 would be a sound investment. He fought me for over a year, even though he absolutely refused to accept that I was right. Although, eventually he did make the switch, and thanked me for the sound advice. After that, he never questioned me when it came to matters of technology.

**pevergreen** · 07-24-2009, 09:10

Sometimes you just need the right circumstances.

I too, have been a few situations like the one above. Getting a custom computer, was ignored, it turned out bad. I've been at my parents to get a decent internet connection for about a year now, and once I pinpointed the cause of the no, (them wanting to keep their old email) one guy I work with gave me a solution, and it may just work yet.

Try Hooah, I'm rooting for you