new computer help

eoryu · June 10th, 2009, 10:44 PM

well I'm buying a new computer cause the 2 i own suck lol
i checked and everything will work with l4d but i need a little help,
this is going to be MY personal computer in my room, no one else in my family is going to use it so i need to hook up internet to this one, do i just need a modem or do i need to install a wireless card to my comp, or do i possibly need both?????
obviously this comp won't be moving from place to place like a laptop so don't i only need the modem?
any help is GREATLY appreciated TY

Iggy · June 10th, 2009, 11:04 PM

This is really only for L4D support, but since you asked so nicely...

If your family already has an internet connection, you can just hook up to that, either with a wired to a router, or wirelessly to a wireless compatible router or access points.

How does your family connect to the internet now?

If they have a wireless compatible router (like a Linksys WRT54G or something similar), then all you need is a wireless card to connect.

Generally, for gaming, you really want a wired connection, but if wireless is your only option, then you will just have to go with it.

eoryu · June 10th, 2009, 11:28 PM

srry about the posting in the wrong section

thanks for the help so really all i need is the modem?

and we already have a modem and a wireless router hooked up and everything for our laptop
but i just wanted to know if i only needed to modem cause im on a really tight budget and installing wireless to my new PC it would had $50

or wait can i take like an ethernet cable and hook it up from the router to my new PC? would that work?

or on my modem there's 2 areas saying line 1 and line 2 is that anything really?

Iggy · June 11th, 2009, 12:06 AM

If your family has a router attached to a broadband connection, and you can reach that router with an ehterenet cable, then that is all you have to do. Your new computer will probably have a network card built into it, so you won't need to buy anything.

If you can't run an ethernet cable to the router, then you would need a wireless network card, assuming your family's router is wireless capable.

Your rmodem is just for dialup access, which you would not be able to play games on.

eoryu · June 11th, 2009, 09:05 PM

OK so my SMC networks router has 4 slots called LAN1,LAN2 and so on,so i can just take an Ethernet cable from that to my PC and it'll work without buying a new modem or getting the wireless card installed?

Iggy · June 11th, 2009, 10:16 PM

Originally Posted by eoryu

OK so my SMC networks router has 4 slots called LAN1,LAN2 and so on,so i can just take an Ethernet cable from that to my PC and it'll work without buying a new modem or getting the wireless card installed?

Correct-O-Mundo! You just need to have your network card's TCP/IP settings set to Dynamic or DHCP and you should be good to go.