Re: Replace Computer with Linksys WAG54GS?

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"Judy" <JudyEllis1946@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:1176958581.008173.65590@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
On Apr 18, 4:30 pm, "Sooner Al [MVP]" <Soone...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
"Judy" <JudyEllis1...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message

news:1176904586.347606.244460@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

> Currently my ADSL service runs from a wall outlet via a splitter to
> the phone and to a D-Link Wireless ADSL 2+ router (G684T). An ethernet
> connection runs from the router to an old Windows XP PC. I use this PC
> for nothing else but to service the router. I connect to the Internet
> using a wireless laptop, which I can move from place to place in the
> apartment.

> Suddenly the old PC is playing up, signalling a hard disk failure on 2
> out of 3 boots. I figured I needed to replace the hard disk or the
> computer, but a sales person told me to throw out the computer and
> replace it with a Linksys WAG54GS ADSL Gateway. Will this really work
> without using a computer to set it up?

Well, does your laptop have an Ethernet port? If so and since your already
connected to the internet there is absolutely no reason to purchase another
router. You can still configure the router using an Ethernet link between
your laptop and the router. Just disable wireless on the laptop when you do
that.

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Looks like I've explained things badly. Please allow for my extreme
naivete.
I use the wireless laptop from various places in the apartment. It
connects via the D-Link Wireless ADSL 2+ router (G684T) which is
physically connected to the PC and phone line.
Can I throw out the PC and D-Link and instead use the Linksys WAG54GS
as a replacement for them?


Yes you can but since it appears to be a one-for-one replacement of the D-Link device why do it?

Good luck...

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