{"id":8924,"date":"2023-02-23T06:41:53","date_gmt":"2023-02-23T06:41:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clooms.com\/?p=8924"},"modified":"2023-02-23T10:14:22","modified_gmt":"2023-02-23T10:14:22","slug":"can-i-connect-the-ethernet-cable-to-my-modem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.clooms.com\/can-i-connect-the-ethernet-cable-to-my-modem\/","title":{"rendered":"Can I Connect The Ethernet Cable To My Modem?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Can I Connect The Ethernet Cable To My Modem? <\/strong>The Internet is considered one of the major technological advancements of the late 20th century that transformed the world into a global village. <\/p>\n\n\n\n With time, the network connections continued to spread through different countries, cities, towns, and villages, thus, leading to simple, better, and faster connectivity between them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Similarly, you can modify internet equipment (such as switches, routers, and modems) and how they are connected to internet devices (laptops, mobile phones, consoles, etc.) to meet the ever-growing need for robustness and efficiency. <\/p>\n\n\n\n However, several houses with outdated internet setups use separate modems and routers, leading to frustration with a cluster of wires surrounding the setup. <\/p>\n\n\n\n This, in turn, makes users unable to understand how to go online while maintaining an overall healthy internet connection. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Keep reading to learn more about the ethernet connection with the router or modem.<\/p>\n\n\n Although modems and routers play important roles in establishing the network connection between devices, there\u2019s a significant difference between them.<\/p>\n\n\n The equipment makes the Internet widely accessible to your home through the coax cable connection. <\/p>\n\n\n\n It connects the DSL<\/a> cable that translates the signals from your ISP into different signals easily understandable by your router and internet devices. <\/p>\n\n\n\n This type of connectivity comes within a Wide Area Network (WAN)<\/a> domain, where the modem serves as a middle layer between your house and the internet connection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Connecting to a simple modem device doesn\u2019t provide multiple benefits compared to the router. <\/p>\n\n\n\n For example, a modem device has a single ethernet port without Wi-Fi signals or firewall protection, which means you will use a single internet device via ethernet cable, rendering you incapable of connecting your Wi-Fi-based devices.<\/p>\n\n\n The router plays a crucial role in connecting devices to the Internet. This equipment propagates the translated signals via ethernet cable to all other internet devices with ethernet ports or Wi-Fi. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Unlike a modem, the router creates a local area network with wired or wireless devices and manages information and traffic between them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Furthermore, it also allows an IP address<\/a> to every device it connects to ensure it delivers the data accordingly. Additionally, routers have firewalls to counter security breaches or hacking attacks. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Also, it empowers parents to set up parental locks to protect their children from harmful content on the Internet. Last but not the least, you also don\u2019t need a modem to connect to the Internet and set up Local Area Network (LAN<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n You can make Ethernet connections in different types of ways to go online. However, the preferred methodology is to plug your ethernet cable into the router to attain the benefits, like multiple ethernet ports, Wi-Fi signals, and firewall protection against resilient hacking software.<\/p>\n\n\n\n With that said, let\u2019s explore different types of internet setups.<\/p>\n\n\n\nTable of Contents<\/h2>\n
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Do You Plug Ethernet Into The Router Or Modem?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n
Modem<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n
Router<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n