Electronics

[Mom2Dogs]

I HOPE this makes sense.  My girl friend uses here computer - that she does not use-it does not work - to run her internet modem thru.  

She is trying to purge her house (LOTS of stuff to move out) and this is one thing that could get pitched - but neither one of us know why the modem runs thru her computer.  My modem  does not work the way hers does.

any feed back would help.

[SilleeMee]

If that computer is not being used then just disconnect it from the modem.If the computer doesn't work then why have internet service to begin with?

[Zhills]

WiFi is using it as a "hot spot."  Don't understand all about them.  Just know it happens.  You can still use data on an old smartphone. 

[Caffeina]

A computer needs a modem to connect to the internet.

The computer can be connected directly to a modem with a wire.

Many computers can be connected wirelessly if the user also has a router, or a modem/router combo.

[SilleeMee]

OP said the computer does not work.

[Mom2Dogs]

@SilleeMee   @Caffeina   I don't understand either.  Computer is used for the modem for WIFI in the house I guess.  She uses her phone like a lot of people do that don't have a laptop or desk top computer.  I just know why it has to go thru the computer but as was mentioned maybe it is a 'hot spot'

It baffles me.

[rockygems123]

@Mom2Dogs I don't know if this is the same thing but I have heard of playstations being used for internet or hot spots, i.e. like a raku for the TV

[SilleeMee]

@Mom2Dogs 

If the computer is nonfunctional then I don't see how it can be used as a hotspot. Is the computer turned on? Or is it just sitting there w/o power? Try disconnecting it and see what happens. 

[Lilysmom1]

What @SilleeMee  says.

[gadgetgal613]

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@Mom2Dogs wrote:

I HOPE this makes sense.  My girl friend uses here computer - that she does not use-it does not work - to run her internet modem thru.  

She is trying to purge her house (LOTS of stuff to move out) and this is one thing that could get pitched - but neither one of us know why the modem runs thru her computer.  My modem  does not work the way hers does.

any feed back would help.

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Very easy, disconnect the computer and see what happens.  You don't need a computer to have WIFI in the house.  What you need is a modem and a wireless router.  I wonder just how old this system is and if she is getting the speed she is paying for.  See if you two have a tech savvy friend to help and get her a new setup.