Physically Disabling A Modem

my roommate has the annoying habbit to directly connect her computer to the ethernet modem whenever we're out of the house, since we have a router her download speeds are slower when connected through it (prolly due to incorrect portforwarding, but plz dont tell me i should do that :P).......

i have no means of stopping her do this (other than buying a big gun, which kinda isnt an option), so i was thinking, is there any way of setting up the modem or anything that she HAS to go through the router?? (just ordinary ethernet modem, no extras)

i dont quite get you.

maybe ticking this might help
http://img69.photobucket.com/albums/...k_this_box.jpg

well its like this:
this is what it looks like now:

Code:

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     |
      |  <---- incoming phone line
      |
  +-----+
  |     | <---- ethernet modem
  +-----+
      |
      |
  +------------------------+
  |                        | <---- router
  +------------------------+
      |           |            |
      |           |            |
      |           |            |
      |           |            |
     ME      romie1   romie2

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this is what she does when we go away:

Code:

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     |
      |  <---- incoming phone line
      |
  +-----+
  |     | <---- ethernet modem
  +-----+
      |
      |
   romie1

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my question is: is there any way for us to make the internet not work this way(the second way) (and thus making her give up doing this)?

wireless?

if its not, cant you just plug roomie1 into the router?

no, its normal LAN, and i plug her into the router, but cause MSN down/uploads dont work properly behind a router, she keep plugging it into situation #2, which is really annoying when im downloading something :angry:

Quote:

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Originally posted by Storm@8 July 2004 - 17:06
no, its normal LAN, and i plug her into the router, but cause MSN down/uploads dont work properly behind a router, she keep plugging it into situation #2, which is really annoying when im downloading something :angry:

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dunno then. shoot her :D

Quote:

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Originally posted by MicroScreen2+8 July 2004 - 18:14--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (MicroScreen2 &#064; 8 July 2004 - 18:14)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-Storm@8 July 2004 - 17:06
no, its normal LAN, and i plug her into the router, but cause MSN down/uploads dont work properly behind a router, she keep plugging it into situation #2, which is really annoying when im downloading something&nbsp; :angry:

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dunno then. shoot her :D [/b][/quote]
cant, she still owes me money*
























*disclamer: im just joking around, it is not ok to shoot people, if you chose to shoot someone you do so at your own risk

fix the ports or buy a router with an inbuilt modem may be your only options

well according to the msn msg site, it cant be fixed.........

and a router with built in modem is way to fuckin expensive :(

Quote:

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Originally posted by Storm@8 July 2004 - 18:06
no, its normal LAN, and i plug her into the router, but cause MSN down/uploads dont work properly behind a router, she keep plugging it into situation #2, which is really annoying when im downloading something :angry:

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I have the solution, follow these steps:


1 Go into her room

2 Disable the modem from the computer

3 Step on the modem with your foot, don&#39;t be afraid to use force

4 open the window

5 Throw the modem out.

Solved&#33;