Good!
On Friday, September 19, 2014 5:06 PM, "janespra...@comcast.net"
<janespra...@comcast.net> wrote:
Mike, had problems again with the phone this week. I kept telling Comcast that
it had to be the modem, since that's when all the problems. Two techs were
here all day yesterday and finally they switched out the modem. Phone is
working again!
Jane
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------ Original Message ------
From: 'Mike Baker' via iMac Group
To: imaclist@googlegroups.com
Sent: September 19, 2014 at 10:00 AM
Subject: Re: Comcast modem, Airport Extreme and iMac
Jane, glad you got the landline phone working. I don't have a landline with my
SECTV cable TV and Internet service.
On Tuesday, September 9, 2014 12:45 AM, "janespra...@comcast.net"
<janespra...@comcast.net> wrote:
Mike, I didn't have any problems with my AirPort Extreme. I just did what Bruce
said to do (below) and moved all the connections over to the new Technicolor
modem. No problems with the internet and printing. The phone was a another
story. We couldn't receive any calls. After 2 days and talking to 3 techs, the
4th one figured out the problem. There are 2 ports for the phone line and she
told me to try the other port. And it worked! The first phone port was
defective. Wish I had thought of to do that at the first sign of trouble!
Jane
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------ Original Message ------
From: 'Mike Baker' via iMac Group
To: imaclist@googlegroups.com
Sent: September 8, 2014 at 6:52 PM
Subject: Re: Comcast modem, Airport Extreme and iMac
I had to restore my Airport Express to factory settings and then run the
updates for it before it would work with my Prolog service and modem.
Everything looked fine and my MacBook could connect to my network but my
iPhone, iPad, Apple TV and Sony BluRay player with wireless could not. Once I
did what I said in my first sentence, everything worked with the network.
On Friday, August 22, 2014 7:38 AM, Julia Brinckloe <jmbri...@gmail.com>
wrote:
Mac envy.
On Thu, Aug 21, 2014 at 3:58 PM, Bruce Johnson <john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu>
wrote:
On Aug 21, 2014, at 12:43 PM, janespra...@comcast.net wrote:
> Stats: Intel Core i3 3.06 GHz
> 10.6.x Snow Leopard
> Airport Extreme 802.11n
> Comcast modem with telephony
>
> Comcast has decided that I need a new modem and is sending one to me. I am
> supposed to install it myself.
>
> Currently my set-up is iMac>Airport>modem. I have no problems connecting to
> the internet with desktop, laptops and iPad 4 and all using the same printer.
>
> However, Comcast is recommending that I connect the modem to the iMac and not
> use the Airport. I don't know what to do. If I discontinue using the Airport,
> how does it affect my home network?
Comcast are morons. They're afraid you might get your icky macness all over
their techies if they try to help you. Also, they still labor under the silly
misapprehension that people only own one computer, and it is connected directly
to their modem.
It should be as simple as powering down the airport, plugging in the new modem,
plugging in the airport and powering it up.
If the new modem has wifi capabilities you will see a new wifi network appear;
you should be able to connect to it via whatever interface the modem/router
offers and turn it off.
On the other hand, if your current airport is old, and the new modem offers,
(for example ) 802.11n speeds, it might be advantageous to set everything up on
the new system.
If it's just ethernet, and connects just to the iMac definitely just swap it
out in your existing setup Comcast modem->Airport->everything else.
>
> What set up would you recommend? If I use the same set up that I have, does
> the Airport impede the Internet speeds? Currently, I am getting 28.8Mbps
> download (Ping 31ms; IPv4); 5.78 Mbps upload [from Comcast's speed test] We
> have Comcast Performance and not the higher price Blast.
In almost all cases the Wifi speed is greater than your internet connection, so
it shouldn't matter. (also use something like DSL Reports for speed testing.
ISP's lie. The other night my internet seemed quite slow, and lo and behold,
testing several different destination points with DSL reports told me my speed
was abysmally slow (around 600kb/sec.) Cox's own speed test cheerfully reported
5Mb/s.)
--
Bruce Johnson
University of Arizona
College of Pharmacy
Information Technology Group
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