Tom Piwowar wrote:
The modem either belongs to or is sold to you by the internet service
provider. It will be what their system requires and you really don't want
to fool with their requirements. Use whatever they think works best. And
you don't mess with any of the settings in their box. All
As I mentioned before, I use a Motorola Surfboard(mine is an SB5100)
instead of Comcasts crappy modems. I got 2 of their dud rentals in a row
one year and then bought my own. Several times their techs have reacted
with relief when I told them my modem was a Surfboard.
Well there is an
They post an approved list:
http://media2.comcast.net/anon.comcastonline2/support/help/misc/cmclist1.htm
That does NOT mean all these are good. I read and googled until my eyes
hurt ...I just purchased a Motorola SB5101 modem (on the approved list) and
will get cable put in and then will see
Well there is an interesting question for discussion. Is it wise to
decide that you are smarter than your telecom provider and replace
their head end equipment with your own?
That would be too expensive. The head end is on the cable
company's side. If I had a DSL gateway or any other edge
Well I thought I knew what you were talking about...till you said it was too
expensive, then I wasn't sure since they aren't that expensive. But I
suppose expensive is relative. I know the motorola's I used go for about 50
bux, sometimes less with MIR.
Mike
On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 4:49 PM,
On Thu, 30 Oct 2008, Eric S. Sande wrote:
What would be too expensive? I've always bought my own cable modems...for
a
relatively small price I might add.
I'm being overly presise about terminology today.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cable_television_headend
In telecom (I don't actually
In telecom (I don't actually know what cable people call it) the modem,
router, gateway, whatever are usually termed as a class edge devices,
since they reside on the edge of the network.
Yes I used the wrong word. Should I have said tail end.
Well I thought I knew what you were talking about...till you said it was too
expensive, then I wasn't sure since they aren't that expensive. But I
suppose expensive is relative. I know the motorola's I used go for about 50
bux, sometimes less with MIR.
Well terminology aside, since the box in
Yes it's plenty wise if you get a good deal/better product. No it's not
cruising for anything except perhaps a few bucks or better speed. No in my
experience with Cox, it didn't make one whit of difference that I bought my
own modem.
The provider has certain standards or lack of, that they wish
Most (not all) Cable modem folks use the MAC number on the modem for
turning you on and off. If I replace my modem, (wether with my own
of swap out at local office) I need to call the folks at Charter and
give them the mac number which they then record and use it for
authenticating my
Aren't (or weren't) these edge devices also called CPE (customer
premises equipment)?
Sometimes Customer Provided Equipment. At the time of the
Bell System breakup, all of the edge devices belonged to the
Bell System. As time wore on and the equipment market became
competitive we went through
The modem hooked up to your cable connection and turned on by your
cable company will get you started. But again you will only be able
to get one PC hooked up to it initially.
I for one am an advocate against all in one modems/routers
etc. Because if the modem fails you lost the whole
I do see some who advocate NOT getting a combo
gateway/router in one box type unit but a separate modem and router
something to do with the ability to do something on the other side of the
wan
The modem either belongs to or is sold to you by the internet service
provider. It will be what their
ok...I have a usb2 2.0 b/g wireless adapter for my desktop (Xterasys
XN-2133G) and my laptop has an internal a/b/g wifi (IBM x31) ...so if I have
cable internet service, why do I need a router at all just to do fileshare
and internet share from my laptop around the house to the desktop ...can't I
as for my Xterasys XN-2133G 802.11g/b Wireless Adapter, the only detraction
is it doesn't have WPA, only has WEP ...but I could start with that and look
into an upgrade ...this b/g adapter would let me establish an ad-hoc network
with my a/b/g notebook to get going ...
Does your cable modem include a router? If not you need a router to attach
two computers to one IP address. The modem itself only supplies one IP address
to the WAN (Wide Area Network, aka Internet). You really want to have a router
on broadband with only one computer, in order to take
The router is the item that assigns the different IP addresses to
each user using DHCP.
Normally modems cannot do this.
If you want to use more than one computer with the modem you must use
a router to route each to the modem.
You do not have to file share at all. Matter of fact you must
I had updated the Netgears a couple times and would see improvements in
some ways.
When I hooked up the D-Link to my Komcast it worked great. I updated the
firmware on it right away with no problem. It seems to me that most
makers of updatable devices always ship with the original software
Hi...help me out with this MIMO thing ...which ones do I need to get for
that? I have been looking at netgear CG814M and linksys wcg200 because they
are gateway/router/wireless all in one and comcast says they work with their
stuff but I don't see any MIMO mentioned...
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http://media2.comcast.net/anon.comcastonline2/support/help/misc/cmclist1.htm
#n shows approved list ...what else?
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From: gerald [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, October 25, 2008 4:32 PM
Subject: Re: what router?
i did not know komkast had modem/routers.
if
Furthermore, I have been googling around and find there is a not our
problem round robin where netgear says it's comcast's problem and vice
versa ...further, there are over 100 posts for the linksys item largely
negative ...of course, people don't tend to post positives as much, do they?
...I just
I've had ATT dialup since it was acquired from IBM ...a long time. It's too
slow and I'm fed up. No FIOS here during my natural life per verizon. No
DSL either as we're in the stix and too far from the switch. Comcast
offering $24.95/mo for 768mbps speed (like DSL) cheep. Offering TV for
N will give you the best coverage. It may be overkill on speed but
it is backward compatible.
Check out CNET and newegg for pricing (But also read the customer
reviews for a critical eye on what works and what does not)
I have a Belkin pre-N MIMO and the coverage is excellent, and it works
i did not know komkast had modem/routers.
if you get one, make certain it is komkastick approved. i bought one a few
years that was not approved.
since people are very unhappy with comcast and switching to fios(we did it for
cost -$50 a month), there should be tons of modems on ebay.
N
Linksys or Netgear ...which is better?
Linksys is owned by Cisco. Netgear works fine too. D-Link is also fine.
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Linksys or Netgear ...which is better?
Do I need n ?
What else?
I prefer Netgear over Linksys, but either will be fine. You can generally
find good refurbed Netgear equipment on eBay. I've had very good results
with Justdeals on eBay, who typically has a good supply of refurbed Netgear
I used to use Linksys or Netgear but bought a couple of dLinks recently
and was favorably impressed. Cheaper and easier to setup.
I carried an old D-Link hub to Cleveland in the winter and it
worked to spec.
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