Your best is one that your cable company supports, check their site for a list, preferably the model your cable company rents. This is mainly to avoid any possible compatibility problems. Also your ...

About a year ago went with a Motorola Surboard 61xx, something or another. It's a DOCSIS 2.0, got it from Best Buy. It's on the blink, doing all sorts of weird shit. Sometimes the wireless connection ...

Today’s high-speed data applications need system integration plus testing that determines performance limits outside of DOCSIS certification procedures. Extensive high-speed, standards-based, hybrid ...

Way back in November 2012, I told you of my travails trying (and ultimately prevailing) to get a Linksys DPC3008 cable modem activated on Comcast/Xfinity’s broadband service. The DPC3008 was already ...

When you sign a contract with an internet provider, they'll typically send you a modem and a router in the mail. But which is which? And how are they different? A modem and a router work in tandem ...

Connect the modem to a wall outlet with a coax cable and plug the modem into an electrical outlet. Connect devices to the modem wirelessly, or with an ethernet cable to a LAN outlet on the modem. When ...

Comcast has tested the first cable modem that can offer multigigabit speeds, although it's not clear if you'll get to make full use of that performance. If you can't get a fiber connection, DOCSIS 4.0 ...

Is your cable modem dead? You're not alone. Nearly a million subscribers to Excite@Home's cable-modem service (which is sold by companies such as AT&T Broadband and Comcast) lost their high-speed ...

Each month, when your Comcast bill comes due, many of you pay a monthly fee for the device that provides internet access in your homes. Rental for what’s known as the Xfinity Gateway typically runs ...

To connect to the Internet from your home, you’ll need two pieces of equipment — a capable modem that pulls a signal from your internet service provider, or ISP, and a router, which broadcasts the ...