So if you're sure you'll be connected to Comcast Broadband a year and you get an "approved" modem for $36 (with warranty) then it comes up a wash. Really only if you plan to be connected more than a year then it probably makes sense to buy.
Since you show preference to purchasing a modem may want to go for a DOCSIS 2.0 modem. Check out www.cablemodem.com for DOCSIS specs. Comcast has a list of cable modems "approved" to work on their network at http://www.comcast.com/Support/Corp1/FAQ/FaqDetail_450.html Note the site states NAT and wireless interfaces are not supported by Comcast. But NAT and wireless works fine (check out the NetGear WGR614 wireless firewall/router for wireless support). Check out the forums at http://www.broadbandreports.com , especially http://www.broadbandreports.com/forum/comcast for quality discussion on subject of cable modems and everything else Comcast broadband. Also http://www.broadbandreports.com/forum/cablehw and http://www.broadbandreports.com/forum/cablechat Also Seattle & Northwest city forum sometimes has helpful info at http://www.broadbandreports.com/forum/seattle Regarding cable modem config tweaking see http://www.broadbandreports.com/forum/news,61 Be sure to search on "DocsDiag" and "community strings" for your specific modem/region (consider you're in an "ex-attbi" region, versus a legacy comcast region). Also checkout check out http://docsis.sourceforge.net/ Enuff already. Darren ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ben Barrett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "The Eugene Unix and GNU/Linux User Group's mail list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, October 06, 2003 6:29 PM Subject: Re: [eug-lug]cable modem suggestions? > Exactly my sentiments, Joseph -- although many others note that "these > things tend to break". Hmmm... I've been sitting on my DSL for 2 years > now, and had only ever reset my DSL modem once, in the beginning. I > have it on a UPS, and so it has managed to keep uptime over all of the > local brownouts and minor blackouts during its active lifetime. > I've also seen such deals, which would beat out the comcast unit rental > inside of a year's time, and so would prefer to spend my money on my own > device, which I can happily destroy following its eventual breakdown = ) > Is anyone familiar with any particular compatibility issues? ie, do I > need to make sure the model supports some specific protocols or is a > cable modem a cable modem, all the same, these days? > > thanks for all the informative responses, folks! > > Ben B > > > On Mon, 6 Oct 2003 13:59:03 -0700 > "Joseph Carter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > | > > I'll be switching at the end of this month, from DSL. Thanks! > | > > > | > > ciao, > | > > > | > > Ben B > | > ... > | Actually, I've seen the modems as cheap as $30, shipped. If they work > | with comcast, they're going to beat the crap out of leasing from > | Comcast. > _______________________________________________ > EuG-LUG mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug > _______________________________________________ EuG-LUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug
