On Aug 21, 2014, at 12:43 PM, [email protected] 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 Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "iMac Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
