"Greg" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I'm about to get a cable modem. I have Cox cable now. I don't have a
> desktop. Just a laptop and a Dlink DI-524 wireless router. Anyone have any
> advice before I do this? I haven't had high-speed in awhile. I just need
> to plug the rj45 out from the cable modem into the Dlink and then config
> the Dlink for cable modem use. I guess I need to put in my username and
> password once that is assigned to me from the cable company. I didn't want
> to load allot of bloat ware on my laptop in order to config the cable
> modem.
>
>
> Thanks for any advice,
> Greg
If you are buying your own cable modem, just make sure that it fits the
requirements (DOCSIS) for your cable co.
I'm also using a Motorola Surfboard cable modem. It belongs to Time-Warner,
not me, though. (With Roadrunner, if you want TW's digital phone too, you
have to use one of their modems and not your own. No big deal, I probably
would've used a Motorola Surfboard, anyway, so that saved me a whole
whopping $40.)
With the Surfboard, there is nothing on the modem that needs to be config'd
from your end. All the configuration is done automatically from their end.
All they need is simply the MAC address. To get to the stats and log,
simply point any browser to:
http://192.168.100.1
TW doesn't require user/pass's, but if Cox does (PPPoE?), then thats just
done with the router. DLink's are always
http://192.168.0.1/
You don't have to install anything, except for wireless drivers for your
laptop of course. Everything is just TCP/IP...
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