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 ...

I, like many folks here, have residential cable internet. I have a DOCSIS 2.0 cable modem which has served me well for about 2 years, but I just opted to increase my internet speeds beyond what my ...

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 ...

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 ...

Which cable modem-router combo is best? When you subscribe to an Internet service from a cable TV provider, you’ll receive a modem. This is the hardware that interprets the signal and allows uploading ...

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 ...

Hopefully by now most of us know better than to rent a modem from an internet service provider. Buying your own and using it is almost always an easy way to save some money, but even then these pieces ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...