A cable modem’s lights blinking can represent not just data flowing into your house but money flowing out of your bank account. How much? Probably more than what you paid a year ago to rent the same ...

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 ...

Buying your own router is an easy way to save on your internet bill. Here's what happened when I did just that.

For the last few months I have been using a cable modem that works fine when connected to the Ethernet network adapter in my desktop PC. I recently purchased a new notebook computer that also needs ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. The vast majority of Americans today have access to the internet. If you live in a big city, you probably have the option to choose between a ...

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 ...

The quest to build a consumer cable modem was close to ending in failure at a flooding Army facility. Then the CEO got on a ...

Editor's Note: To view a PDF version of this article, Click Here. A wave of cable modem chips meeting Revision 1.1 of the Data Over Cable Service Interface Spec (Docsis) enables the type of functional ...

Chipmaker Conexant is adding 802.11g-based wireless networking capabilities to its cable-modem chips, as the ability to transmit digital media continues to improve. The Newport Beach, Calif.-based ...

Two days ago my cable modem/internet connection stopped working, it worked for months before<BR><BR>This is the setup. Cable from the wall goes to a splitter, which splits it to one cable to the cable ...

I think by definition a cable modem has to work through at least *one* splitter. Either that, or you've got a cable line dedicated to your modem - kinda unlikely, huh ...

The device shown in Figure 17-1 is an RS-232–to–TTL converter board, designed to allow a PC with a serial (RS-232) port to communicate with a device that has a console (TTL) port. External converters ...