What cable modem should I buy?

der kopfder kopf
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in General Discussion edited January 2014
Close to getting (finally) broadband through a cable connection. Does anybody know which modem is especially suited for macs -both classic and OS X- (for I just know the cable company will want to set me up with some dubious PC-problem-prone modem).



Another thing: if I take their 'one PC' setup scheme, can I then, by myself connect two macs to the box?

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  • Reply 1 of 7
    erbiumerbium Posts: 354member
    Doesn't the Cable company provide the modem??? <img src="graemlins/bugeye.gif" border="0" alt="[Skeptical]" />



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  • Reply 2 of 7
    defiantdefiant Posts: 4,876member
    mine does.



    and for the sharing of the connection: Jaguar provides "Connection Sharing".



    but please describe that "one PC" scheme more exactly.
  • Reply 3 of 7
    rodukroduk Posts: 706member
    I set up cable broadband on my mac last week. In my case I had an existing cable TV box that already had the modem in it, otherwise the cable company would have provided a stand alone modem (it seems weird calling it a modem when its a purely digital connection!).

    I had to install OS9 to run the setup software (as an OSX alternative wasn't available), which configured the OS9 settings and set up the ISP account. Subsequently, under OSX no manual configuration was required, as OSX seemed to recognise the modem and configure itself.

    One way to connect two macs to the box may be to use an airport base station, providing wireless broadband anywhere in the house. Alternatively, one mac could be connected and used as a software base station.

    In my case I set it up myself, the cable company providing a self installation kit. Normally this would have cost 50 pounds, and would have been money wasted, as when setting up a Mac none of the hardware provided in the kit was needed. The ethernet to USB adaptor wasn't required, as all macs have inbuilt ethernet anyway. The ethernet cross over adaptor wasn't required, as the recent Power Macs automatically perform a cross over if required. This just left the ethernet cable, which could be bought separately for a few pounds anyway.



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  • Reply 4 of 7
    ferroferro Posts: 453member
    3Com (Shark-fin shaped) modem has always performed well for me... been two years now...



    it was provided by the cable company... and I give that modem a work out, I get more problems from AT&T...
  • Reply 5 of 7
    ebbyebby Posts: 3,110member
    I had a standard RCA modem and bought a Linksys modem that I use now. I have never had any problems with ether of them.



    As for sharing internet with other computers, get a firewall/router. Cable and DSL connections are prone to Hacking/port scaning/cracking... whateverr you want to call it and the PC won't be safe. It is also faster.
  • Reply 6 of 7
    brianmacosbrianmacos Posts: 548member
    Currently I have an RCA Cable Modem and it works well. I plan on buying my own modem instead of renting one from my cable company. I will probably go with an RCA again when I buy my own only because my Cable Internet Provider will only support RCA modems if I have problems.
  • Reply 7 of 7
    anamacanamac Posts: 80member
    Some cable providers almost require you to use modems. Or if you go out and buy your own, you still get charged for theirs. Ain't commerce great?



    And it's a good thing that connecting on OS X takes neither time nor brains, since some cable companies are lost in OS 9 land and don't have a clue that there has been a change.
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