Daniel Belmont wrote: > Hello All -- > > I am considering getting a comcast internet hookup and I have a few > questions : Check out Earthlink high speed internet options. They actually subcontract to Comcast, but their rates, conditions, services are better in my experience. Of course, I only wanted internet. I don't have a Television and did not want Cable TV. I later added Earthlink True Voice and dumped Verizon. So my telephone now hooks through the Cable by VoIP. > 1) how difficult is it to install ? and what is involved ? if I > install it myself I save $150 ... Depends how techy you are. I don't think it was very difficult, but some people have issues with this sort of thing. They should provide some fairly straightforward instructions. > 2) can you recommend a wireless router that works well with the > comcast hookup ? we are using wireless in my apartment ... also, what > is involved in configuring that ? Linksys WRT54G. You can get it from Best Buy, Amazon, .... Same comments. The manual has fairly straightforward instructions and there is a web interface to configure it. Be aware that it is easy to configure it insecurely, and there are many that have been left insecure. You just have to drive around a neighorhood with a laptop to see how many you can get into. You can always get help. But then you are eating into your $150 savings that you mentioned. --------------- Chris Hoogendyk - O__ ---- Systems Administrator c/ /'_ --- Biology & Geology Departments (*) \(*) -- 140 Morrill Science Center ~~~~~~~~~~ - University of Massachusetts, Amherst <hoogendyk at bio.umass.edu> --------------- Erdös 4