[Hidden-tech] Home Internet hookup

Christine Pilch CPilch at YourBrandPartnership.com
Tue Dec 4 15:08:59 EST 2007


Linksys also has excellent, FREE tech support. Comcast was unable to fix a
problem that I had, and Linksys nailed it quickly and without a fee. 

	
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C
 
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At Tue, 4 Dec 2007 10:31:22 -0800 (PST) Daniel Belmont <dbelmont2 at yahoo.com>
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> Hello All -- 
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>     I am considering getting a comcast internet hookup and I have a few
questions : 
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>   1) how difficult is it to install ? and what is involved ? if I
> install it myself I save $150 ... 
>    
>   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 ? 

Almost any of the commonly available 'wireless broadband router' boxes
will work -- Radio Shack, Best Buy, Staples, Walmart all sell these
units.  I'd recomend the LinkSys model.  These are easy to configure --
just jack in a wired system and fire up your webbrowser (eg FireFox).
Connect to the router (usually 192.168.0.1, but its instruction booklet
will tell you).  It will ask for a login (the instruction booklet will
tell you the factory default admin user and password).  Then you just
follow the web-based menus.  I believe that most/all of the 'wireless
broadband routers' already include wizards for connecting to all of the
major broadband providers (Comcast Cable, Charter Cable, Road Runner,
Verizon DSL, Verizon FIOS, etc.).  You'd just jack in the cable modem's
Ethernet connection to the upload (broadband) connector and follow the
menus with your webbrowser.  I presume that somewhere you need to
connect to the actual cable (from the pole going into your
house/apartment) with the cable modem, I would guess this means
installing a coax "T", but I am not sure exactly.

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