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Article: We have high-speed cable Internet service at home and just got a laptop with wireless. The cable company wants $250 to set up and $8 per month to maintain it. Can't we just connect a wireless router to the cable modem?(Brief Article)
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- Network World
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- December 20, 2004
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Steve Blass
We have high-speed cable Internet service at home and just got a laptop with wireless. The cable company wants $250 to set up and $8 per month to maintain it. Can't we just connect a wireless router to the cable modem?
Depending on the details of your service configuration, you should be able to hook up a wireless router and make it work. Typically, the device plugged into the cable modem automatically picks up its network address through the modem at start-up. Many wireless routers also will assign IP addresses to your local PCs. Disconnect the computer that is plugged into the cable modem. Connect the ...