Cable Forum - View Single Post - Cable Modem Setup Without the Broadjump CD !

baldbazza · 26-03-2004, 10:34

Moving from set top box to cable modem using this guide worked like a dream. Thanks guys! I left my PC on throughout and just rebooted the firewall/router after cable modem installation. According to ZDNet (http://specials.zdnet.co.uk/misc/ban...edtest500.html), I now have 581Kbps download speed, slightly faster than before.

A couple of minor points which might be of use to someone:

1. I'd forgotten that I'd set my firewall/router to use non-NTL DNS addresses. Not surprisingly, the registration process didn't like that. All ok after re-setting the firewall/router to get DNS automatically.

2. I had been told by customer services that I could keep my original username (i.e. email address etc). However, the registration software wouldn't let me - I could have migrated a dial-up account but not an ex- set top box broadband account. A quick phone call to NTL support (you didn't mis-read that, it really was quick!) confirmed that both my original and new usernames (and therefore email addresses) would be accessible from the cable modem account.

26-03-2004, 10:34	#40
baldbazza Inactive Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 2	Re: Cable Modem Setup Without the Broadjump CD ! Moving from set top box to cable modem using this guide worked like a dream. Thanks guys! I left my PC on throughout and just rebooted the firewall/router after cable modem installation. According to ZDNet (http://specials.zdnet.co.uk/misc/ban...edtest500.html), I now have 581Kbps download speed, slightly faster than before. A couple of minor points which might be of use to someone: 1. I'd forgotten that I'd set my firewall/router to use non-NTL DNS addresses. Not surprisingly, the registration process didn't like that. All ok after re-setting the firewall/router to get DNS automatically. 2. I had been told by customer services that I could keep my original username (i.e. email address etc). However, the registration software wouldn't let me - I could have migrated a dial-up account but not an ex- set top box broadband account. A quick phone call to NTL support (you didn't mis-read that, it really was quick!) confirmed that both my original and new usernames (and therefore email addresses) would be accessible from the cable modem account.