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AbyssUnderground · 11-09-2007, 20:55

Cable broadband enters the house through a dedicated cable from the cab in the road. It then connects to a cable modem or set top box which converts the signal into the usable connection of ethernet or USB. This then plugs into your router (ethernet only) or PC. Use of USB is discouraged due to its slow speeds and newer modems don't even have USB on them.

If you have a router already for BT, you will almost definately need a new one. You need a DSL router, one with an ethernet WAN port and not a built in modem like your current router will have. Recommendations are the Linksys WRT54g as it is known to support the 20Mbps speed mark where as some routers do not. Its not overly expensive either.

11-09-2007, 20:55	#3
AbyssUnderground cf.mega poster Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Merseyside Age: 36 Services: BT Infinity Option 2, HH5, synced at maximum 80Mbps/20Mbps. Posts: 2,221	Re: How do cable modem/routers work? Cable broadband enters the house through a dedicated cable from the cab in the road. It then connects to a cable modem or set top box which converts the signal into the usable connection of ethernet or USB. This then plugs into your router (ethernet only) or PC. Use of USB is discouraged due to its slow speeds and newer modems don't even have USB on them. If you have a router already for BT, you will almost definately need a new one. You need a DSL router, one with an ethernet WAN port and not a built in modem like your current router will have. Recommendations are the Linksys WRT54g as it is known to support the 20Mbps speed mark where as some routers do not. Its not overly expensive either.