Connecting A Second Cable Modem

[ikstar]

Hi all I already have Broadband, I recently bought another cable modem to use but I was wondering is this possible to use as there is already an broadband connection o/s xp.

[SMHarman]

Why would you buy a CM when NTL give them away?
Yes you can generally have more than one CM at a house, but without more hardware between these CMs and the computers this cannot be done to boost speed, it would be more for a scenareo of one CM to each PC.
Where did you buy your CM? What are you trying to achieve with having two CMs on your network?

[ikstar]

I bought a second CM to use for a second computer is this possible to setup and how.

[Jon M]

your money would have been better spent getting the two machines running off one modem.. .there are several guides in the forum for doing it

[ikstar]

Originally Posted by SMHarman

Why would you buy a CM when NTL give them away?
Yes you can generally have more than one CM at a house, but without more hardware between these CMs and the computers this cannot be done to boost speed, it would be more for a scenareo of one CM to each PC.
Where did you buy your CM? What are you trying to achieve with having two CMs on your network?

I bought a another CM so I could use it for another computer but not quite sure how to set it up as the CM modem is still online but cannot acess the internet can you help.

[Halcyon]

you do not need a second modem.
If you were to use that 2nd modem you would have to end up paying more.
What you need is a router.
This is used to share broadband connections on more than one PC.

Your cable modem connects to the router and then all computers you want to have net access connect to the router.
The router takes care of internet sharing and handling the connections.
This allows everyone to use the internet at the same time on all PC's.

You can either buy wired routers for about £40 where each PC connects by wire or wireless ones that cost a bit more where you can have PC's in different rooms in your house and they connect wirelesly thruogh the air.

You just need ethernet cards in each PC and hook them up via CAT5 cable to the router.
You can buy kits that are ready made for you with the ethernet cards and router and cabling if thats better for you, but I assume you have ethernet cards in your system already.

Look at Linkysys routers. They are good.

eg., This one which is quite cheap and quality:

Linksys Router

Or a wireless one here
(If you go wireless you'l need wireless network cards in each machine too.)

[zoombini]

Looks like you need to see if you can return the modem & get a router instead.

Are you able to do that?

[SOSAGES]

what modem is it anyway - may be a router already

Originally Posted by zoombini

Looks like you need to see if you can return the modem & get a router instead.

Are you able to do that?

I bet he got it off ebay.

[Graham M]

Well he seems to be a bit avoidant to questions, how are we meant to help you Ikstar, you seem to have made a raw deal buying the Modem as you cannot connect it to the network without NTL knowing as they have to enable the MAC Address.

[paulyoung666]

and as it is most likely a stolen modem then they aint going to do it

[ian@huth]

Originally Posted by paulyoung666

and as it is most likely a stolen modem then they aint going to do it

It's not forced to be stolen. Users bought their modems when broadband was first introduced so I would assume that they are free to sell them. Not much point in buying one though as NTL include a modem in the rental these days.

[paulyoung666]

Originally Posted by ianathuth

It's not forced to be stolen. Users bought their modems when broadband was first introduced so I would assume that they are free to sell them. Not much point in buying one though as NTL include a modem in the rental these days.

thats why i said it is most likely to be stolen but i should have included it may be an unwanted modem from a house move etc , yes you are quite correct

Bought or stolen - it doesn't really matter - ntl will not enable it, they will only allow their own supplied CM's.

[Matth]

A cheap router would probably have cost less - ebuyer may be a complete bunch of jerks, but:

Insanely cheap router - with USB printer server
Cheap router, with wireless as well
54 Megabit wireless, and still cheap