Jim, do you have Comcast High Speed Internet? If so, I'd like your
thoughts.
I've heard tales from two people. I'm not completely ignorant about
networks, having expanded, installed in offices a couple of times, do
my own IT work, etc. Well, I've been told that it's difficult to
connect a wireless router to Comcast. Another told me he connected a
wireless router, and it worked without changing any tcp/ip settings.
Comcast, of course, wants to install there own home network, at a cost.
I don't want them screwing with anything after their modem. I want to
do it, then I can maintain it. Anyway, if you, or any others here read
this, and have connected a wireless, or wired router to comcast modem,
tell me your experiences. Comcast will give you no advice, seeing how
it isn't their network.

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Jim, do you have Comcast High Speed Internet? If so, I'd like your
thoughts.
I've heard tales from two people. I'm not completely ignorant about
networks, having expanded, installed in offices a couple of times, do
my own IT work, etc. Well, I've been told that it's difficult to
connect a wireless router to Comcast. Another told me he connected a
wireless router, and it worked without changing any tcp/ip settings.
Comcast, of course, wants to install there own home network, at a cost.
I don't want them screwing with anything after their modem. I want to
do it, then I can maintain it. Anyway, if you, or any others here read
this, and have connected a wireless, or wired router to comcast modem,
tell me your experiences. Comcast will give you no advice, seeing how
it isn't their network.


We do indeed have Comcast high speed but everything is hard wired to 5 rooms
(2 separate connections in my office) through a 10 port router. I ran the
cat cable myself (a real PITA) and own the router.

We have never had a problem and get consistent DL speeds of 3,500 kbs and UL
speeds of 380 kbs.

wrote:
Jim, do you have Comcast High Speed Internet? If so, I'd like your
thoughts.
I've heard tales from two people. I'm not completely ignorant about
networks, having expanded, installed in offices a couple of times, do
my own IT work, etc. Well, I've been told that it's difficult to
connect a wireless router to Comcast. Another told me he connected a
wireless router, and it worked without changing any tcp/ip settings.
Comcast, of course, wants to install there own home network, at a cost.
I don't want them screwing with anything after their modem. I want to
do it, then I can maintain it. Anyway, if you, or any others here read
this, and have connected a wireless, or wired router to comcast modem,
tell me your experiences. Comcast will give you no advice, seeing how
it isn't their network.

I've got Comcast HSI at home with 2 PC's hardwired and 2 served by a
wireless router. No problem to set up- worked pretty much right out of
the box. Every once in a while one of the PC's has a problem
communicating with it but it's always the same one and I think it's an
interference issue with its' particular location. A reboot on both ends
usually fixes it.

Harry Krause wrote:
wrote:
Jim, do you have Comcast High Speed Internet? If so, I'd like your
thoughts.
I've heard tales from two people. I'm not completely ignorant about
networks, having expanded, installed in offices a couple of times, do
my own IT work, etc. Well, I've been told that it's difficult to
connect a wireless router to Comcast. Another told me he connected a
wireless router, and it worked without changing any tcp/ip settings.
Comcast, of course, wants to install there own home network, at a cost.
I don't want them screwing with anything after their modem. I want to
do it, then I can maintain it. Anyway, if you, or any others here read
this, and have connected a wireless, or wired router to comcast modem,
tell me your experiences. Comcast will give you no advice, seeing how
it isn't their network.



I'm not Jim, but...

I have Comcast high speed internet. The only hardware I have from
Comcast is its "cable modem." I run the cable modem into an eight-port
router/switch. That device connects via wire to various computers and
printers in the house, and ALSO connects via wire to my wireless router.
The wireless router sends a proper wireless signal to my wireless laptop
when I want to use it "wirelessly" around the house.

I did change the address on my wired router/switch so it would not
conflict with the address on my wireless router. Took less than a
minute, and I'm an English major.

I recommend Linksys wireless routers. They're inexpensive and their tech
support people are live and in the states.

That's exactly as I figured it would work. Comcast just wanted to
install home networking, which, like you, I can do myself.

JimH wrote:
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Jim, do you have Comcast High Speed Internet? If so, I'd like your
thoughts.
I've heard tales from two people. I'm not completely ignorant about
networks, having expanded, installed in offices a couple of times, do
my own IT work, etc. Well, I've been told that it's difficult to
connect a wireless router to Comcast. Another told me he connected a
wireless router, and it worked without changing any tcp/ip settings.
Comcast, of course, wants to install there own home network, at a cost.
I don't want them screwing with anything after their modem. I want to
do it, then I can maintain it. Anyway, if you, or any others here read
this, and have connected a wireless, or wired router to comcast modem,
tell me your experiences. Comcast will give you no advice, seeing how
it isn't their network.


We do indeed have Comcast high speed but everything is hard wired to 5 rooms
(2 separate connections in my office) through a 10 port router. I ran the
cat cable myself (a real PITA) and own the router.

We have never had a problem and get consistent DL speeds of 3,500 kbs and UL
speeds of 380 kbs.

As I suspected, it wouldn't be a problem. I really have no desire to
have comcast own anything past the modem.

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wrote:
Jim, do you have Comcast High Speed Internet? If so, I'd like your
thoughts.
I've heard tales from two people. I'm not completely ignorant about
networks, having expanded, installed in offices a couple of times, do
my own IT work, etc. Well, I've been told that it's difficult to
connect a wireless router to Comcast. Another told me he connected a
wireless router, and it worked without changing any tcp/ip settings.
Comcast, of course, wants to install there own home network, at a cost.
I don't want them screwing with anything after their modem. I want to
do it, then I can maintain it. Anyway, if you, or any others here read
this, and have connected a wireless, or wired router to comcast modem,
tell me your experiences. Comcast will give you no advice, seeing how
it isn't their network.

I've got Comcast HSI at home with 2 PC's hardwired and 2 served by a
wireless router. No problem to set up- worked pretty much right out of
the box. Every once in a while one of the PC's has a problem
communicating with it but it's always the same one and I think it's an
interference issue with its' particular location. A reboot on both ends
usually fixes it.

Cool, thanks.