03-13-2006, 05:10 AM
Is there anyway to run two Cable Modems in the same residence? Can i just buy two different cable modems and plug them into separate Coax plugs?
Road Runner Highspeed: Two Cable Modems?
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03-13-2006, 05:10 AM
Is there anyway to run two Cable Modems in the same residence? Can i just buy two different cable modems and plug them into separate Coax plugs?
03-13-2006, 05:11 AM
I don't think so. You just get a router and have 3-8 ports, and run each computer off of the router.
03-13-2006, 05:17 AM
Yea, no need for sepearate modems.
I have a cheap Belkin wireless router with 4 ports on it. Cable modem goes to it - I get wireless from it's signal, and the desktop is wired into the additional ports. I'm using Roadrunner in Detroit, MI area. JT
03-13-2006, 05:31 AM
besides, you have a finite data bandwidth to the house. Two modem will just split the bandwidth in half. that is all a router does anyway.
03-13-2006, 05:49 AM
But is it possible if you did not have access to the cable modem upstairs, or if the wireless signal could not reach (hypothetically)?
03-13-2006, 05:56 AM
you run a wire from the router to the second computer.
No, a second modem isn't supposed to, nor should it, work. cable modems are supposed to be on their own cable (and with a filter too), with nothing else on them. So you have 3 wires at your house? One for each modem, and the 3rd runs all the TV gear?
03-13-2006, 06:01 AM
No, you can't do that.
Also, a router does not cut bandwidth in half, it shares the bandwidth. BGnR
03-13-2006, 06:19 AM
well, yeah, that is what i meant, but not what i typed.
03-13-2006, 07:01 AM
Yeah, I need to plug in another cable modem into its own wall socket.
Dang. Too bad I can't hook up two of them. Thanks for you help, tho.
03-13-2006, 07:24 AM
Racer X Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > well, yeah, that is what i meant, but not what i > typed. I knew that you knew, that I knew, that you were knowing, that I knew what you meant to type the correct answer! (-: BGnR |
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