I am getting cable web access next week. I have a couple of questions
regarding the modem. What on board card does it plug into? Also, how do I
know if I have the onboard card? Finally, the modem plugs into the same cable
jack as the cable on the television, correct?

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batinahat wrote:
> I am getting cable web access next week. I have a couple of questions
> regarding the modem. What on board card does it plug into? Also, how do I
> know if I have the onboard card? Finally, the modem plugs into the same
> cable jack as the cable on the television, correct?

Hi,

Cable modem will - in most cases - plug into the "Ethernet" connection on
your PC. (Can be USB but you should avoid that.)
Depending on your country/Telco then a splitter box will be installed so
that a separate coaxial cable can go to your modem. The other goes to your
TV cable box.
http://computer.howstuffworks.com/cable-modem.htm

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"batinahat" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:C2A5A9D7-A1D3-4A63-AD7F-(E-Mail Removed)...
>I am getting cable web access next week. I have a couple of questions
> regarding the modem. What on board card does it plug into? Also, how do I
> know if I have the onboard card? Finally, the modem plugs into the same
> cable
> jack as the cable on the television, correct?

The installer will install a splitter and a filter, then run a new cable to
near your computer where you hook up the modem.
The cable is coaxial (round with a single center wire with an external
wrap/shield/ground and screw on connector), but the connection to your
computer is ethernet (8 wires on a flat plug) that snaps into place like a
modular phone plug (analog phones use 2 or 4 wires and a narrower plug;
digital phones, like some VOIP systems, connect via a CAT3 or CAT5 8 wire
connector, but not at home).
Most cable modems have an ethernet connection to the computer. The CAT5
cable from the modem plugs into the NIC (network Interface Card) in your
computer. The jack in the computer looks almost like a phone plug, but is
slightly larger.
Some newer cable modems can also connect to your somputer via a USB cable.
In that case, you install the software supplied by your ISP, then plug the
cable modem into a USB port.
I prefer the Ethernet connection because I run the cable modem into my
router then connect the computers to the router to share the cable modem.
If you have more questions, the installer should answer them for you.

"batinahat" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>I am getting cable web access next week. I have a couple of questions
> regarding the modem. What on board card does it plug into? Also, how do I
> know if I have the onboard card? Finally, the modem plugs into the same
> cable
> jack as the cable on the television, correct?

batinahat wrote:
> I am getting cable web access next week. I have a couple of questions
> regarding the modem. What on board card does it plug into? Also, how do I
> know if I have the onboard card?

You should be looking for an Ethernet Card:

Look for http://www.umbc.edu/ppp/images/ethernet.jpg

Welcome to cat 5 cable that plugs into said ethernet card from modem:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/5d/Cat5.jpg

> Finally, the modem plugs into the same cable
> jack as the cable on the television, correct?

It will have a splitter installed by installer.

http://www.ldresources.org/pictures/splitter.jpg

Cable line to modem from splitter, cat 5 line from modem to computer's
ethernet card.

Happy fast internet.

Modem:

http://www.geeksquare.info/media/Moto_SBV5220.jpg

<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>
> batinahat wrote:
>> I am getting cable web access next week. I have a couple of questions
>> regarding the modem. What on board card does it plug into? Also, how do I
>> know if I have the onboard card?
>
> You should be looking for an Ethernet Card:

Not necessarily - it might be a USB connection.......particularly if it's
just a modem and not a modem/router.....

CreateWindow wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Cable modem will - in most cases - plug into the "Ethernet" connection on
> your PC. (Can be USB but you should avoid that.)

He/She the installer, 'should have' an Ethernet card available, at no
extra cost, if you don't have one.

Make the PC accessible though.

CreateWindow wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Cable modem will - in most cases - plug into the "Ethernet" connection on
> your PC. (Can be USB but you should avoid that.)

He/She the installer, 'should have' an Ethernet card available, at no
extra cost, if you don't have one.

Make the PC accessible though.

Call the cable company and ask them what they are going to install and
what you need to do.

batinahat wrote:

> I am getting cable web access next week. I have a couple of questions
> regarding the modem. What on board card does it plug into? Also, how do I
> know if I have the onboard card? Finally, the modem plugs into the same cable
> jack as the cable on the television, correct?

batinahat wrote:
> I am getting cable web access next week. I have a couple of questions
> regarding the modem. What on board card does it plug into?


That would depend entirely upon the specific make and model of the
cable modem you rent/purchase. Most common varieties offer both USB and
Ethernet connections.


> Also, how do I
> know if I have the onboard card?


After determining the specific type of interface you need, based on the
make/model of the modem, look at the computer, or read its manual, to
see what interfaces it already offers.


> Finally, the modem plugs into the same cable
> jack as the cable on the television, correct?

Yes.

Isn't your cable service provider giving you any of this information?
These are the sort of questions one should ask well before deciding to
hire a broadband Internet service.


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Bruce Chambers

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