Bill M.
07-29-08, 07:02 PM
On Tue, 29 Jul 2008 17:11:11 -0500, "rick" <itzmine@earthlink.net>
wrote:
>After 15 years of 2-3 kbs download speeds we finally have the option of
>getting cable internet through Charter in St. Louis and instead of renting
>the modem and router for $10 a month I would like to purchase my own but I'm
>new to this equipment and looking for suggestions.
Suggestions are basically opinions, and here's mine. I would agree to
use their modem at first, just to make sure that part is working fine
before you swap it out for one of your own after a month or three.
When you do buy a modem, I am partial to the Motorola Surfboard
series. If you shop around and wait for a sale, you can sometimes find
the current model essentially free after rebate, or close to it.
>I checked on Newegg and I think the Linksys WRT54GL router along with the
>D-link DCM 202 modem will do the trick but not sure?
I have a couple of WRT54GL's and like them very much. Highly
recommended. For this part of the local network, I would jump in right
away and buy the WRT54GL without temporarily renting Charter's stuff.
>I plan to have my computer as the main and the wife and daughters pickup
>through a network card and not sure which network card to choose from.
Wired or wireless? Most desktop PC's come with a wired connection,
while laptops generally come with both wired and wireless
capabilities.
If you're buying from Newegg, which I recommend, you're fairly safe
using the user reviews & ratings as a rough guide to what works.
>Also if it makes any difference on the equipment I would like to play around
>with the DirecTV on demand feature sometime in the future.
I don't know anything about that or how it would be affected by your
local network.
--
Bill
wrote:
>After 15 years of 2-3 kbs download speeds we finally have the option of
>getting cable internet through Charter in St. Louis and instead of renting
>the modem and router for $10 a month I would like to purchase my own but I'm
>new to this equipment and looking for suggestions.
Suggestions are basically opinions, and here's mine. I would agree to
use their modem at first, just to make sure that part is working fine
before you swap it out for one of your own after a month or three.
When you do buy a modem, I am partial to the Motorola Surfboard
series. If you shop around and wait for a sale, you can sometimes find
the current model essentially free after rebate, or close to it.
>I checked on Newegg and I think the Linksys WRT54GL router along with the
>D-link DCM 202 modem will do the trick but not sure?
I have a couple of WRT54GL's and like them very much. Highly
recommended. For this part of the local network, I would jump in right
away and buy the WRT54GL without temporarily renting Charter's stuff.
>I plan to have my computer as the main and the wife and daughters pickup
>through a network card and not sure which network card to choose from.
Wired or wireless? Most desktop PC's come with a wired connection,
while laptops generally come with both wired and wireless
capabilities.
If you're buying from Newegg, which I recommend, you're fairly safe
using the user reviews & ratings as a rough guide to what works.
>Also if it makes any difference on the equipment I would like to play around
>with the DirecTV on demand feature sometime in the future.
I don't know anything about that or how it would be affected by your
local network.
--
Bill