[Cialug] Noob needs help.

[Tim Champion]

You don't need a new cable modem, nor do you need a modem with wireless.
What you need is a router.

It will look like this:

Cable Modem  --> Router --> optional Hub(s) --> computers.

You already have the cable modem.  If you didn't, your service wouldn't
work. You already have hubs, so you can keep using those. You just need a
router between your cable modem and hubs.  If you have just a few computers,
or most of them are wireless, you don't need the hubs at all (assuming you
get a wireless router)

Tim Champion
timchampion at gmail.com


On Sun, Aug 16, 2009 at 9:03 PM, Rob Miller <robarooney at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks again to Preston, Larry, and Jerry for answering my question.  Does
> anyone have a cable modem with wireless so I can replace the modem we got
> from Mediacom?  My daughter has my Motorola modem and is using it.  Rob
>
>
> On Sun, Aug 16, 2009 at 5:40 PM, Rob Miller <robarooney at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Thanks, Preston.  You are right.  I've been on the phone with Mediacom
>> tech support and I got the whole story about buying more IP addresses or
>> getting a router instead of a hub, etc.  I'm ready to dig into my "junk
>> room" to look for my Motorola Surfboard modem from a couple of years ago.
>>  Rob
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Aug 16, 2009 at 3:10 PM, Lathrop Preston <lathrop at prestonfam.org>wrote:
>>
>>> So based on what I see here your network is as follows...
>>>
>>> MediaCom-Router  -> Hubs -> Computers...
>>>
>>> if so than the problem is probably in the hubs. the MediaCom router
>>> normally will only speak to 1 computer (or routeable device)...
>>>
>>> Unless I am mistaken,
>>> you will need to get a firewall router or other router of some sort...
>>> have that connected to the MediaCom device and then the computers will get
>>> their IP addresses from it... technically MC only provides for a single
>>> computer per household.
>>>
>>> But I could be wrong
>>>
>>> On Sun, Aug 16, 2009 at 2:24 PM, Rob Miller <rob at dotcomservices.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>> We switched from Qwest to Mediacom and the technician hooked up one of
>>>> our computers to access the Internet.  However, none of the other computers
>>>> on our home network can find the Internet.  I've tried what I know to do and
>>>> I get a message that the other computers cannot renew the IP address.
>>>> Should I turn off all the computers, then the two hubs, then the Mediacom
>>>> modem and then turn them back on?  Mediacom first then hubs then computers?
>>>> Thanks.  Rob
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