Here’s how it works. The best cable modems give you greater control over your home network but they can also save you quite a lot of money over time. In the same way that upgrading to one of the ...

If you’re sitting on an older cable modem and thinking about tossing it in the garbage, there might be a way to repurpose it before it goes to the great workbench in the sky. [kc9umr] has a way ...

Cable modems typically connect to a computer or router via Ethernet; however, some cable modems connect to one computer via USB. In addition, the cable modem is often combined with the router (see ...

A modem can convert the incoming signal from the cable lines coming into your home into a format that a router, and your connected devices, can use. In fact, the word modem is short for modulation ...

The classic serial null-modem cable was, among other things, used to connect two computers together for communications and file transfer. Largely eliminated in daily use by the advent of home ...

which forwards traffic to the modem and distributes responses to the requesting machines. If the cable modem/router has Wi-Fi, it is a "wireless gateway" (see cable/DSL gateway). THIS DEFINITION ...