Whether you’re upgrading or are setting up your first network, you will need to choose between a modem and router setup or a combo device. Modem-router combos, also known as gateways, offer ...

We have high-speed cable Internet service at home and just got a laptop with wireless. The cable company wants $250 to set up and $8 per month to maintain it. Can’t we just connect a wireless router ...

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The two major components in a small computer network are a modem and wireless router. The modem is wired to the Internet via the cable company's coaxial cable, the telephone company's DSL phone line, ...

My fiancee had her cable internet set up a couple of years ago with a Motorola SBG900 wireless modem and has used it only with a desktop PC connected via a Gig-E cable up until now. We want to start ...

To connect to the Internet from your home, you’ll need two pieces of equipment — a capable modem that pulls a signal from your internet service provider, or ISP, and a router, which broadcasts the ...

When you sign a contract with an internet provider, they'll typically send you a modem and a router in the mail. But which is which? And how are they different? A modem and a router work in tandem ...

A modem and router work in tandem to deliver you an internet connection. Even if the modem and router are combined in the same hardware, they serve distinct functions. The modem communicates with the ...

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Lucent Technology Wednesday signed a second company to help meet its expected demand for a faster generation of wireless modems for laptops and handheld devices. The wireless telephone network ...

Verizon Wireless announced that the new Verizon Wireless UMW190, a USB wireless modem developed by Personal Communications Devices, LLC, will be available today online at www.verizonwireless.com and ...

NEW YORK, NY - JULY 26: Pedestrians cross an intersection near a T-Mobile store on Sixth Avenue in Manhattan on July 26, 2019 in New York City. On Friday, the U.S. Department of Justice approved a ...