View Full Version : Re: Need cable modem advice


Eds
07-11-2003, 06:49 PM
TRy the motorola site and look for a 5000 model or the toshiba one is also
great form what i hear....bother are broadband modems with a built-in router
and wireless setup!...

good luck


"Steve Ball" <steveb[at]bigpond.net.au> wrote in message
news:BB3450B7.14949%steveb[at]bigpond.net.au...
> It looks like my Motorola modem has died. I have a service call booked for
> Monday morning and, if it is dead, my ISP will supply a new one for
$AUS268
> ($AUS189 if I sign an 18 mth. contract). This seems pretty reasonable.
>
> However, I'd also like to have a simple router so I can hook up my old Mac
> and a LaserWriter Select 360 I just inherited. It's not a major priority
but
> is there a combined modem/router I could look at getting to replace my
modem
> is it's dead? What I know about networking fits on the pointy end of a
pin.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Steve = : ^ )
> --
> Not my real email address of course but true all the same. Reply to
> steveb.bigpond[at]net[at]au swapping the "." and the "[at]"s.
>

Steve Ball
07-12-2003, 08:27 AM
Thanks.



> TRy the motorola site and look for a 5000 model or the toshiba one is also
> great form what i hear....bother are broadband modems with a built-in router
> and wireless setup!...
>
> good luck
>
>
> "Steve Ball" <steveb[at]bigpond.net.au> wrote in message
> news:BB3450B7.14949%steveb[at]bigpond.net.au...
>> It looks like my Motorola modem has died. I have a service call booked for
>> Monday morning and, if it is dead, my ISP will supply a new one for
> $AUS268
>> ($AUS189 if I sign an 18 mth. contract). This seems pretty reasonable.
>>
>> However, I'd also like to have a simple router so I can hook up my old Mac
>> and a LaserWriter Select 360 I just inherited. It's not a major priority
> but
>> is there a combined modem/router I could look at getting to replace my
> modem
>> is it's dead? What I know about networking fits on the pointy end of a
> pin.
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>> Steve = : ^ )
>> --
>> Not my real email address of course but true all the same. Reply to
>> steveb.bigpond[at]net[at]au swapping the "." and the "[at]"s.
>>
>
>

--
Not my real email address of course but true all the same. Reply to
steveb.bigpond[at]net[at]au swapping the "." and the "[at]"s.