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 ...

Which cable modem-router combo is best? When you subscribe to an Internet service from a cable TV provider, you’ll receive a modem. This is the hardware that interprets the signal and allows uploading ...

Just a quick question. I have a run-of-the-mill software modem that connects at a blistering 52000 bps. I also have a hardware modem that connects at a respectable 48000bps. Which should I use? I ...

Q. My cable company tells me I have to lease a modem. Can I buy my own? Any advice on how I should go about that? A. In the two years since I last covered this topic here, a few things have changed in ...

This has been perplexing me lately. I have had many clients over the years and used a cable ISP personally for a short period and noticed that cable modems just go out intermittently and need to be ...

Installing and configuring computer devices has come a long way since the first PC's graced our desktops. And while the promise of Windows' plug-and-play has, for the most part, greatly simplified our ...

Apple efforts to design its own 5G modem hardware in-house "may have failed," setting the stage for Qualcomm to be the sole supplier of 5G chips for next-generation iPhone models that will ship in the ...

Which cable modem-router combo is best? When you subscribe to an Internet service from a cable TV provider, you’ll receive a modem. This is the hardware that interprets the signal and allows uploading ...