Connect the modem to a wall outlet with a coax cable and plug the modem into an electrical outlet. Connect devices to the modem wirelessly, or with an ethernet cable to a LAN outlet on the modem. When ...

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. A cable modem and WiFi router are the heart and brain of ...

Those moving into a new home or otherwise are signing up for new Internet service are faced with a choice: Whether to rent their cable modem from their service provider or to buy one. The modem is a ...

A cable modem’s lights blinking can represent not just data flowing into your house but money flowing out of your bank account. How much? Probably more than what you paid a year ago to rent the same ...

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 ...

A small company in Andover, Massachusetts, played an outsize role in the broadband revolution. It all started in 1987, when Rouzbeh Yassini-Fard hit on the idea that residential cable infrastructure ...