On 13/09/03 14:19 +0530, K i r @ n G h a g wrote: <snip>
I dont think you need to buy a cable modem unless you require a high speed line or thinking of providing connections further down the line. In most
If the ISP is providing data over COAX, then you need a cable modem. If you are on an Ethernet LAN, you need only the NIC.
cases you need to buy a lan card and then ask your cable-guy to give the connection to you. If you buy a NIC yourself, it would cost between 250 - 350 rs. but people often are charged 700 as nic price (this i have seen in 3
That depends on the brand. I recommend Intel EEPro100+/3Com 905c NICs.
cases). make sure you first ask him price of nic he is offering and then tell him that you are buying it yourself...so that he would deduct that amount from your installation charges. the person would then put the ethernet cable from a nearest hub to your pc.
This is a common ethernet LAN. If you ever go in for this arrangement, make sure your ISP uses switches and the distance between any two switches is less than 100 m.
even if you buy the cable modem from him/other source, i doubt how many isps in mumbai allow that, even if they do, keep an eye on your transfer rates as the cable modem can be bandwidth throttled easily by upstream host (ISP). Buying modem could be expensive and speed benefits would not be much IMHO
That depends on the connectivity you need. You really think an Ethernet connection cannot be throttled? Of course, personally the biggest reason I am on a cable modem is because I get a routed static IP. I do not care to be a second class netizen behind a NAT.
Devdas Bhagat