Re: PPPoA Vs PPPoE and router problems


dennis wrote in message

No it wasn't.
There is a cable modem that is required to get cable.
It may be built into the set top box but that is the old way of doing
things.

You can test the cable modem by using the PC without the router.. if it
works the router may be broken if it doesn't the cable service is broken.

So he drip fed me a little more info today. As has been suggested by several
posters the coax which supplies his service splits, going to some form of
digi box receiver (For TV) and to a modem. The router is plugged into the
modem via an ethernet cable. He also failed to mention that it was actually
his fathers router (Who has cable) and that he had already taken it to his
own house (He also has cable) for test purposes (Where it also failed to
work) before trying it on my ADSL. He's buying a new one to replace it now.
Thanks for all the suggestions, I now know a little more about cable but as
I live in the sticks I doubt I'll ever put it to much use!

--
John


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