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Multiple cable modems, one house?
Scumdogg
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Okay, this is probably a stupid question, but i can have cable modems functioning simultaneously in one house, right?
I want to finally get Xbox live, but PC's upstairs, 360 is downstairs, and the wifi adapter is ridiculously overpriced. Any reason i can't just get a second modem and hook it up to a downstairs cable jack for the 360?
Seems like it should work, and i've tested said cable jack for functionality, i just wanted to make sure there'd be no problems before i go out and spend some money.
I want to finally get Xbox live, but PC's upstairs, 360 is downstairs, and the wifi adapter is ridiculously overpriced. Any reason i can't just get a second modem and hook it up to a downstairs cable jack for the 360?
Seems like it should work, and i've tested said cable jack for functionality, i just wanted to make sure there'd be no problems before i go out and spend some money.
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I know Comcast charges $5 a month for a cable modem, and you can buy a wireless router for $50; what do you mean by "ridiculously overpriced?" In ten months, the router has paid for itself.
Edit: Beat'd. Hard.
cable modem -- router -- PC | (wireless signal) | router -- XBoxYou can get a basic Linksys router for maybe $30 new, or $15-20 used. And unlike the XBox Wifi adapter, buying a second router will give you a ton of bonus functionality as well: you can plug in other consoles if you have them, and you'll also boost the strength of your downstairs wireless signal.Wow, i'm glad i asked. This could've gone poorly.
When i said "ridiculously overpriced", i meant Microsoft's official wireless adapter for the 360. Which i thought was the only one that'd work.
I do have a wireless router, but it's upstairs with the computer, as said computer doesn't have wifi capabilities. It's old.
In response to the drilling scenario, we currently live in a rented townhouse. So no drilling, sadly.
So what i'm seeing here is that the best option is to get a wireless bridge and hook THAT up to the 360?
This seems like good, solid advice. I'm sold. Now how do i go about altering the router into a bridge? Or is that something i should just google search on my own?
If you don't have a system with a wireless card, borrow a friend's laptop or something, and test to make sure the signal will even make it upstairs from downstairs. Otherwise, all of our advice will be for naught. If you can't drill, and you can't get the signal through the ceiling/floor, then you're going to need to run a long network cable.
A $30 or so wireless card for my PC wouldn't really save me much versus a $30 router, right?
Anyway I'd second the PCI wireless for your PC. You'll be better off playing SF (or any other fighting game for that matter) on a wired connection anyway. Every frame counts!
What they do is they use your house/apartment/shack's electrical wiring to transmit the internet signal, and since your power runs at a different frequency, they don't interfere with each other.
XP, but not spectacularly so. Most people who've seen or used my pc seem to be somewhat in shock that it actually works.
This setup entirely depends on region and built in support in that regions billing system for multiple modems on an account. (The back end my company uses absolutely LOVES cable modems, and will happily support a metric ton of them. I think I've seen as many as 48 modems on one account in my area - the front end billing software that talks to the back end... that, in some markets, might not be to pleased with more than one modem.) Cost, where possible, also depends on region, and can vary from modem rental and extra IP charges, to an extra full internet rate.
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sign up for comcast home networking and you get a comcast supported wireless router for a mere 5$ a month. (replaces the 3$ a month modem rental fee). When you have comcast home networking if they can't get the wireless signal to your second computer (or 360!?) they will issue you the second modem / i.p. for the comcast home networking upgrade fee of as little as 2$ a month!
I know these things because I am trained comcast customer account associate, repair department, level 2!
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This is region specific. Plus most markets don't use the gateways anymore they use the netgear routers. I know in the south eastern markets you have to have a set of CHSI, internet, rates on every outlet that has a modem assigned to it. If you can't get wireless to the other rooms we tend to use the ethernet over electrical converters.
My vote goes for wireless PC card and wireless router hooked up to your XBox. Just make sure you password protect your network!
$2 a month adds up to $24 in a year. $24 will nearly buy you an old 802.11b "gaming" bridge, which is all you need for...well, gaming.
$5 a month adds up to $60 in a year, which will buy you an 802.11g router capable of running custom firmware, which will do everything he needs it to and more (and he gets to keep!).
Basically, paying a "small" monthly fee for these things doesn't make much sense in the medium-to-long term.
Buy a wireless card for the PC, buy a bridge, buy a router (to use as a bridge), but for fuck's sake don't rent their hardware.
I know most people on penny-arcade are either more intelligent, more savvy, or poor ass college kids.
But if you could see what some of these people let us charge them in the name of lag free gaming...
lets just say, 24 dollars a year is small potatoes.
... don't even get me started on the ppv charges people rack up.