Yes, your cable TV line can carry the TV signal while you send and receive information on the Internet. Depending on how many TVs you have connected to the cable coming into your home, you may also be in need of a Signal Splitter to allow more cable connections to areas within your home. Click here to learn more about our Signal Splitter and Signal Booster products. Currently, most Internet service providers do not provide cable Internet access.

Quite simply, virtually everything you need to begin surfing the Web with your computer. Included with your SURFboard cable modem are Ethernet and USB cables, power cord, an Installation Assistant CD-ROM including USB drivers and User Manual.

Motorola SURFboard cable modems use some of the latest data encryption technology to help minimize security risks for your data. However, a little extra caution never hurts. We recommend you turn off your file- and print-sharing options when you're not using them and carefully review any other security precautions your service provider might recommend. Also, the Motorola SURFboard cable modem provides a top-mounted standby button for enhanced security.

No, if your computers are connected via a network, one Motorola cable modem will support up to 32 computers. But you will need additional networking equipment such as our Wireless Broadband Router, Wireless Access Point or the Ethernet Broadband Router.

After several years of requests, it seems the University does not think Lawrence needs Tigernet. (Tigernet is a University subsidized package of several cable TV channels.) The community room in building 14 has basic cable and its rate of usage does not encourage the purchasing of a second package for the community room in building 1. Please use building 1 for DVDs for that reason.

The current products do not support satellite delivery directly, however, the cable modem can be connected to a satellite receiver that can output a data stream over Ethernet.

A cable modem is an electronic adapter that permits a personal computer to receive Internet data from the high-speed information resources of a cable television system. Cable modems permit personal computers to receive Internet information at rates of up to hundreds of times faster than typical, consumer market telephone modems. A cable modem attaches to a personal computer through a network interface card (NIC) installed inside the computer.

Yes. All Motorola SURFboard cable modems are built to comply with the Data-Over-Cable-System-Interface-Specification (DOCSIS®) interoperability standard. Click here for more information about DOCSIS® from Cable Television Laboratories, Inc. (CableLabs®). In fact, Motorola received its first CableLabs® certification in May 1999.

The best strategy for keeping a good strong signal is to keep the splitters to a minimum. When that can't be done, then an amplifier is your best bet. But even when using an amplifier you need to be very aware of where your cable modem is installed - if you have one. Usually the cable company will install a splitter very close to where the cable comes into the home, and run one connection to the cable modem, and the other connection to the TVs in the rest of the house.

r. Some Plasma TVs have a built-in analog tuner that will enable you to watch any "regular" television that would be available to a conventional television, though the picture quality would be about the same as a typical large-screen conventional TV. For those Plasma TVs that do not have the built in tuner, the signal can be passed through a satellite box, cable box, HDTV receiver, VCR/VHS device, or an outboard tuning device.

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First of all, TV watching is now your job. So tell everyone to get off your case. You have to watch TV to write TV. In particular you have to watch the hot shows everyone's talking about. You have to watch both the new shows, and the shows that keep coming up in conversation. You should be watching shows by accomplished writers like Amy Sherman-Palladino and Steve Bochco and Chris Carter and David Kelley.

My neighbor has a dog who completely and literally will watch TV in the same fashion as we. He can watch a movie from start to finish. Certain things set him off, excite him, or upset him. Controversy, kissing, shooting, this type of thing gets him very agitated - too much emotion involved in what he's seeing.

Yes, as long as the broadband router supports the DHCP client option for the connection to the cable modem. All SURFboard Cable Modems function as bridges (with the exception of the SBG900). They do not support any type of address translation. The SBG900 does support Port Address Translation in addition to many other networking features. For more product information, please click here.

TV Anywhere sends wireless TV-signal, directly through walls and ceilings! Watch TV anywhere in your home without having to lay extra coax cables. With the built-in TV tuner, you are not dependent on, for example, your video recorder.

Yes! You can surf the web, watch TV, and talk on the phone simultaneously without interrupting any of these services.

Caesar's the only p1mp in the Ars group hooked up on cable, which is why he rules the Ars staff Quake II DM matches now. Anyway, for those of you lucky enough to live in an area where cable modem service is available or is coming soon, head on over to ZDNet's Cable Modem Guide. It's not a bad little piece on those modems we all love (and many lust after). -Panders A loyal reader by the name of Interboy e-mailed me this morning to report that his attempt to follow yesterday's link to Winamp 2.

The cable TV system plant dedicates a standard cable TV channel for data transfer of Internet and multimedia services. A computer equipped with a SURFboard cable modem is then connected to the cable TV system network using the same type of hook-up used for a television. The SURFboard cable modem receives information carried over the cable TV network and passes it through to the computer via USB or a standard 10/100Base-T Ethernet interface.

The Motorola SURFboard cable modems (with the exception of the SBG900) do not have a firewall built in. If you are experiencing issues loading web pages, you may want to check your computer for any third-party Internet security software.