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Technical Question ??? John Smith 06-23-2005
Posted by John Smith on June 23, 2005, 7:07 am
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I have time warner (TW) broadband. TW use RCA cable modem. My friend gave
me a linksys cable modem which he bought when he had COX. I tried to swap
it in place of the RCA modem to see if it works. The internet does not
work. Why? If put back the RCA modem, everything works again.

Should it work like the 56k dial-up modem? You can swap any 56k modem in
your pc and it should still dial out. Your answer would be appreciate.
Thanks!




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Posted by James Knott on June 23, 2005, 7:57 am
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John Smith wrote:

> I have time warner (TW) broadband. TW use RCA cable modem. My friend
> gave
> me a linksys cable modem which he bought when he had COX. I tried to swap
> it in place of the RCA modem to see if it works. The internet does not
> work. Why? If put back the RCA modem, everything works again.
>
> Should it work like the 56k dial-up modem? You can swap any 56k modem in
> your pc and it should still dial out. Your answer would be appreciate.
> Thanks!

No, it doesn't work like a dial up modem. Each modem has to be
"provisioned" by the ISP. Assuming the modem can work on your cable
system, you'd have to call the support line, to get configured for the new
modem.



Posted by Mistress on June 23, 2005, 10:04 am
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@netscape.com says...
> I have time warner (TW) broadband. TW use RCA cable modem. My friend gave
> me a linksys cable modem which he bought when he had COX. I tried to swap
> it in place of the RCA modem to see if it works. The internet does not
> work. Why? If put back the RCA modem, everything works again.


Any modem needs to be authorized by your ISP. Call them with the modem's
info, including the MAC address. Once they authorize the 'new' modem,
the old one will be de-authorized.

(FWIW, once upon a time I did this with Comcast. The 'old' modem
remained authorized for months giving me two Internet connections. It
was nice while it lasted.)


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