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I'm thinking about living in an apartment complex next year that doesn't have Internet access. They have cable TV and said that I could get Road Runner.
I don't want to pay for someone to come install it for me. I've heard that it's pretty simple to do it yourself and this diagram makes perfect sense to me. http://content.rr.com/rdrun/qa.htm#14
I just don't understand what the first step would involve with the coaxial cable being split outside.
Would it be easy for me to hook it up myself? How do I do it? An answer from someone that has done it before would be wonderful.
If I do choose to have a technician install it, how much would it cost? The website doesn't say.
Thanks!
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Use a splitter, although it's easier if you let them come out and dedicate a wall jack to internet, run that to the modem. Once you've done that, you'll want to use what's called a router, wireless, wired, that's your choice. Fact: A switch is not a router, the only similarity is that they both have one port dedicated to the outgoing internet connection. A switch is usually used to create network segments.
A basic router will cost 40-60 dollars. If you have a choice on manufacturer, go with Linksys, it's a division of Cisco and Cisco has credibility...a lot of it.
If you want to use a wireless network to keep from having ethernet cables renning all over the floor, you'll need some sort of wireless network interface device for you desktops as most of them will not come with one. You can grab a USB wireless adapter which simply plugs into a USB port on your computer, or go with the more permanent solution and buy an internal wireless NIC that will fit into one of your expansion slots. Best Buy, Circuit City, etc. will carry what your looking for.
Once you set up the wireless network you'll want to secure it. To keep from having your neighbors using up all of your tasty bandwidth you should disable SSID broadcasting, enable MAC filtering to allow only and put in the MAC addresses of your NIC's. If you're going to be paying any bills online or doing anything private, you should using some sort of encryption, i'm going to recommend WPA-PSK over WEP simply because it's better. Most network devices supports this, warning: anything with 'speedbooster' doesn't support WPA-PSK and you'll have to go with the weaker WEP.
Good luck setting it up and i'll be glad to answer any more questions.
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