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Cable Modem
Most users who have cable modems are set up for DHCP. These include Internet Service Providers (ISP) such as Comcast, AT&T Broadband and Rogers Cable service. At most, your ISP may have contacted you to register the Media Access Control (MAC) address of your network interface card (NIC) in the machine. A cable modem is used to connect a computer to a cable service that provides Internet access. Cable modems can dramatically increase the bandwidth between the user's computer and the Internet service provider. However, cable service is a shared mode of Internet connectivity, and thus the speed will vary depending on how many people on that cable segment are using the Internet at the same time. The cable modem transmission system (CMTS) is responsible for converting radio frequency (RF) signals into data packets for the Internet.
Setup Wizard for Cable Connection
