cable modem
Broadband connection device
A cable modem is a device that connects a computer or home network to the internet through the same coaxial cables that deliver cable television.
Cable modems typically offer faster speeds than older dial-up or DSL connections.
The technician installed a new cable modem to fix our internet problems.
Sharing a central axis
- EthernetWired network standard
- routerPacket-forwarding network device
- splitterSomething that separates
- amplifierSignal-strengthening electronic device
transceiver · LED · power adapter · standby · reset button · ports · MAC address · firmware
Varying signals to transmit
- demodulationRecovering signal from carrier
- frequencyRate of recurrence
- downstreamAlong the current's path
- upstreamToward a river's origin
spectrum · RF · digital signal · encryption · coaxial · transmission · binary · packets
coaxial
Sharing a central axis
- EthernetWired network standard
- routerPacket-forwarding network device
- splitterSomething that separates
amplifier · transceiver · LED · power adapter · standby · reset button · ports · MAC address · firmware · HFC
modulation
Varying signals to transmit
- demodulationRecovering signal from carrier
- frequencyRate of recurrence
- downstreamAlong the current's path
upstream · spectrum · RF · digital signal · encryption · coaxial · transmission · binary · packets
ISP
Web access company
speed · Mbps · Gbps · latency · ping · throughput · data transfer · streaming · buffering · connection
router
Packet-forwarding network device
- IP addressDevice's unique network number
- TCP/IPInternet's core protocol suite
- EthernetWired network standard
DHCP · gateway · firewall · NAT · subnet · LAN · protocol · packet · DNS · network card
- internet servicebroadband, router, download, upload, provider
- networkingrouter, routers, LAN, WAN, switches
- Home Networkrouter, Wi-Fi, ethernet, wireless router, Wi-Fi router
- network devicesrouter, server, WiFi router, WiFi adapter, switch
- network equipmentrouter, hub, ethernet switch, network adapter, network hub
- wired telecomlandline, telephone, telephone line, phone line, phone cord
cable, cables, moderate, cabled, cabling, modem, modems, cablecast, coaxial cable