@no: "Ok, I've finally managed to get cable, via Comcast. The speed is blazingly
fast, installation went smooth... except the most important part - PLAYING
AC :)
I got a Toshiba PCX5000 Cable Modem/Router combo - and it does not let me
play AC. It does not seem to have a dedicated port forwarding setup, and
it's NAT seems to be too stupid to figure out what goes where.
So I am looking for a new cable modem and a router. Can be one device like
the Toshiba, or can be two boxes - wireless would be nice, although right
now my 3-computer-LAN is ethernet based and I don't plan on changing that.
What equipment do you guys have good or bad experience with? What I
essentially need is a combo that allows me to set up one computer as default
server to the outside world, and preferrably one that can either be
configured to do fixed port forwarding or whose NAT is smart enough to
figure out where the packets belong to.
Thanks a bunch
J."
    @duturn1: "Hi;
I also have a toshiba cable modem. I have my service with COX. I dont have a
problem at all running my 2 accounts on my network. I am useing a Linksys
BEFSR41 router. Easy setup and works fine. I havent had a single problem
with it. I just forward the ports to each pc and it all works fine. I got it
set up in no time and I am a novice at these things. Like I said that works
great for me.
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    @sangria300: "I have a Motorola Modem and a LinkSys router.
Call your cable company and have them make sure your settings are correct.
One thing I have found is you sometimes need to unplug the router and the
modem, wait for 2 minutes then plug in the cable, wait til it is completely
set up and then plug in your router and let it set up. Then reset your
computer and it usually makes everything right. Turning them off is not the
same as unplugging them.
Good luck.
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    @deerstkr: "<quote>
There is no "off" on the Motorola Surfboards, never has been. The 
standby button used to be labled as an on/off button which caused some 
confusion."
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