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Tio1
Aug 06, 2021Aspirant
Buy a cable modem router
Hi community people; I have a cable/satellite box, and my TV is connected with a HDMI cable. I would like to buy a cable modem router, model C 7800 Nighthawk. My question is, how to connect to the r...
- Aug 07, 2021
C7800 or newer CAX80/30 gateways needs Cable service with ISPs such as Xfinity/Comcast, Cox, Spectrum, etc.
It needs to be directly connect to ISP cable and will NOT work with Satellite providers such as Dish/DirecTV, etc
antinode
Aug 06, 2021Guru
> I have a cable/satellite box, [...]
Thanks for that detailed description. Connected to what?
> I would like to buy a cable modem router, model C 7800 Nighthawk.
> [...]
Why? Are you connected to a cable-TV ISP?
> [...] Via HDMI or Coax cable
It uses a coaxial cable from a cable-TV ISP.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RTFM
Visit http://netgear.com/support , put in your model number, and look
for Documentation. Get the User Manual (at least). Read.
"satellite" makes me think that you're looking in the wrong place.
- antinodeAug 06, 2021Guru