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Convert or adapter from Coax connector to CAT5e Connector
Hi there!
I have Wifi cable modem model C7000. My Internet Carrier use CAT5e connector but my Netgear modem C7000 has Coax connector therefore I stucked. Please advise and help me where I can buy the convert or cross over...what ever you call.
Thank you very very much!!!!!
Kiet Vo (email: voakiet@yahoo.com)
> [...] So I have to buy another router.
Buy, rent, steal, ...
You need a router with an Ethernet WAN/Internet port.
Among Netgear models, Rxxxx. (Also Dxxxx, but those are DSL
modem+router devices, and you don't need the DSL modem section. But
that type of modem+router typically _does_ have an Ethernet WAN/Internet
port, so, if you see an irresistible bargain on one, ...)
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> [...] Please advise and help me where I can buy the convert or cross
> over...what ever you call.It's not that easy. A C7000 is useful with a cable-TV-type ISP, but
not as a general purpose router.- Thank you for your quickly reply. So I have to buy another router.
> [...] So I have to buy another router.
Buy, rent, steal, ...
You need a router with an Ethernet WAN/Internet port.
Among Netgear models, Rxxxx. (Also Dxxxx, but those are DSL
modem+router devices, and you don't need the DSL modem section. But
that type of modem+router typically _does_ have an Ethernet WAN/Internet
port, so, if you see an irresistible bargain on one, ...)