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UPC-router cable

  • 23-03-2010 9:32am
    #1
    pietromas
    Registered Users Posts: 79 ✭✭


    Hello,

    Can anyone tell me the name of the cable I need for connecting a UPC (fibre) box to a router? Have an old router from Imagine lying around somewhere which I'd like to use. I presume it is manufactured by ZyXEL.

    Thanks.


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  • #2
    ozt9vdujny3srf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,152 ✭✭✭ozt9vdujny3srf


    Cat 5?


  • #3
    Mister Gooey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 650 ✭✭✭Mister Gooey


    CAT 5 Ethernet cable!!!


  • #4
    pietromas
    Registered Users Posts: 79 ✭✭pietromas


    Em, no I don't think so. The UPC box has round ports on it. It's a female socket I think (from memory).


  • #5
    Spear
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Help & Feedback Category Moderators Posts: 25,433 CMod ✭✭✭✭Spear


    pietromas wrote: »
    Em, no I don't think so. The UPC box has round ports on it. It's a female socket I think (from memory).

    They're right, you're connecting it wrongly.


  • #6
    Mister Gooey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 650 ✭✭✭Mister Gooey


    Is your UPC box a modem or are you talking about the UPC the connection point on the wall?


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  • #7
    pietromas
    Registered Users Posts: 79 ✭✭pietromas


    Ardmore3 wrote: »
    Is your UPC box a modem or are you talking about the UPC the connection point on the wall?

    Yeah I mean the box on the wall. I presume that gets connected directly to the router, no?


  • #8
    Spear
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    pietromas wrote: »
    Yeah I mean the box on the wall. I presume that gets connected directly to the router, no?

    No, that goes to the cable modem.


  • #9
    pietromas
    Registered Users Posts: 79 ✭✭pietromas


    Spear wrote: »
    No, that goes to the cable modem.

    Oh. Think I'm, understanding now. Wall goes to cable modem (which UPC provide?), and modem goes to computer with cat5 or to a wireless router (which can't be a DSL router like the one I have from Imagine?).

    Thanks.


  • #10
    Spear
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    pietromas wrote: »
    Oh. Think I'm, understanding now. Wall goes to cable modem (which UPC provide?), and modem goes to computer with cat5 or to a wireless router (which can't be a DSL router like the one I have from Imagine?).

    Thanks.

    That's pretty much it. Depending on the router, it may or may not play well as a standalone router due to the presence of the ADSL modem as its WAN interface.


  • #11
    J-blk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,906 ✭✭✭J-blk


    pietromas wrote: »
    Wall goes to cable modem (which UPC provide?).

    Yep. UPC has to provide the modem - unlike the router, where you can buy and use any model you like, the modem needs to be registered for their network, you can't simply buy one off the shelf anywhere. In my case, I only ever got a modem from them years ago and use my own router.


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