"NotMe" <me@privacy.net> hath wroth:

>
>"David Arnstein" <arnstein@panix.com> wrote in message
>news:ekgkob$f20$1@reader2.panix.com...
>|I am looking for a single device that is both a wireless router with
>| good security (WPA, stateful packet inspection, etc.) and a DOCSIS
>| cable modem for use with Comcast in the San Francisco bay area.
>|
>| I did find the Linksys CGA200, but the user reviews on Amazon.com
>| indicate terrible problems.
>|
>| Any suggestions?
>| --
>| David Arnstein (00)
>| arnstein+usenet@pobox.com {{ }}

>I would caution against the combined function of a cable modem and wifi.
>Several cable providers just 'upgraded' their systems and about half of the
>existing cable modems failed to make the up grade list. (mine, less than a
>year old and still sold, was just replaced by the field tech)

It's going to happen again in July 2007 where the FCC has mandated
stupid technology so that cable modems can be sold retail. All the
new boxes will be required to support external security, usually in
the form of a CableCard:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CableCARD

After that, when the cable companies decide to deliver higher cable
modem speeds, the upgrade to DOCSIS 3.0 (channel bonding) will require
new hardware.

There will also probably be a push to provide "intergrated" cable set
top boxes with everything inside. Cable modem, data, TIVO, hi-fi,
Music on demand (iTunes), Wi-Fi, cordless phone, video caller ID, Pay
Per Vous, DVD burner, onscreen video editor, and whatever else can be
thown in to insure that you're committed to buying from one cable
vendor.

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