When you sign a contract with an internet provider, they'll typically send you a modem and a router in the mail. But which is which? And how are they different? A modem and a router work in tandem ...

To get internet access in your home, you need both a modem and a router. They aren't interchangeable, and they serve two very different functions. If you think of your home as an island, the modem is ...

Cisco demonstrated – well, showed a slide anyway – of a concept to make a DOCSIS 3.0 cable modem perform at 1Gbps through the use of optical networks. That’s more than 25 times the throughput of your ...