How to Connect Vista to Comcast High-Speed
While you can pay a special Comcast technician to come to your home and set up your Internet connection, it won't be cheap. Instead of paying someone to come to your home, you can rent (from Comcast) or purchase your own equipment and complete the installation process on your own. Setting up all of the necessary components so that Vista will be compatible with Comcast's high-speed Internet is very simple. If you have any problems, call Comcast's customer service line and they will walk you through the process.
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Things You'll Need
- Comcast Internet account
- Computer
- Modem
- 2 Ethernet cables
- Wireless card
- Wireless router
Instructions
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Wired Connection
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Sign up for a high-speed Internet account with Comcast. You will pay a monthly fee for the service and any equipment (modem, etc) that they supply.
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Connect the coaxial cable to your modem. Take the coaxial cable that is coming from the wall and insert it into the back of your modem, then tighten. The standard Comcast modem has the coaxial connector located on the back panel of the modem, near the bottom.
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Plug one end of the Ethernet cable into the appropriate port on the back of your modem. A standard Comcast modem has only one Ethernet port located on the back panel, near the top.
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Plug the other end of the Ethernet cable into the Ethernet cable port on your computer. The port location will vary by computer.
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Click on Internet Explorer to go online.
Wireless Connection
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Sign up for a high-speed Internet account with Comcast. You will pay a monthly fee for the service and any equipment (modem, etc) that they supply.
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Connect the coaxial cable to your modem. Take the coaxial cable that is coming from the wall and insert it into the back of your modem, then tighten. The standard Comcast modem has the coaxial connector located on the back panel of the modem, near the bottom.
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Plug one end of the Ethernet cable into the appropriate port on the back of your modem. A standard Comcast modem has only one Ethernet port located on the back panel, near the top.
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Insert the setup CD that came with your wireless router. This will install all the necessary components onto your computer's hard drive so that you can use the wireless router. You will set up a "network" for your computer to join as well as other security settings..
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Plug the other end of the Ethernet cable into the appropriate port on the back of your wireless router. You should be prompted by the setup CD as to which port to use.
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Open your wireless connection settings on your computer and connect to your network. Click on Internet Explorer to go online.
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