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We have Comcast for internet and home phone.
They were out yesterday to fix a cut wire. While here I asked about our modem as we have had it for a few years... we were given a new modem...
So, my questions are varied...
Technician said that the modem can get hot if plugged into a battery backup... it does not make sense to me, but he said if it gets hot to just plug it into surge only... Well, it is hot so I plugged it into the battery backup surge only... guess what? It is still hot... I cannot find much on this modem but it is a Technicolor CGM4140COM....
Why would something run hot connected to a battery backup? And should it be running hot? My thinking is if it is running hot no matter where it is plugged I might as well have it on the battery....
Next question.... the modem has only 2 network plugs... I have my computer and my printer connected... I am looking at buying a RAID backup hard drive for all computers... but where can I plug it into? Do I need to buy a separate router just for one other item?
One of the good things it that it is dual band, so maybe my DW can get a better signal with her IPad and laptop...
They were out yesterday to fix a cut wire. While here I asked about our modem as we have had it for a few years... we were given a new modem...
So, my questions are varied...
Technician said that the modem can get hot if plugged into a battery backup... it does not make sense to me, but he said if it gets hot to just plug it into surge only... Well, it is hot so I plugged it into the battery backup surge only... guess what? It is still hot... I cannot find much on this modem but it is a Technicolor CGM4140COM....
Why would something run hot connected to a battery backup? And should it be running hot? My thinking is if it is running hot no matter where it is plugged I might as well have it on the battery....
Next question.... the modem has only 2 network plugs... I have my computer and my printer connected... I am looking at buying a RAID backup hard drive for all computers... but where can I plug it into? Do I need to buy a separate router just for one other item?
One of the good things it that it is dual band, so maybe my DW can get a better signal with her IPad and laptop...