Talk:Set up NTL

Sounds like a standard cable modem service. You call what sounds like the cable modem the "settop box". Does this box allow you to surf the net from you tv, like webtv, or does it just pass through the cable signal to the tv? Or do you need a splitter to hook cable to your tv? If the box is a standard cable modem, then my experience says, that if it doesn't connect to the internet properly, it should assign a 192.xxx.xxx.xxx ip to whatever computer/nat router is plugged into it.

The lack of linux/intranet support is pretty standard. Most cable companies' internet tech support pretty much consists of a callcenter in India sorting out the stupid calls before sending out a service tech.Crazyeddie 16:50, May 25, 2004 (EDT)

The set-top box is the device that connects to the TV cable; it has two SCART connectors for the TV (RGB and CVBS) and VCR (CVBS only), plus an RF passthrough for an antenna (cable output available modulated on ch.52 {adjustable via installation menu} but no NICAM). It also has an ethernet port. This port provides a single IP address, initially in a 10.x.y.z range. After an initial "provisioning" operation -- carried out by submitting a HTML form -- a new, routable address is allocated using DHCP. This address seems to persist for quite awhile (I've had two in so many years).

You can surf part of the web on your TV without a computer, using the cable remote; you can also pay a premium for full web access. You can also send and receive e-mail. A wireless keyboard is available, so you don't have to enter text one letter at a time like 1980s video games. But it's quite limited. ajs318

- I recently bought a new PC and cannot get an IP from the set box with DHCP because I guess its bound to the old MAC address. What do I do? --Hackeron 10:16, Jan 20, 2006 (EST)
 * Ask in a forum --ThorstenStaerk 14:31, February 28, 2007 (EST)

Out of date
I wonder that this is almost all out date.. Pigzag (talk) 03:29, April 22, 2019 (EDT)