RCA DOCSIS External Cable Modem (DCM226)

by RCA

Product Details

Product Manual [4.32mb PDF]

• Item Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B00005UK8S
• Item model number: DCM226
• Average Customer Review: 2.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #218,562 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: November 30, 2001

Product Description

From faster downloads to online role-playing gamesM-^EWith RCA's broadband external cable modem, the fun never stops. Because this modem is DOCSIS 1.0 compliant, it is compatible with all cable modem services. And with easy to use USB and Ethernet connections, there is more than one way to receive broadband service. In fact, thanks to the Ethernet port, creating a small home network has never been easier. Now every computer in your household can have a broadband connection!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Very Poor Quality, February 12, 2003

By 

Charles Chen "Keyboard Jockey" (East Windsor, NJ) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: RCA DOCSIS External Cable Modem (DCM226) (Personal Computers)

Quite frankly, this is a horrible piece of hardware. I've had it for about 14 months now and it's given me nothing but headaches. For one thing, it consistently drops the cable signal about once every other week. How do I know this is not a problem with the cable company? My girlfriend has the same ISP, same LAN setup, the only difference is our cable modems (she has the a Zoom 5011 cable modem) and she NEVER drops her signal.

In addition to this, the incredibly poor design of the power dongle that attaches to the modem will cause you headaches to no end. Mine is so sensitive, that even slight movement of my desk will cause the modem to physically reset. This is absurd! I can't even touch the modem without having it reset because the power dongle is so sensitive to disturbances.

On top of all this, it tends to lose the connection when there is heavy traffic. For example, I've had many LAN parties at my house where we've played online games with 4-6 machines. After about 1-2 hours, the connection will simply die and the modem will require a reboot.

It's causing me more headaches now as I am running an in house server that I'm using as the development server for one of my classes. It is consistently dying due to the aforementioned power dongle issue, thus causing problems for the rest of the group memebers who need to access the server to develop on it.

Bottom line, you're better off getting the Zoom 5011 or Toshiba PCX2200. My RCA modem is getting replaced ASAP! I don't know how I put up with it for so long.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars A BAD BAD modem. Physical violence required., May 21, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: RCA DOCSIS External Cable Modem (DCM226) (Personal Computers)

I've had the misfortune of owning this modem for 3 years. That power supply connector and the ethernet connector on the back are both junk! Breath on it, touch it, or have any stress or vibration on those cables and the unit will constantly reset itself. One day, I got so angry at it, I grabbed the unit by the power cord, swung it around and smashed it onto the floor. The plastic around the power plug cracked apart exposing the metal pins. After that the modem stopped reseting itself nearly as often.

The only reason, I kept the modem so long was because the cable company screwed up the configuration and gave me a 3 Mbps connection for the cost of a 256Kbps connection. Eventually even that benefit wasn't enough for me and I purchased a used Com21 modem off of ebay and that one is more reliable, although unfortuantly properly configured.

If you see one of these things on ebay, DON'T BUY IT. It's a terribly unreliable unit. If you actually own one of these things, solder the power supply wires directly to the PCB. Only that will solve your problem.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars The best Junk on the planet, deserves 1/2 star, November 19, 2005

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TLAW_DBA "OCP Oracle 6i/9i/10g, SCSA Solaris ... (Montreal, QC Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: RCA DOCSIS External Cable Modem (DCM226) (Personal Computers)

I got this cable modem from my ISP back in 2002. This product is just bad. I used it for one year and I had to return it and bought my own modem. When I was leasing this product from my ISP, it was a headache. The modem goes down at least twice a day and I had to reboot it before I went online.
I don't recommend this at all. Look for motorolla cable modem.