Toshiba PCX1100U High Speed Cable Modem

by Toshiba

Product Details

Product Manual [70kb PDF]

• Shipping Weight: 3.4 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B00005YWKL
• Item model number: PCX1100U
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #46,144 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes
• Date first available at Amazon.com: January 31, 2002

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Toshiba's DOCSIS 1.1-based PCX1100U cable modem offers the highest performance in cable data-modem technology. Using the same Hybrid Fiber/Coax (HFC) interface as cable television, the PCX1100U DOCSIS cable modem provides residential and small business users with a faster, more powerful two-way interface to the Internet. With phenomenal data transfer rates, a typical 10 MB file can be downloaded in 75 seconds versus over 20 minutes with the latest in 56K analog modems.

The Toshiba PCX1100U DOCSIS cable modem has been CableLabs Certified to meet the rigorous interoperability requirements of the Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification (DOCSIS) standard. This assures you that the Toshiba PCX1100U cable modem will work seamlessly with any DOCSIS data services network, wherever you are. The cable modem is easy to install using either a USB or a standard Ethernet connection to your PC or to the network hub of a small business. With support for up to 16 PCs, the Toshiba PCX1100U cable modem is ideal for SOHO environments where secured, shared Internet access is a requirement.

Toshiba's PCX1100U DOCSIS cable modem also includes such advanced features as a customizable self-installation wizard, remote and local diagnostic capability, remote firmware downloading, and SNMP support.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

36 of 36 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars PCX1100U installed with AT&T Broadband, March 21, 2002

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Lucchese "festina lente" (the Sierras) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Toshiba PCX1100U High Speed Cable Modem (Personal Computers)

Bought this to replace a leased cable modem with AT&T (old modem: Nortel LanCity installed by ISP about 4 years ago.) Received the PCX1100 and installed it same day with no problems. Logged into online chat session with AT&T support - got it registered and activated in less than an hour. There was NO (i.e. zero) user configuration required - hardware or software. Just gave AT&T the ser# and MAC address, plugged in cables, went to the AT&T registration website, and then waited about 20 minutes for them to activate in their system, before giving it a power cycle. At that point everything worked as normal, but faster. Configuration settings if any, were done by AT&T. As delivered it's just a black box to the user, although software exists on the web which allows access to internal settings. QuickStart software CD-ROM delivered with modem for installation walk-thru, but doesn't access internals.

PCX1100 is noticeably faster than previous leased modem.

26 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Could be great but ......, November 27, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Toshiba PCX1100U High Speed Cable Modem (Personal Computers)

When the Toshiba modem is running, it is running great. However, one thing that the Toshiba modems suffers from is packet loss. This particular model is very sensative to RF signal noise. Because of it's sensativity to RF siganals, you will experience lags of 15 to 25 seconds because of packet loss. Other modems that I have tested are not as sensative and don't suffer from this problem. I would still recommend this modem if you only surf the net. However, if you plan on using this modem for gaming or streaming content off of the web, stay away.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Works great, good value, February 28, 2002

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Eric Krieg (Mount Prospect, Illinois USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Toshiba PCX1100U High Speed Cable Modem (Personal Computers)

I have the previous version of this product, which does not have USB connectivity. It works flawlessly. It more or less set itself up, I just entered some info from the cable company (AT&T Broadband), like the IP address and the mail server.

It has been on 24-7-365 since then, without a problem.

I generally get download speeds in the 700 kbps range, even though AT&T claims 1.5 Mbps downloads. But I don't think the bottleneck is the cable modem.

The price of this modem keeps dropping. ... I see it is well below that now, with extra features. You've got to love that.

I'd be quicker to buy this product because it is a Toshiba than something cheaper from a no-name company. The cost differential is not that high.