Advice, please, for selecting modem and router
Hi NMGLUG folks, I'm looking to get a modem and router. Since I'll use Cox as ISP, the equipment will need to be compatible with Cox. Cox will provide a combined modem/router for $12/mo. I'm thinking it will be more cost-effective to get my own modem and router. First, I could get a combo, but I think it's best to get them separately. Cox told me that any DOCSIS 3.0 or better modem will be compatible, but I'm not sure. Here's what I found so far: https://www.cabletv.com/blog/best-modem-for-cox suggests the MOTOROLA MB7420 modem $58 https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01H44UJF0/ and the TP-Link AC1200 router $40 https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07N1L5HX1/ https://www.pcmag.com/how-to/get-the-best-cable-modem-buy-or-rent-from-your-... suggests the Netgear CM500 modem $44 https://www.amazon.com/NETGEAR-CM500-1AZNAS-download-Certified-Cablevision/d... and pricier routers https://www.pcmag.com/picks/the-best-wireless-routers Ideas? Thanks in advance, LeRoy -- There is something glorious birthing within all of us. (New for 2021) I am the Love of God, no matter what. LeRoy Diener 213-LEROYIZ 213-537-6949 www.leroydiener.com/
I have a Netgear C3700-100NAS. It is ok. I bought mine used. It was pretty inexpensive. I see them for $30 or less, used on Ebay. They claim they support up to 600Mbs on the WAN side. I haven't used the wireless on the C3700-100NAS. I don't use many advanced features on the router. As I run a secondary router behind it. Still it seems like a decent unit for the price. On Mon, Aug 2, 2021 at 1:50 PM LeRoy Diener <leroy@choosetherightside.com> wrote:
Hi NMGLUG folks,
I'm looking to get a modem and router. Since I'll use Cox as ISP, the equipment will need to be compatible with Cox. Cox will provide a combined modem/router for $12/mo. I'm thinking it will be more cost-effective to get my own modem and router. First, I could get a combo, but I think it's best to get them separately. Cox told me that any DOCSIS 3.0 or better modem will be compatible, but I'm not sure.
Here's what I found so far:
https://www.cabletv.com/blog/best-modem-for-cox suggests the MOTOROLA MB7420 modem $58 https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01H44UJF0/ and the TP-Link AC1200 router $40 https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07N1L5HX1/
https://www.pcmag.com/how-to/get-the-best-cable-modem-buy-or-rent-from-your-... suggests the Netgear CM500 modem $44 https://www.amazon.com/NETGEAR-CM500-1AZNAS-download-Certified-Cablevision/d... and pricier routers https://www.pcmag.com/picks/the-best-wireless-routers
Ideas? Thanks in advance, LeRoy -- There is something glorious birthing within all of us. (New for 2021) I am the Love of God, no matter what. LeRoy Diener 213-LEROYIZ 213-537-6949 www.leroydiener.com/ _______________________________________________ nmglug mailing list nmglug@lists.nmglug.org http://lists.nmglug.org/listinfo.cgi/nmglug-nmglug.org
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I avoid all-in-one devices. I'd buy separate devices: - modem device (DSL/Cable/Fixed Wireless) - router - Access Point I see DOCSIS 3.0 cable modems at Thrift Stores on a pretty regular basis for under $10. Lately, I've used MikroTik 951 and/or Ubiquiti EdgeRouterX devices for routering. Currently I'm using a couple Engenius APs to cover different parts of the house. Each is hard-wired back to the router. On Mon, Aug 02, 2021 at 04:08:30PM -0600, Jerred Weingarten wrote:
I have a Netgear C3700-100NAS. It is ok. I bought mine used. It was pretty inexpensive. I see them for $30 or less, used on Ebay. They claim they support up to 600Mbs on the WAN side.
I haven't used the wireless on the C3700-100NAS. I don't use many advanced features on the router. As I run a secondary router behind it. Still it seems like a decent unit for the price.
On Mon, Aug 2, 2021 at 1:50 PM LeRoy Diener <leroy@choosetherightside.com> wrote:
Hi NMGLUG folks,
I'm looking to get a modem and router. Since I'll use Cox as ISP, the equipment will need to be compatible with Cox. Cox will provide a combined modem/router for $12/mo. I'm thinking it will be more cost-effective to get my own modem and router. First, I could get a combo, but I think it's best to get them separately. Cox told me that any DOCSIS 3.0 or better modem will be compatible, but I'm not sure.
Here's what I found so far:
https://www.cabletv.com/blog/best-modem-for-cox suggests the MOTOROLA MB7420 modem $58 https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01H44UJF0/ and the TP-Link AC1200 router $40 https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07N1L5HX1/
https://www.pcmag.com/how-to/get-the-best-cable-modem-buy-or-rent-from-your-... suggests the Netgear CM500 modem $44 https://www.amazon.com/NETGEAR-CM500-1AZNAS-download-Certified-Cablevision/d... and pricier routers https://www.pcmag.com/picks/the-best-wireless-routers
Ideas? Thanks in advance, LeRoy -- There is something glorious birthing within all of us. (New for 2021) I am the Love of God, no matter what. LeRoy Diener 213-LEROYIZ 213-537-6949 www.leroydiener.com/ _______________________________________________ nmglug mailing list nmglug@lists.nmglug.org http://lists.nmglug.org/listinfo.cgi/nmglug-nmglug.org
-- Jerred Weingarten
"Really, I'm not out to destroy Microsoft. That will just be a completely unintentional side effect." Linus Torvalds, September 28, 2003
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I second this. My internal router is a T620 Plus running PFsense. I really only have a combo router/cable bridge because I ended up buying it off of a friend. It does allow me to have a small section of network forward of my PFsense machine, which has at times been useful as my home network administrator (me) can be all thumbs when making changes to the PFsense box. On Tue, Aug 3, 2021 at 9:49 AM John Osmon <josmon@rigozsaurus.com> wrote:
I avoid all-in-one devices. I'd buy separate devices: - modem device (DSL/Cable/Fixed Wireless) - router - Access Point
I see DOCSIS 3.0 cable modems at Thrift Stores on a pretty regular basis for under $10.
Lately, I've used MikroTik 951 and/or Ubiquiti EdgeRouterX devices for routering.
Currently I'm using a couple Engenius APs to cover different parts of the house. Each is hard-wired back to the router.
On Mon, Aug 02, 2021 at 04:08:30PM -0600, Jerred Weingarten wrote:
I have a Netgear C3700-100NAS. It is ok. I bought mine used. It was pretty inexpensive. I see them for $30 or less, used on Ebay. They claim they support up to 600Mbs on the WAN side.
I haven't used the wireless on the C3700-100NAS. I don't use many advanced features on the router. As I run a secondary router behind it. Still it seems like a decent unit for the price.
On Mon, Aug 2, 2021 at 1:50 PM LeRoy Diener < leroy@choosetherightside.com> wrote:
Hi NMGLUG folks,
I'm looking to get a modem and router. Since I'll use Cox as ISP, the equipment will need to be compatible with Cox. Cox will provide a combined modem/router for $12/mo. I'm thinking it will be more cost-effective to get my own modem and router. First, I could get a combo, but I think it's best to get them separately. Cox told me that any DOCSIS 3.0 or better modem will be compatible, but I'm not sure.
Here's what I found so far:
https://www.cabletv.com/blog/best-modem-for-cox suggests the MOTOROLA MB7420 modem $58 https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01H44UJF0/ and the TP-Link AC1200 router $40 https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07N1L5HX1/
https://www.pcmag.com/how-to/get-the-best-cable-modem-buy-or-rent-from-your-...
suggests the Netgear CM500 modem $44
https://www.amazon.com/NETGEAR-CM500-1AZNAS-download-Certified-Cablevision/d...
and pricier routers https://www.pcmag.com/picks/the-best-wireless-routers
Ideas? Thanks in advance, LeRoy -- There is something glorious birthing within all of us. (New for 2021) I am the Love of God, no matter what. LeRoy Diener 213-LEROYIZ 213-537-6949 www.leroydiener.com/ _______________________________________________ nmglug mailing list nmglug@lists.nmglug.org http://lists.nmglug.org/listinfo.cgi/nmglug-nmglug.org
-- Jerred Weingarten
"Really, I'm not out to destroy Microsoft. That will just be a completely unintentional side effect." Linus Torvalds, September 28, 2003
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-- Jerred Weingarten "Really, I'm not out to destroy Microsoft. That will just be a completely unintentional side effect." Linus Torvalds, September 28, 2003
I have a *Netgear CM1000v2* coupled with a Asus RT-AC3200 and have been very happy with the performance however Comcrap has been less than stellar and have greatly failed when it comes to download speed. Upload speed has been consistent and I have been happy with the performance. I got the highest tier performance for my upload speed for my wife who is a teacher and needed it for teaching because Covid! On Fri, Aug 6, 2021 at 9:51 AM Jerred Weingarten <digitaldragonfly@gmail.com> wrote:
I second this.
My internal router is a T620 Plus running PFsense. I really only have a combo router/cable bridge because I ended up buying it off of a friend. It does allow me to have a small section of network forward of my PFsense machine, which has at times been useful as my home network administrator (me) can be all thumbs when making changes to the PFsense box.
On Tue, Aug 3, 2021 at 9:49 AM John Osmon <josmon@rigozsaurus.com> wrote:
I avoid all-in-one devices. I'd buy separate devices: - modem device (DSL/Cable/Fixed Wireless) - router - Access Point
I see DOCSIS 3.0 cable modems at Thrift Stores on a pretty regular basis for under $10.
Lately, I've used MikroTik 951 and/or Ubiquiti EdgeRouterX devices for routering.
Currently I'm using a couple Engenius APs to cover different parts of the house. Each is hard-wired back to the router.
On Mon, Aug 02, 2021 at 04:08:30PM -0600, Jerred Weingarten wrote:
I have a Netgear C3700-100NAS. It is ok. I bought mine used. It was pretty inexpensive. I see them for $30 or less, used on Ebay. They claim they support up to 600Mbs on the WAN side.
I haven't used the wireless on the C3700-100NAS. I don't use many advanced features on the router. As I run a secondary router behind it. Still it seems like a decent unit for the price.
On Mon, Aug 2, 2021 at 1:50 PM LeRoy Diener < leroy@choosetherightside.com> wrote:
Hi NMGLUG folks,
I'm looking to get a modem and router. Since I'll use Cox as ISP, the equipment will need to be compatible with Cox. Cox will provide a combined modem/router for $12/mo. I'm thinking it will be more cost-effective to get my own modem and router. First, I could get a combo, but I think it's best to get them separately. Cox told me that any DOCSIS 3.0 or better modem will be compatible, but I'm not sure.
Here's what I found so far:
https://www.cabletv.com/blog/best-modem-for-cox suggests the MOTOROLA MB7420 modem $58 https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01H44UJF0/ and the TP-Link AC1200 router $40 https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07N1L5HX1/
https://www.pcmag.com/how-to/get-the-best-cable-modem-buy-or-rent-from-your-...
suggests the Netgear CM500 modem $44
https://www.amazon.com/NETGEAR-CM500-1AZNAS-download-Certified-Cablevision/d...
and pricier routers https://www.pcmag.com/picks/the-best-wireless-routers
Ideas? Thanks in advance, LeRoy -- There is something glorious birthing within all of us. (New for 2021) I am the Love of God, no matter what. LeRoy Diener 213-LEROYIZ 213-537-6949 www.leroydiener.com/ _______________________________________________ nmglug mailing list nmglug@lists.nmglug.org http://lists.nmglug.org/listinfo.cgi/nmglug-nmglug.org
-- Jerred Weingarten
"Really, I'm not out to destroy Microsoft. That will just be a completely unintentional side effect." Linus Torvalds, September 28, 2003
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