[ale] [OT] Good cable modem to connect to Comcast?

[Edward Holcroft]

I asked this question back in February and got some good advice. I ended up
going with a Motorola SB6121 SURFboard. It gives the full advertised
throughput and meets all the DOCSIS 3.0 etc. requirements that were
recommended on this list. I only use it purely as a modem, with firewall on
a pfSense box and wifi on a separate WAP.

So far, I have not had a hitch with it.

On Comcast's 50 down 10 up service, we've had that here for 2 years now and
it performs as advertised. Had one or two general outages,
but besides that, they have delivered on their promised speeds. I'm about
to upgrade to their 100/20 service!

ed


On Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 4:12 PM, chip <chip.gwyn at gmail.com> wrote:

> Comcast maintains a list of approved devices:
> http://mydeviceinfo.comcast.net/
>
> But basically you need something that's DOCSIS 3.0 and supports IPV6.
>
> I have one of the Motorola Surfboards and have been happy with it...to the
> point I've forgotten it's there, just works.  I only use it as a
> modem/bridge though, I do all the routing/firewall stuff on another device.
>
> --chip
>
>
> On Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 4:04 PM, leam hall <leamhall at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Any recommendations on make and model of a cable modem to plug into
>> Comcast service? It should be 50 down and 10 up. HA! I'll believe it when I
>> see it.
>>
>> Still, something mildly secure. I'll put a WAP or something on the other
>> side.
>>
>> Leam
>>
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