Modem/Router for Comcast?

[silvarios]

wave rider wrote:
Good advice so far, any wireless router suggestions?

I'm learning a lot, thanks!

=wr=

ASUS RT-AC68U or T-Mobile CellSpot version for $100, assuming you are a T-Mobile customer.

[wave rider]

silvarios wrote:
[quote=wave rider]
Good advice so far, any wireless router suggestions?

I'm learning a lot, thanks!

=wr=

ASUS RT-AC68U or T-Mobile CellSpot version for $100, assuming you are a T-Mobile customer.
Might be a little over the top, we are looking at a the 75mbs or 150mbs plans. Range looks good though.

=wr=

[The Grim Ninja]

Apple's routers are extremely competitive with other high end offerings. They have great hardware and a nice warranty, but they don't have quite as much for user configuration [which often isn't a bad thing]. My Airport Extreme is 8 years old now and just works. I remember with my old routers I used to have to constantly pull the plug to reboot.

[wave rider]

The Grim Ninja wrote:
Apple's routers are extremely competitive with other high end offerings. They have great hardware and a nice warranty, but they don't have quite as much for user configuration [which often isn't a bad thing]. My Airport Extreme is 8 years old now and just works. I remember with my old routers I used to have to constantly pull the plug to reboot.

How are the Airports distance wise? Among all the anticipated users, almost all use Apple products.

=wr=

[silvarios]

The Grim Ninja wrote:
Apple's routers are extremely competitive with other high end offerings. They have great hardware and a nice warranty, but they don't have quite as much for user configuration [which often isn't a bad thing]. My Airport Extreme is 8 years old now and just works. I remember with my old routers I used to have to constantly pull the plug to reboot.

My mom has a sub $40 Vizio router that ran for over 150 days before I rebooted the thing (had to physically move the router so no avoiding it). Granted it was running OpenWRT, but a router requiring constant rebooting makes me think you went from a really cheap model from, say Belkin, to a $150+ model from Apple.

I find most of these reliability comparisons to not be, pun unintended, an Apple to Apples comparison. As far as lack of user configuration, this is never a good thing. Forcing users to have to dig through ever feature to get setup is of course bad design, but so is needlessly stripping out functionality. As an example, why can't I use an Airport Extreme as a client bridge? Why can't I use a USB modem as fallback or even a primary WAN connection on the Airport Extreme?

[modelamac]

No modem/router combos here - ever!

I own & use 2 Motorola Surfboard modems with Comcast; SB6121 in MI and SB6141 in FL (winter). The 2 Motorola modems I had before these are still working in homes that don't care about bandwidth or speeds.

I will not combine modems and routers. I have never had a modem fail, but have had 5 routers fail. I now have a D-link in FL and an Airport Extreme 4th gen. in MI.

[silvarios]

wave rider wrote:
How are the Airports distance wise? Among all the anticipated users, almost all use Apple products.

=wr=

Generally pretty decent, but you don't have to match router brand to device brand. It does make configuration easier on the Apple router given the stupid Airport Utility requirement for configuration, otherwise, not sure there is a huge benefit between matching brands.

[silvarios]

wave rider wrote:
Might be a little over the top, we are looking at a the 75mbs or 150mbs plans. Range looks good though.

=wr=

$100 from T-Mobile is pretty cheap if you have that option. It isn't the exact same firmware, but pretty close.

[Ombligo]

My son uses a 6121 and Airport extreme.

Comcast has setup issues and tried to tell me the 6121 wasn't supported. I told them differently and they dropped the subject. I did have to reset the airport to get it to work with the modem though.