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Cable Modem and wireless router opinions?

post #1 of 9
4/25/09 at 11:29am
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Ok, so I was planning to buy the Motorola SB6120 next week and either a D-Link DIR-825 or the LinkSys WRT610N. I figured I'd run the options by the users here first to see if there was some alternate viewpoints on better systems, pros and cons based off of experience with these, etc.

TIA

DC
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post #2 of 9
4/25/09 at 11:36am
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This is to correct this:


Which is the result of using a Toshiba PCX1100U and a D-Link DI-634M and the COX (any package really but currently I'm using the...) Premier Internet package which ought to be bringing in 20Mbps download and 2Mbps Upload to my little slice of co-ax if they are not full of poo....
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post #3 of 9
4/25/09 at 1:10pm
COX claims "Get speeds up to 400 times faster than dial-up and 2 times
faster than DSL". I would think that any simple and cheap router would do.

Does COX recommend any cable modems? This is the route I would go first before looking for one on my own.

cheers ...
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post #4 of 9
4/25/09 at 1:14pm
have you tested actual downloads on your machine? For instance, my cable connection is rated at 15Mbps and Speedtest says it's 20-30Mbps, but from monitoring actual downloads, my actual download speed is between 8-13Mbps. Your actual download speed may be higher than what Speedtest shows, which could save you some money on equipment.
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post #5 of 9
4/25/09 at 1:26pm
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my cable modem is close to 8 years old, and is definitely obsolete, but useable at this point. and the router is 802.1 1g which is definitely still a relevent standard, but 802.1 1-2007 and 802.1 1n (supposed to be standard in 2010) are bigger, better, faster, more...definitely and pretty much leave the g standard out in the dark and will make it obsolete soon enough. I just don't want to have to buy another router for 6 or 7 years barring some catastrophe and was wondering if anyone had any experience with those units or an equivalent they thought was better.
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post #6 of 9
4/25/09 at 1:32pm
For the "N" dingy, I would wait at least after (supposedly) November 2009 before buying any of the related devices. No need to buy them now, and then scramble for a firmware update later on.

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post #7 of 9
4/25/09 at 1:34pm
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Originally Posted by DerCribben View Post
my cable modem is close to 8 years old, and is definitely obsolete, but useable at this point. and the router is 802.1 1g which is definitely still a relevent standard, but 802.1 1-2007 and 802.1 1n (supposed to be standard in 2010) are bigger, better, faster, more...definitely and pretty much leave the g standard out in the dark and will make it obsolete soon enough. I just don't want to have to buy another router for 6 or 7 years barring some catastrophe and was wondering if anyone had any experience with those units or an equivalent they thought was better.
Personally, I'm going to wait until the 802.11n standard (currently in draft 7, I think) is fully ratified (which should happen January 10, according to the IEEE) before looking for devices that are based on it.

Regarding cable modems, if yours is DOCSIS 2.0 rated, then I'd keep it. If it's DOCSIS 1.1 or 1.0, then I can see a reason to upgrade. The DOCSIS 3.0 cable modems still aren't consumer available, to the best of my knowledge. They seem to be restricted to the big ISPs at the moment.
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post #8 of 9
4/25/09 at 1:39pm
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yeah, my current modem is DOCSIS 1.1, no bueno
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post #9 of 9
4/25/09 at 1:53pm
ah. yep, that could definitely have an effect.
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