In <Sq-dnQM7TMm0pLXUnZ2dnUVZ_ofinZ2d@speakeasy.net> "Bill Kearney" <wkearney99@hotmail.com> writes:
>Which cable modem with wifi is the best to consider for a typical low-use
>residential setup? Mainly just web and e-mail (elderly in-laws).
>Going with an integrated solution cuts down on the number of boxes sitting
>around, a worrisome factor for some folks. Me, I'd keep 'em separate but in
>this case it'd be best not.
I had the cable-co-provided Netgear somethig-or-another.
It would hang every couple of days. Sometimes it spontaneously
recovered, other times it needed a power cycle.
The company sent out a tech with a new one. It froze even
more often.
Their phone service folk said, with a straight face, that
this type of behavior was normal.
We gave it back and picked up a separate cable modem and
802.11 base. Saved the monthly fee (more than paid for itself
already) and it's only needed one reset (which may have
been courtesy of hiccuping when coming back after a
power failure).
In other words, unless things have dramatically improved,
I'd stay away from integrated units.
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which integrated cable modem? 
Linear Mode
