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Jeff2A · August 2019

I currently own a Apple Airport Time Capsule and a Motorola cable modem with my Comcast/Xfinity service. I’ve never used their hardware since I am pretty technically savvy.

With Apple’s hardware nearing end of life, I’m looking to upgrade to a new wireless router and a new cable modem (docsys 3.1). What are your recommendations for such new hardware?

Lee_Bo · August 2019

This is the wifi system I have right now:
https://www.amazon.com/AmpliFi-Ubiquiti-Seamless-Wireless-Extenders/dp/B01L9O08PW/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?keywords=amplifi&qid=1565099821&s=gateway&sr=8-1-spons&psc=1&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUFGWkRPOUdCRDZQVEcmZW5jcnlwdGVkSWQ9QTEwMTAzMzczNDIxWktLWEEySjQwJmVuY3J5cHRlZEFkSWQ9QTA2NjIwNTQzT0lTRFQzWUJHMEcmd2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9hdGYmYWN0aW9uPWNsaWNrUmVkaXJlY3QmZG9Ob3RMb2dDbGljaz10cnVl

Wasn't planning on spending that much but it's been a great investment so far.

Jeff2A · August 2019

Lee_Bo said:

This is the wifi system I have right now:
https://www.amazon.com/AmpliFi-Ubiquiti-Seamless-Wireless-Extenders/dp/B01L9O08PW/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?keywords=amplifi&qid=1565099821&s=gateway&sr=8-1-spons&psc=1&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUFGWkRPOUdCRDZQVEcmZW5jcnlwdGVkSWQ9QTEwMTAzMzczNDIxWktLWEEySjQwJmVuY3J5cHRlZEFkSWQ9QTA2NjIwNTQzT0lTRFQzWUJHMEcmd2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9hdGYmYWN0aW9uPWNsaWNrUmVkaXJlY3QmZG9Ob3RMb2dDbGljaz10cnVl

Wasn't planning on spending that much but it's been a great investment so far.

What about a cable modem?

ddaw215 · August 2019

I use the Xfinity modem in bridge mode and my network is all Ubiquiti. That way if they cant turn around and say oh its your modem, your problem! It always makes me smile if a tech comes to my house and his face drops when he sees my rack, I just tell them get me internet to the modem and the rest is my problem

Pooh · August 2019

The issue you may have is that some ISPs will only allow certain modems. Before Spectrum took them over, Time Warner Cable used to be fine with the customer supplying pretty much any DOCSIS 3.x modem. Once the purchase of TWC had gone through by Charter Communications, the newly formed Spectrum started to change their mind and only allow very specific modems - and, later on, even started saying that you could not bring your own modem and you had to take one of theirs - for free for now, but it wouldn't shock me any if they later on up and started charging rental for them.

That's one of the many reasons I left Spectrum.

kltaylor · August 2019

I've had great luck with the latest Motorola DOCSIS modem since I also use Comcast. I don't want to rent from them at all, so ensure that whatever modem you purchase states compatibility not only with your internet speed but also with Comcast directly.

For WiFi, I can't help but promote whole-home service through a mesh network. Your preferred brand may vary, but I've installed a handful for both business and consumer use, and I've only had one issue where I had to return to re-connect them to one another, as there was an issue with the firmware that was currently installed on the device.

Pooh · August 2019

kltaylor said:

For WiFi, I can't help but promote whole-home service through a mesh network. Your preferred brand may vary, but I've installed a handful for both business and consumer use, and I've only had one issue where I had to return to re-connect them to one another, as there was an issue with the firmware that was currently installed on the device.

My wife currently works from home and was getting horrible issues with her VPN etc. When they saw she was connected wirelessly they started pointing fingers at my Mesh environment. Given that I had three Eero Pros, I ended up plugging her computer into the third Eero that was then wirelessly backhauled to the second Eero. The problems remained until they swapped out her PC (yeah, had nowt to do with the Eero's - go figure) but it wasn't until they saw a hardwired connection that they'd even contemplate anything else.

I hate ignorant IT departments.

Jeff2A · August 2019

Some IT departments are filled with not so smart people. To put it nicely I just left a job where the people in the IT department (which I was a lot of) were the most clueless IT people I’ve ever worked with.

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