[TriLUG] Cable modem / Router recommendations

[Huan Truong via TriLUG]

Heh, this I had direct experience with in 2018. The reason that Arris
modem (that Spectrum themselves provide) needs to be restarted is
because it used an Intel chip (IIRC Intel Puma 6) which has a bug when
they turned on IPv6. It would need to be restarted every day or two
because of that bug. I do not know whether they have fixed it.



On Fri, Nov 29, 2019 at 8:44 AM Wes Garrison via TriLUG
<trilug at trilug.org> wrote:
>
> Oops, I typed one sentence incorrectly!
>
> I meant:
> " For 400Mbps, you need *DOCSIS 3.0* with *24* downstream channels "
>
> 3.0, not 3.1, and at least 24 downstream channels, not 32. Although If I
> were buying one I'd get 3.1 to be safe.
>
> -Wes
> _________________________________
> Wesley S. Garrison
> Network Engineer
> Xitech Communications, Inc.
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> "Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from email."
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>
> On Fri, Nov 29, 2019 at 11:39 AM Wes Garrison <wes at xitechusa.com> wrote:
>
> > The approved modem list is very short:
> >
> > https://www.spectrum.net/support/internet/compliant-and-non-compliant-modemsgateways-charters-network/
> >
> >
> > Strangely, most are still DOCSIS 3.0 modems except for the Netgear
> > CM1000v2 and the Motorola MB8600, which are DOCSIS 3.1.
> >
> > For 400Mbps, you need DOCSIS 3.1 with 32 downstream channels (due to the
> > way they provision their channels).
> >
> > For Spectrum business, you MUST use their provided DOCSIS 3.1 modem, which
> > is a Chinese-made Spectrum branded modem.
> > _________________________________
> > Wesley S. Garrison
> > Network Engineer
> > Xitech Communications, Inc.
> > phone:  (919) 260-0803
> > fax:       (919) 932-5051
> > __________________________________
> > "Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from email."
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Nov 29, 2019 at 11:00 AM Matt Pusateri via TriLUG <
> > trilug at trilug.org> wrote:
> >
> >> You need to check their recommendations, Docis 3.0 is not enough as the
> >> standard changed of what they are using. I’ve heard that if you don’t use
> >> their modem, they won’t provide you on site support, but I don’t know if
> >> that’s true or not.
> >>
> >> Matt P
> >>
> >> Sent from my iPhone
> >>
> >> > On Nov 29, 2019, at 10:42 AM, Matt Flyer via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org>
> >> wrote:
> >> >
> >> > Happy Thanksgiving to everyone at Trilug,
> >> >
> >> > A friend asked me for a recommendation on a cable modem / router for
> >> use with Spectrum, aka SlimeWarner.  They're looking to buy instead of
> >> renting theirs.
> >> >
> >> > It has been ages since I've looked into the cable modems and a lot has
> >> probably changed over the years.  Last time I looked, I believe Toshiba
> >> with Docsis 3.0 was the go to brand and standard. The one I have that I
> >> rent from them is an Arris and it sucks in my opinion as it needs to be
> >> rebooted every month or so as it just quits working.
> >> >
> >> > Does anyone have a recommendation that I could pass on?
> >> >
> >> > Thanks,
> >> >
> >> > Matt
> >> >
> >> >
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