SunDown

Need to get rid of my cable modem for something better and I'm thinking about a gigabit router and modem in one. What do you guys have and do you like it? Suggestions on something I dont need to constantly reset if possible.

i8acobra

Nope. Now you have two things that can break in one box. If the modem fails, you're throwing away a perfectly good router and vice versa. Just get yourself a good Motorola Docsis 3.0 modem and call it good. I've got:



http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16825390001



This is a newer one that wasn't out yet when I got mine:



http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16825390006

DTN

The only recommendation that matters is the ones on your provider's website.

Tibbi

Keep the devices separate. There is no integrated device that will work anywhere near as well as 2 independent devices designed for specific functions.

How many devices do you have that support gigabit? Is this for a wired home or just short distances? What price range? Will you be using cat5e or cat6 cabling?







My rig is batshit but:

I am using a Procurve at the top of my server rack for my render farm. I got it super cheap from a local breaker because it had a broken front bezel but if you know how to repair anything PC-wise it's fairly strait forward. For the cost the best stuff at Fry's I have a manged switch with 4 10GBe copper uplinks I'm using to connect my file server to my editing rigs in the office. Overkill for a home office maybe, but I never got full 1GB speeds out of my old Linksys router and it refused played nice with my servers.

i8acobra

http://www.woot.com/plus/motorola-su...cable-modems-7



Bam... One day only... $50.