Hi Traci, As far as modems go I like the Motorola one's on amazon. I bought one and have had no trouble with it. What I did was dump the X1 package (which went from $129 to $199 without notice) and just went to Xfinity internet with my own modem. Also if you get your own modem you save $10 a month rental fee. Just make sure the modem you pic is DocSys 3.0 or 3.1. I know I misspelled DocSys but anyway... As far as routers go I like the Synology Rt2600AC. Its operating system is based on Synology's Disc Manager off their NAS drives, I think its based on lynux. They update it often and have a bunch of small apps you can install for intrusion protection etc. I had one for a year and a half at which point it started doing strange things. I've since replaced the synology with a Gryphon Unhackable Router, which is faster, will do mesh networking and has a cool iphone app to set it up. And the Gryphon people seem really responsive to questions. Probably if you search on amazon for 802.11AC routers then sort your search by average customer review, you probably wouldn't go wrong with any of the top choices. Let me know if you have any other questions! Jeff
On 2/6/19, Traci Duncan <our4p...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thank you, it does help. > > I have tossed around the idea of buying our own router/modem, but don’t > really know what to choose. We don’t pay for the fastest Internet, but it > works enough for our household. It might be something like up to 150 Mb per > second. I welcome advice and suggestions on models. I looked on Amazon > before, but didn’t get very far. > > The airport extreme cannot be turned into a airplay device Canet? > > Thank you, > Traci > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Feb 6, 2019, at 11:07 AM, jeff `greene <greenebo...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Hi Tracey, >> You don't need the airport router anymore! They are so out of date. >> One other note is that I'm not crazy about routers given by your ISP, >> I prefer to buy my own, but, I have heard good things about the >> Xfinity router. >> As far as security, just choose WPA2 and give it a good network >> name/password and you'll be all set. >> I wish Apple was still updating the Airport routers they were some of >> the best I've ever used and the easiest to setup. >> Hope this helps! Jeff >> >> >>> On 2/6/19, Traci Duncan <our4p...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> Hi all, >>> >>> I have a new xFinity router to set up. It’s been a long time since I’ve >>> done this. I was wondering if my old Airport Extreme is still a >>> necessary >>> step? It isn’t the latest model; it’s the next one back. >>> >>> Apparently, I can set up this new router via the xFinity app. Any tips >>> on >>> security for our network? >>> >>> Thank you, >>> Traci >>> PS. This thing is massive! 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