Re: [PLUG] Xfinity cable modem suggestions?

you're not going to be any happier with comcast. you should move into frontier territory. -wes On Tue, Nov 24, 2015 at 7:52 PM, wrote: > Hey - Got fed up with CenturyLink's crappy service and signed up for > Comcast/Xfinity 10Mbps service. I need to buy a modem and was looking >

[PLUG] Xfinity cable modem suggestions?

Hey - Got fed up with CenturyLink's crappy service and signed up for Comcast/Xfinity 10Mbps service. I need to buy a modem and was looking for suggestions. I would be maintaining a LAN behind a router of some sort so a modem/router combo unit might be the better option, ideally with WiFi. Jeff

Re: [PLUG] Xfinity cable modem suggestions?

LIke Larry, I'd recommend an Arris (formerly Motorola) Surfboard: ARRIS SURFboard SB6141 Note that this is just a modem. Trying to buy an all-in-one usually leaves you with a substandard experience. I'd recommend getting that modem and a separate router with wifi. On Tue, Nov 24, 2015 at 8:52 PM

[PLUG] Bind setup questions...

I'm running a local copy of bind9 so that I can easily manage/resolve all of the machines on my internal net. I've been doing this for many years. In general it works well. However, Netflix, Google, etc. have a tendency to have caches local to the ISPs network (for large ISPs) that are much