My thoughts: Leasing the cable modem is sometimes the better option, even if more expensive. If it breaks, you can yell at Adelphia to come fix the thing ASAP. If you bought it, you'd be on your own.
Integrated router/modem/switches don't tend to be very impressive pieces of hardware. Often, the "switch" is really a hub (hello packet collision!). And, if you want to do anything really "interesting" with it, you're usually out of luck, since the features on the router portion are barebones. My recommendation: buy the pieces of the stack separately. I'll admit a slight preference to D-Link, since _I_ have had good luck with them, and I can physically stack the components to save space. You can use what you like, the idea is the same: 1. DGL-4100 router 2. DGS-1008D 8-port gigabit switch 3. DWL-7100AP 802.11abg access point 4. DCM-202 cable modem (if you don't lease from Adelphia) And, yeah, that's expensive, so I'll leave off by saying that, at the very least, I would opt for a plain-old leased modem and a personally-owned router, and not a personally-owned modem-router. -DMZ On Tue, 2006-03-14 at 13:31 -0500, Russ wrote: > Hello, > > After several months of waiting for Verizon to be ready for FIOS or even > DSL in my Frederick (YEE HAW!) neighborhood, I reluctantly gave up and > signed up for cable through Adelphia. I'm wondering if anyone has any > advice on a cable/router box. I'm planning on using a Linksys WCG200. > It has a cable input, 4 10/100's, 1 USB, and a wireless. This seems > better than purchasing a cable modem separately. 120 total at newegg. > I plan on having a home network with a laptop, and desktops(maybe a > server). > > Sincerely, > > Russ Main > >
