I have a Motorola MB8611 cable modem, and a separate Linksys WiFi/Router. The Motorola is DOCIS 3.1 and is an approved model by Comcast and should do up to 2.5GBit. I highly recommend separating the two devices.
On Wed, Dec 18, 2024 at 1:28 PM American Citizen <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello: > > Xfinity is pushing me to abandon my current cable modem/wifi router > combination and adopt one of the following: > > Recommended Devices > > ARRIS / Surfboard > S33 or SBG8300 or G36 > > Netgear > CBR750 or CAX30 or CAX80 or CM1100 or CM2000 or CM2050V > > Hitron Technologies > CODA56 > > The last time I upgraded to a Netgear C6300 v2, I lost control over the > IPV6 provisioning, and some critical DNS parameters in the setup. This > basically meant my internet provider overruled any VPN I was trying to > use and had full access to all the internet connections live. > > Has anyone found a cable modem (up to 1.2 gigs/sec) and wifi combination > which gives the user full control so VPN will work? In my case the DNS > queries were intercepted then substituted. I can understand my internet > provider wanting to know all secrets.. but I really want to do VPN. > > Thank you for letting me know. > > Randall >
