Cable Modem Wi-Fi Router Combos Suck
Posted: 2014-07-18 13:04
My friend was just given a new modem by Comcast, which I believe is an Arris TG862. http://www.arrisi.com/products/product.asp?id=79 I never liked cable modems with built-in Wi-Fi/routing capabilities because of the lack of the ability to install DD-WRT, poorer reception (no external antenna(s), and the fact that if one or more components fails which drives one of the three functions you're left with a partially working half-brick. Do you really want to waste your time troubleshooting a chinese clusterfuck orgy in a box? I certainly don't!, especially when routers are cheap!
And get this, and here's the kicker. You have to call Comcast to ask them for their permission to have them put your modem into bridge mode which is necessary if you use an external router (you could do DMZ but this is wrong)! Not only that, but there are stories all over the internet about people asking Comcast to do this and they don't know what the fuck the customer is talking about. I don't know if this is Comcast's fault or the fault of Arris, but taking that kind of control out of the customer's hands who may be an I.T. person/programmer is fucking ridiculous!
And get this, and here's the kicker. You have to call Comcast to ask them for their permission to have them put your modem into bridge mode which is necessary if you use an external router (you could do DMZ but this is wrong)! Not only that, but there are stories all over the internet about people asking Comcast to do this and they don't know what the fuck the customer is talking about. I don't know if this is Comcast's fault or the fault of Arris, but taking that kind of control out of the customer's hands who may be an I.T. person/programmer is fucking ridiculous!