Ditch those Comcast wifi modems.....

Lord Tin Foilhat

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Never use their junk wifi routers/modem all in one units....backdoors everywhere

Comcast website bug leaks Xfinity customer data

Exclusive: A bug in Comcast's website leaks sensitive customer information.

A bug in Comcast's website used to activate Xfinity routers can return sensitive information on the company's customers.

The*website, used by customers to set up their home internet and cable service, can be tricked into displaying the home address where the router is located, as well as the Wi-Fi name and password.
Only a customer account ID and that customer's house or apartment number is needed*

The site returned the Wi-Fi name and password -- in plaintext -- used to connect to the network for one of the customers who uses an Xfinity router. The other customer was using his own router -- and the site didn't return the Wi-Fi network name or password.

Even when the Wi-Fi password changes, running the details again will return the new Wi-Fi password. There appears to be no way for customers to opt out when using Xfinity hardware

https://www.zdnet.com/article/comca...addresses-wireless-passwords/#ftag=RSSbaffb68
 

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ive actually been thinking of getting my own modem/router.
so many options, everytime i start looking, i get overwhelmed and give up lol

Want me to PM you some options? It's fairly straight forward if you're just looking for some basic stuff.

EDIT: Actually, since I'm sure we have many comcast users on this site, let me put together a quick list of good better and best. It'll be 3 modems and 3 routers to choose from. Give me a few.
 

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Want me to PM you some options? It's fairly straight forward if you're just looking for some basic stuff.

EDIT: Actually, since I'm sure we have many comcast users on this site, let me put together a quick list of good better and best. It'll be 3 modems and 3 routers to choose from. Give me a few.

my nigga! :pedobear:

the combo units aint worth a shit?
 

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my nigga! :pedobear:

the combo units aint worth a shit?

In my opinion, stay away from combos. You will have to sacrifice one of the two unless you pay an ungodly amount of money for something that just isn't worth it. For example, the modem might be great, but the router range sucks, or the router is great, but the modem sucks. On top of that, if the modem goes out, or the router goes out, you have to replace the whole unit.

Could you explain what they do as well? :rofl: I am so bad with knowing anything about anything that has to do with computers. It's quite pathetic if I'm honest.

You want specifics for each, or just what a modem / router do? I'll do my best to explain a modem/router in layman's terms.

A modem takes the coax signal from your provider and translates that into the internet for your PC. You want the speed of your router to be higher than the speed provided to you from the cable provider. For example: You have a 100Mbs connection from Comcast - you want at router that at least can handle 100Mbs (ideally more, to "future proof" yourself).

Comcast regularly is upgrading their speeds and if you have a modem that is faster than your current speed, you'll be fine if they give you more speed.

A router is a device that takes the signal from the modem, and "routes" it to multiple different devices, wired or wireless. Your modem will be plugged into the router, the router will then take that internet signal from the modem and distribute it to the different devices connected to it. A few things to ask yourself when buying a modem: How big is my house? How many users are going to be using the internet all at the same time? What will I be doing with my internet (Gaming, streaming netflix/hulu, web browsing, etc.)?

Let me know if you want more info (or if you were pulling my leg, I hate you).

Want me to PM you some options? It's fairly straight forward if you're just looking for some basic stuff.

EDIT: Actually, since I'm sure we have many comcast users on this site, let me put together a quick list of good better and best. It'll be 3 modems and 3 routers to choose from. Give me a few.

Here's my list. Keep in mind that this is MY OPINION. I built this list based off of hardware I have heard of, read the reviews of, or more importantly used myself or for others that I have done basic installs and setups for. I have used every one of the 3 listed modems in customer's homes, but only the "better" router first hand.

Cable modems:

Good: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00AJHDZSI/?tag=tcg21-20
This is the all around every day user. It'll be fine if you do browsing, gaming, hulu, netflix etc.

Better: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00MA5U1FW/?tag=tcg21-20
This I would recommend if you're a power user or have lots of gaming or in-home streaming going on in your house (Plex for example)

Best: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01N6SKK1G/?tag=tcg21-20
This I would only recommend if you're getting gigabit speeds, which most people are getting 150Mbs or lower

Routers:

The one thing to keep in mind for routers is house size. Even if you're not that heavy of a user but are in a large house, you might want to spend the money on a better router. Generally speaking, the higher end the router, the better signal strength it'll have. So if you've got a large house or multiple floors, get the better or best router.

Good: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B071J24FNY/?tag=tcg21-20
Same as above, good all around every day user router. Good for small-medium 1-2 floor houses.

Better: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00R2AZLD2/?tag=tcg21-20
Same as above, good for heavy gaming or multiple devices streaming at the same time. Good for up to a large house, or houses that have devices in the basement and router upstairs or vice versa.

Best: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00F0DD0I6/?tag=tcg21-20 or https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0192911RA/?tag=tcg21-20
These are your powerhouse routers. If you or your kids game and other people are watching netflix and you're trying to run your amazon tv or whatever - these are what you want to invest in. For most people, these are overkill.

Let me know if you have any questions!
 

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In my opinion, stay away from combos. You will have to sacrifice one of the two unless you pay an ungodly amount of money for something that just isn't worth it. For example, the modem might be great, but the router range sucks, or the router is great, but the modem sucks. On top of that, if the modem goes out, or the router goes out, you have to replace the whole unit.



You want specifics for each, or just what a modem / router do? I'll do my best to explain a modem/router in layman's terms.

A modem takes the coax signal from your provider and translates that into the internet for your PC. You want the speed of your router to be higher than the speed provided to you from the cable provider. For example: You have a 100Mbs connection from Comcast - you want at router that at least can handle 100Mbs (ideally more, to "future proof" yourself).

Comcast regularly is upgrading their speeds and if you have a modem that is faster than your current speed, you'll be fine if they give you more speed.

A router is a device that takes the signal from the modem, and "routes" it to multiple different devices, wired or wireless. Your modem will be plugged into the router, the router will then take that internet signal from the modem and distribute it to the different devices connected to it. A few things to ask yourself when buying a modem: How big is my house? How many users are going to be using the internet all at the same time? What will I be doing with my internet (Gaming, streaming netflix/hulu, web browsing, etc.)?

Let me know if you want more info (or if you were pulling my leg, I hate you).

I ABSOLUTELY appreciate the FUCK out of that, makes sense now. I always wondered why you need both and all that, now I know.

My place is small and probably always will be, I have comfucks (for now might change pending what I can get in my new place next month) and there would be MAYBE 2 people using the internet at one time if I haven't found a reason to make the lady friend leave. I'd be using it to stream 99% of the time, since I won't have cable or anything for TV watching aside from free TV via antenna.
 

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I use this router and get incredible WiFi coverage, don't have one complaint about it. Probably even overkill for what I need, but what the hell.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0192911RA/?tag=tcg21-20


Both you and Wombat mentioned it....


Just ordered one.


Still using an SB6120 surfboard modem, will be going to DOCSIS 3.1 in the near future though. Just needed a bit more range from my current Netgear router.
 

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In my opinion, stay away from combos. You will have to sacrifice one of the two unless you pay an ungodly amount of money for something that just isn't worth it. For example, the modem might be great, but the router range sucks, or the router is great, but the modem sucks. On top of that, if the modem goes out, or the router goes out, you have to replace the whole unit.



You want specifics for each, or just what a modem / router do? I'll do my best to explain a modem/router in layman's terms.

A modem takes the coax signal from your provider and translates that into the internet for your PC. You want the speed of your router to be higher than the speed provided to you from the cable provider. For example: You have a 100Mbs connection from Comcast - you want at router that at least can handle 100Mbs (ideally more, to "future proof" yourself).

Comcast regularly is upgrading their speeds and if you have a modem that is faster than your current speed, you'll be fine if they give you more speed.

A router is a device that takes the signal from the modem, and "routes" it to multiple different devices, wired or wireless. Your modem will be plugged into the router, the router will then take that internet signal from the modem and distribute it to the different devices connected to it. A few things to ask yourself when buying a modem: How big is my house? How many users are going to be using the internet all at the same time? What will I be doing with my internet (Gaming, streaming netflix/hulu, web browsing, etc.)?

Let me know if you want more info (or if you were pulling my leg, I hate you).



Here's my list. Keep in mind that this is MY OPINION. I built this list based off of hardware I have heard of, read the reviews of, or more importantly used myself or for others that I have done basic installs and setups for. I have used every one of the 3 listed modems in customer's homes, but only the "better" router first hand.

Cable modems:

Good: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00AJHDZSI/?tag=tcg21-20
This is the all around every day user. It'll be fine if you do browsing, gaming, hulu, netflix etc.

Better: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00MA5U1FW/?tag=tcg21-20
This I would recommend if you're a power user or have lots of gaming or in-home streaming going on in your house (Plex for example)

Best: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01N6SKK1G/?tag=tcg21-20
This I would only recommend if you're getting gigabit speeds, which most people are getting 150Mbs or lower

Routers:

The one thing to keep in mind for routers is house size. Even if you're not that heavy of a user but are in a large house, you might want to spend the money on a better router. Generally speaking, the higher end the router, the better signal strength it'll have. So if you've got a large house or multiple floors, get the better or best router.

Good: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B071J24FNY/?tag=tcg21-20
Same as above, good all around every day user router. Good for small-medium 1-2 floor houses.

Better: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00R2AZLD2/?tag=tcg21-20
Same as above, good for heavy gaming or multiple devices streaming at the same time. Good for up to a large house, or houses that have devices in the basement and router upstairs or vice versa.

Best: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00F0DD0I6/?tag=tcg21-20 or https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0192911RA/?tag=tcg21-20
These are your powerhouse routers. If you or your kids game and other people are watching netflix and you're trying to run your amazon tv or whatever - these are what you want to invest in. For most people, these are overkill.

Let me know if you have any questions!
How much are Arris and Netgear paying you to sling their consumer crap :rofl:
 

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What recommendations would you make?

Likely something commercial and overcomplicated for your average Joe. Commercial grade equipment is great, but often comes at a cost and at an inconvenience to the non-techy as it generally will have less convenience (see: ease of use) features that the consumer grade stuff will have.
 

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What recommendations would you make?
I was mainly giving him shit cause he is my brother :rofl:

But with cable modems you just want DOCSIS 3.0 or 3.1. Arris, motorola and Zoom arr all pretty solid devices. There are minimum speed differences between models.


For routers and access points, I recommend Ubiquiti brand equipment. Its Enterprise network gear with enterprise firewall security at consumer prices. Pretty easy to use gui interface too. Instead of an all in one router/access point which the netgears are, you get a dedicated router and access point. Ubiquiti Edge router and Ubiquiti access point. Put the router near the modem and then run a ethernet cable to a good spot in the center of the house to mount the access point. The advantage with this setup is you can add a second access point if you want to increase coverage.


Ubiquiti EdgeRouter X Advanced Gigabit Ethernet Routers ER-X 256MB Storage 5 Gigabit RJ45 ports https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00YFJT29C/?tag=tcg21-20

Ubiquiti Unifi Ap-AC Lite - Wireless Access Point - 802.11 B/A/G/n/AC (UAPACLITEUS) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B015PR20GY/?tag=tcg21-20
 
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