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Orbi router with satellite and then add a modem
Hello everyone,
my name is Greg, I'm 87 years old and brand new to your community. My wife (of 68 years) and I are not techy so need your help.
We had a CM500 Netgear modem and a Asus RT...
Sorry for late response.
Thank you for your suggestions. We were planning on the 2 pack Orbi, mini router and satellite. Because it is tri band and speedy, should we get a really fast modem for when we decide to up our plan with Cableone. As long time customers, they always send out offers. We've always ignored but with newer system all around, maybe time to upgrade.
I saw many Motorola modems on Amazon. Lots of Arris and Netgear too.
What do we want to look for from a modem? Cable one said we should get Docsis 3 or 3.1
What is your ISP speed you pay for UP and Down? The Arris SB6182 or Motorola MB7420 are DOCSIS 3.0 and will handle up to 600Mb on the DOWN. ALso check to see what your ISP supports. Most ISP do support these modems.
What are your thoughts on the CM 600. One of our neighbors said we should ask you when we were at church breakfast this morning.
I haven't used the 600. I have a CM1000/Arris 6183 and Motorola MB7420 and works well.
The main thing is to keep with a broadcom based chipset modem. There are some modems that are intel based that currently have problems:
Again also check with your ISP to see that they officially support.
I'd like to ask a different question.
when the new modem and the Orbi, rbk22, arrive for me to install. Do I power up modem, then call cableone to activate and after hanging up with them, add the Orbi?
I assumed I had to call them. Couldn't find anything if we could do online.
I know the ssid we used.
Thank you.
On the the positive side, because of how stupid I've felt having to ask for help, I've signed up for the senior free computer classes at our library. Realized I need to learn. 😀😀
We have the power plan 200 and 6.