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I am looking to move to Xfinity home internet and get the gigabit plan. I don't want to rent a router so looking to get one from Netgear and my options are CAX80, CM2000, and CM2050v. I am thinking o...
One thing I forgot to mention. The cm2000 has a 2.5gig port on it. None of the MK series of routers do. The only consumer mesh from netgear with a 2.5gig port is the orbi 850 series (expensive one).
It'll limit your speeds to 1 gig. So if you're not planning on upgrading the router for a while (or at all) to 2.5gig, you could get away with a CM1000, CM1100, CM1200 as they're all capable of saturating gigabit.
It'll limit your speeds to 1 gig. So if you're not planning on upgrading the router for a while (or at all) to 2.5gig, you could get away with a CM1000, CM1100, CM1200 as they're all capable of saturating gigabit.
- First off thank you very much for the help it’s extremely appreciated!!
So for the modem I’m set on the CM2000.
What I’m confused about is why get a RAXE500 router when I plan to buy the Orbi mesh system which comes with a router? Why do I need two routers?
mshaw32 wrote:
What I’m confused about is why get a RAXE500 router when I plan to buy the Orbi mesh system which comes with a router? Why do I need two routers?Sorry! That's just my signature of what my current setup is :)
Its not a recommendation of what to get.
- You also said it in your comment that the nighthawk wireless router is a good one. So it sounds like I don’t need two routers? I’m not the best networking guy I am more of a systems infrastructure operations guy but I can’t see the value in two routers or what they would do for you unless the router that comes with the Orbi system isn’t really an advanced router and doesn’t do any kind of advanced routing. Maybe then I would see the value in the night hawk wireless router the Tri band one. i think it’s like 600 bucks. Would that give me added functionality that the router with the orbi system can’t do? Not looking to do anything too fancy but VPN tunnels, etc. I might be better off in getting an actual netgear firewall\router, instead of a wireless router, then get the modem and the orbi mesh system.