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alanmushnick
Aspirant
May 25, 2020

Modem works, but not recognized by routers

HI I was trying to ditch my xfinity rented modem. Set up the Netgear CM700 easily with one short call to give them the MAC and Serial numbers. It was on the Xfinity list of approved hardware.  Inst...
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FURRYe38
Guru - Experienced User
May 26, 2020

Anyone wanting more info on Intel based modems can check out this site as well:

http://www.badmodems.com

 

CM1000/1100 and 1200 are all broadcom based modems. :smileywink:

 

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Joi007
Tutor
May 26, 2020

Thanks for sharing... It appears his Netgear CM700 is listed on that site aswell. Return it for a what Furrye38 recommends.  I'm using the CM600 and that one is safe aswell.

Having internet not working is NO fun.  Hope this helps.