C6300 WiFi Cable Modem Router Is Warm

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JYK98 wrote:

Thank you for the reply.  My previous one from Arris always stayed cool to touch.  So far, I am not impressed with Netgear.

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Judging a router by the temperature it hits is a bit odd. What about its performance?

Did you buy a new router because you wanted something faster, more capable or otherwise superior?

Those advances depend on more powerful electronic chips that eat more juice and, hence, get hotter.

Have you ever owned a laptop? Feel the bottom. Uncomfortable?

Your older, and anonymous, Arris may have had 20th century chips and a performance that went with them. It may have had a fan built in. But, as I said, how does the performance of that device compare with your new router?

My R7800, around five years old, is also warm to the touch. But so is everything else I use. That's why people turn up here complaining that cats like to sit on top of their routers. (Strangely, they rarely worry about the temperature that tempts the cats.) They have been known to turn off the wifi in the process.