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Modem or not modem this is the question
Hi there on the coming Friday I got a technician from Xfinity to install my internet and I bought this router. My question is do I need a modem also or this is just enough to access the web?
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Thank you everyone for the time dedicated to this silly question, I returned the Netgear router and bought an Arris cable modem and router.
Thanks again and have a good summer.
Thanks guys for your input, my bad I should have given more info.
What I get from Comcast is only Internet without any device. I think the ac1200 is not the device I need, isn't it?
What I get from Comcast is only Internet without any device. I think the ac1200 is not the device I need, isn't it?
> [...] I think the ac1200 is not the device I need, isn't it?
An R6120 is a router, not a modem+router, so, by itself, it's not all
you need.
> [...] you probably need a cable-TV
> modem. This could be a simple cable modem for use with a separate
> router like an R6120, or you could get a modem+router ("gateway") to do
> the whole job, removing the need for a separate router like an R6120.
Still true.