Can the AC 1750 be used as just a router?

[aanders50]

I am looking at getting the CM1100 (modem only) https://www.netgear.com/home/products/networking/cable-modems-routers/CM1100.aspx

But I want to try and find a use for my current router-modem which is the AC1750. Can this be used as the primary router or no?

Thanks!

[antinode]

> [...] the AC1750. [...]

   "AC1750" is a speed, not a model number.  Ever helpful, Netgear
product packaging emphasizes speeds like "ACxxxx", but that's not the
model identifier.  Look at the product label for the actual model
number.

> Model: C6300|AC1750 Cable Modem Router Docsis 3.0

   "C6300" is a model number.  Is that accurate?

> [...] Can this be used as the primary router or no?

   Only if you could find an accessible WAN/Internet Ethernet port on
the thing.  So, no.

> [...] But I want to try and find a use for my current router-modem
> which is the AC1750. [...]

   There would be some chance of using a C6300 as a wireless access
point (attached to some other router), however.  See, for example:

      https://community.netgear.com/t5/x/x/m-p/1463500

[aanders50]

Thank you for the info and guidance on speed versus model. (and yes, it is the c6300)

And yea, I was wondering that too, since it does not have any sort of "input" for ethernet, just co-ax. 😞

[FURRYe38]

Can be used in bridge mode as a modem only or in gateway mode which is modem/router combo mode. There is no router only mode. 

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@aanders50 wrote:

I am looking at getting the CM1100 (modem only) https://www.netgear.com/home/products/networking/cable-modems-routers/CM1100.aspx

But I want to try and find a use for my current router-modem which is the AC1750. Can this be used as the primary router or no?

Thanks!

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