w201 wrote: Well I'm glad to hear it's not my router. Linksys does make a modem, however. Yes. The Cisco DPC3008 is also cross-branded as the Linksys DPC 3008. Although the DPC 3008 is not a bad modem at all, I would be cautious, and call Comcast first to make sure that they will provision it as the Linksys DPC 3008 is not on their approved device list. I would think that the firmware for the Linksys modem would be identical to the Cisco version and that is a mere technicality. Regardless, there is no operational advantage with the Linksys modem to the EA router anymore than any other brand D3 cable modem. Routers neither know, nor care which modem they are paired with any more than whether the connection is from cable, dsl, Uverse, sattelite, etc. Frankly, I'd choose my modem based on features (Docsis 3.0, 8 bonded channels down), price, and what its "history" is with a given cable service. On that basis, I would lean towards the Zoom 5341J...not because it is the one I own...but because it has the best track record on Comcast at this time. The 5341J has had less firmware issues than the others as well as showing itself to be a bit more stable at signal-strength extremes... and on top of that, is generally available at a few bucks less than the Motorola or Cisco/Linksys modems...but I recommend this only by a very narrow margin over the others. They are all very good modems.
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