“Broadband,” short for broadband Internet, is generally a term that conveys a fast connection to the Internet. DSL, Cable, Fiber-optics, satellite, and 4G (or faster) cellular are considered broadband.
If you have a large home in a rural area and have been eyeing the MR5200 5G mobile router as the Internet source, there’s now a more convenient option. Indeed, NETGEAR today announced its first Whole-Home Mesh system with a built-in 5G cellular modem, the NETGEAR Orbi 5G WiFi 6 …
On the market for a gateway that can do both DOCSIS 3.1 cable broadband and Wi-Fi 6? CommScope might have something for you. Today, the company announced not one but two such gateways, the ARRIS SURFboard G34 and G36, which it calls “Wi-Fi Cable modems” or “Cable Modems and Wi-Fi …
The ARRIS SURFboard S33 DOCSIS 3.1, first announced in November 2020, sure is an interesting Multi-Gigabit cable modem. Update: On Sep 23, 2024, the S34 model was released with the same design and specs as the S33, with one exception: It has up to 200Mbps upload speed compared to the …
Sometimes, an obvious thing to one isn’t so much so to another. Case in point: The fact that the Internet and Wi-Fi are two different things. I’ve received many questions on these two—troubleshooting, speed testing, shopping advice, etc.—where they were presumed to be the same thing or mistaken for each …
This post will explain some different roles of a home Wi-Fi router and walk you through the process of turning an Internet-ready (free) Wi-Fi connection into the broadband Internet source for your home (Wi-Fi) network. In other words, when applicable, instead of using a cable modem or fiber optic ONT …
Earlier this month, I switched to the all-new NETGEAR CM2000 Nighthawk Multi-Gig Cable Modem from my CM600 that had been solid for a couple of years. And that proved to be a bit of an anti-climactic experience. No, this latest NETGEAR cable modem is not bad—far from it, if not …
The NETGEAR CM600 Cable Modem is not new. I first got it more than two years ago, together with a 300Mbps Internet plan with Comcast. Before that, I generally replaced my modem almost every year. So CM600 has been one of my most lasting modems. Two years qualify as long-term. …
