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Product Reviews:
Motorola SURFboard® Wireless Cable Modem Gateway (SBG900) |
Rating: 5 (out of 5)
Summary: Easy setup, works great.
Comments: I needed a combination cable modem and wireless router and this Motorola unit was the best I found. I had no prior experience in setting up a "home network" - whatever that is - and the Motorola was easy to setup and works great. No hassle - I endorse it. |
Rating: 4 (out of 5)
Summary: not compatible with xbox live gold
Comments: got it yesterday from amazon.
it did not work right out of the box, however a couple calls to comcast tech support at got me going.
i set it up via wired connection to my vista laptop; then i unplugged the wire and tested the whole house: vista laptop, iMac, hp network printer, and iPhone are all connecting wirelessly. no problems except for xbox live.
to the best of my knowledge, it is not compatible with xbox live gold because you can not configure the NAT for uPNP.
out of the box you will not even get to xbox live silver until you type 192.168.100.1 into your browser and then under gateway/lan/DHCP config: change iMTU to 1500 (the default from Motorola is zero).
this is great enough for me so that i can download demos and game updates, however if you want xbox live gold then i think it requires a wired router to plug in between the SBG900 and the Xbox360? (i haven't comfirmed it however portforward.com says you need a static IP and the router would give you that without screwing up the rest of the home network:
http://www.portforward.com/english/routers/port_forwarding/Motorola/SBG900/Xbox_Live_360.htm
so overall it's a stable and quick cable modem!!!! however i am taking a star away because of the extreme geek headache it gave me while i spent a couple days trying to get my xbox to connect =(
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Rating: 5 (out of 5)
Summary: Works Fine - watch out for 2.4 Ghz phone interference
Comments: I have had this modem/wireless router for about a month - it was easy to set up - i did call the cable provder to give them the mac ID, then i just turned it on and let my computer search for it - easy. I did not use the enclosed software cd. In fact, I found it to be worthless.
I thought, for a few weeks, it was faulty because it seemed to cut out randomly. Then i figured out that whenever the 2.4 ghz wirelss phone received a call it would cut the connection from the router - i just nixed the phone (it only is a tool for phone spammers anyway!!). Now it's pretty much flawless.
Bear that in mind, about the 2.4 ghz phone. You might have to make a work around to fix that. Perhaps some smart person out there has already figured out a way around this (other than chucking the phone).
Another note - this modem is really quick - at least compared to the crummy1i had before. My whole reason for getting a better modem/wireless router was for the Netflix/Xbox streaming movie watching application. It works well for that - flawless playback of high def movies through netflix/x box. Great success!! (Works well with x box live also). |
Rating: 3 (out of 5)
Summary: Easy set-up. Range is average.
Comments: Set-up wasn't too bad, however I am not too impressed with the range. I have had to add a range booster for a computer I have in the basement. |
Rating: 5 (out of 5)
Summary: So far so great!!
Comments: Easy to set up and so far no issues whatsoever (knock on wood). So much nicer not having a cable modem plus a wireless router. |
