Motorola Surfboard SB5101 Cable Modem
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Customer Review: Great 'plug and play' modem! Solid performer!
Summary: 5 Stars
Our 'Terayon' modem that came with our 'Adelphia' broadband cable connection died after 2 plus years, so my cable/internet provider swapped out the defective modem for this new 'Motorola'. I was a bit leery and concerned about having to hook up another modem for fear that something would surely go wrong with the hookup on our 2 PC router network, and I would have to call a tech or a consultant. It took about 3 minutes to open the box, hookup the power, cable, and ethernet connectors, and attempt to go online. There was NO software installation, and NO reprogramming or changing any parameters or network settings. NONE! The modem instantly powered up and magically recognized the network and cable data signal, and I was good to go! 'Plug and play' heaven! And the performance is better than the older 'Terayon'.Customer Review: surprisingly one of the best cable modem !!
Summary: 5 Stars
I have used many brands(netgear,dlink etc) in the past(leased from isp).
Decided to buy one. and after doing some research, decided to go for sb5101.
this is one of the best cable modem i have ever seen. the button on top is an interesting feature.if you are stepping out of your room, just press standby button, it will disconnect your computer from the net - hence minimal threat from hackers.
initially when i tried to provision this modem with comcast, they said they are not able to detect my modem at their end. but after keeping the modem up and connected for few minutes, they could detect this modem (mac address).and it went online within few minutes. No issues till date.
recommended ? - Yes its a fantastic product. go and get it. A decision you will never regret.
Customer Review: I was skeptical, but it's true!
Summary: 5 Stars
After many years with the original Toshiba PCX1100 rented from the cable company, I decided to buy one of these units, hoping that I might start to see some change in my connection speed as hyped by Comcast's "Power Boost" marketing. When I ran internet speed tests I consistently got download speeds from 4-6 mbps, when Comcast said that PowerBoost now gave me up to 12. Upload speeds were pathetic - under 100 kbps! Just as others have said, once I plugged this in and registered it with Comcast, I started getting speeds over 16 mbps - three to four times as fast as I had been with the old modem. Upload speed is now faster than download speed had been. The Comcast folks chuckled when I brought in the old modem - "I haven't seen one of these in forever!" Buy this - you won't regret it!Customer Review: Good for Those Who Want to Receive Electronic Faxes via VOIP
Summary: 5 Stars
As cable modems go, this one is pretty good.
However, its major advantage over other high-speed cable modems is DOCSIS-2.0 compatibility. While this may seem a little esoteric, this feature allows for electronic receipt of paperless faxes via a VOIP (voice over internet protocol) system through a computer network. That is, a computer can receive packetized faxes from a VOIP system and then, for example, e-mail those faxes to various recipients. Without DOCSIS-1.1 or 2.0, this capability is severely degraded and faxes may be cut off mid-page or mid-document without warning due to packet loss in the VOIP delivery process.
For Apple computer users, this is a big feature since most have the capability of using this feature in their computers.
Customer Review: Motorola Surfboard saves the day!
Summary: 5 Stars
I replaced my D-Link DCM-202 cable modem with the Motorola Surfboard SB5101 and it has performed excellently. I found by reading numerous blogs that Cox Communications performed an upgrade to remedy a hardware failure circa July, 2008 and that made my D-Link DCM-202 modem incompatible with their system...of course, they never notified anyone! Now, I don't need to reset my cable modem and router 1 to 3 times a day after it loses communication with the cable company. That got to be a real pain; especially, when you lose VoIP during a phone call. Cox told some callers only that they no longer support D-Link. It could probably be fixed by a firmware upgrade, but I couldn't find one. I installed the most recent one I did find, but it didn't fix the connection problem.