![]() ![]() Once again, connect the router to the cable modem through a Gigabit WAN port, and connect your other PCs, servers, wireless-N access points, or anything else to the LAN Gigabit Ethernet Ports. The LAN Gigabit Ethernet ports are for establishing high-speed wired connections to your desktop PC. The WAN Ethernet 10/100/1000 Gigabit ports are for establishing a wired connection to your broadband Ethernet-enabled DOCSIS 3.0 modem. I recommend buying your own.Ģ) The Router: Your router must have both LAN and WAN Gigabit functionality. Once again, you must use a DOCSIS 3.0 Modem in order to take full advantage of Comcast’s fast Internet speeds! You can rent one from Comcast or buy your own. What was going on here? Was it Comcast again?Īctually no! I found out that two essential things were missing from each persons network setup:ġ) The Modem: If your Comcast connection rate is 20 Mbps or greater your modem should be a DOCSIS 3.0 Cable Modem. In fact they were only getting about half (24 Mbps) of what they were paying Comcast for. ![]() I have run into this situation twice in the past week:īoth people had signed up for Comcasts XFINITY Extreme 50 High Speed Internet (50 Mbps download speed), but neither were getting the promised speeds. Note: Part 2 (October 2014) of this post can be found here. ![]()
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