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The NETGEAR Dual-Band N600 Router with 8 x 4 DOCSIS 3.0 Cable Modem with N600 simultaneous dual band WiFi router and integrated DOCSIS 3.0 cable modem, provides 8x faster download speeds, up to 340 Mbps. It's CableLabs DOCSIS 3.0 Certified to work with U.S. cable Internet providers.
 
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Poor speed on WiFI. Please read this before buying
on December 4, 2015
Posted by: Faiz
Let me give brief background on myself. I am a software engineer and testing modems/routers/mobile phones are my day to day to activity. So i have good knowledge about modems/routers.
This device is a cable modem + Router . I must say it works good as a modem but works very poor as a wifi router. I tested this device thoroughly with xfinity 75 MBPS connection. Speed over wired LAN is good and reaches upto 89 MBPS max. But speed over WIFI cannot even cross above 40 on 5GHz channel. Speed on 2.4 GHz is even poor. I followed up with netgear technical team, they suggested me some settings like changing wifi channel, changing MTU size but nothing helps. My verdict - DO NOT BUY THIS DEVICE as this device fails to deliver the speed it promises. Here are my testing results :
Over Wired LAN :
IPV4 / IPV6 --> 89 MBPS
Over WiFI (5GHZ ) :
IPV4 - 15 MBPS
IPV6 - 89 MPBS
Over WIFI (2.4 GHz) :
IPV4 - 5 MBPS
IPV6 - 13 MPBS
I am ready to accept this challenge. Anyone using this device on comcast or TWC, share your wifi speed test results.
If you guys still don't beleive me, please check Netgear forums for number of complaints on this device. I am sharing you few such links
https://community.netgear.com/t5/Cable-Modems-Routers/Netgear-N600-good-speed-on-wired-LAN-but-poor-speed-on-WIFI-IPV4/m-p/1009300#U1009300
https://community.netgear.com/t5/Cable-Modems-Routers/Very-Slow-almost-zero-Internet-Connectivity-Netgear-C3700-TWC/m-p/1011982#U1011982
https://community.netgear.com/t5/Cable-Modems-Routers/c3700-connection-issue/m-p/502093#U502093
i am sharing screen shot of my speed test too
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
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The NETGEAR Dual-Band N600 Router with 8 x 4 DOCSIS 3.0 Cable Modem with N600 simultaneous dual band WiFi router and integrated DOCSIS 3.0 cable modem, provides 8x faster download speeds, up to 340 Mbps. It's CableLabs DOCSIS 3.0 Certified to work with U.S. cable Internet providers.
 
Overall3 out of 53 out of 5
serves its purpose and saves money off Xfinity
By manda
This product provides doul band wifi and is a modem. The only problem for me is that not all devices detect the second wifi access point. But signal is decent. It serves its purpose as one of the cheaper models compatible with Xfinity.
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Faiz
Naperville
why not all devices detects other wifi - because
December 4, 2015
Thats because other wifi is 5GHz band. Please note not all devices supports 5GHz line. Hence you cannot see the other WIFI AP
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The NETGEAR Dual-Band N600 Router with 8 x 4 DOCSIS 3.0 Cable Modem with N600 simultaneous dual band WiFi router and integrated DOCSIS 3.0 cable modem, provides 8x faster download speeds, up to 340 Mbps. It's CableLabs DOCSIS 3.0 Certified to work with U.S. cable Internet providers.
 

does it work with cox?

I am looking for a modem that will work with my internet service provider which is cox
N600 works with COX. But device don't expect very good performance with N600. If you are really concerned about dazzling speed and range. I recommend to go with separate modem and a separate router. Like Arris 6141 ( something like this ) modem and router like Apple airport. Or if you still looking for integrated device Netgear AC1750 should be your best bet.
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