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Originally Posted by heero_yuy
Modem mode is fine on the SH. If you don't like the looks of it you can always hide it away somewhere, even under the floor if that's what you want.
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I'm still suspicious of the SH even in modem mode. They've all been terrible so far. I've considered hiding it away but that makes it harder to get at to reset when it falls over!
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Originally Posted by ianch99
but the Superhub works perfectly as a cable modem when in modem mode ...
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I'm not so convinced I'm afraid. They've still hiccuped like the old modems never did. The only bother my old modem gave back in the day was when the "you're up to date with your bill" light went out and I had to call and pay!
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Originally Posted by qasdfdsaq
Still uses twice as much power as a standalone CM  |
This is one of the pile of things that irritates me about the SHs. This thing is on 24/7, so it's a raise in background cost.
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Originally Posted by SimonB79
I quite like my superhub2ac, it does everything I want, including full 200mbps via wifi... put my proper linksys router in the cupboard!  |
The 2ac was the best of the bunch, but then that's no compliment! It still needed to be reset far more often than I would have liked.
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Originally Posted by MUD_Wizard
Not that this thread hasn't reached an impasse long ago, but curious what exactly do you imagine is the technical difference between running a Docsis modem and a Superhub in modem mode?
You won't get any better service with a non-VM Docsis modem, even if you could set one up to work on the cable network.
So really the difference comes down to only colour, size (those older modems you might be able to provision are usually larger), orientation (flat vs vertical) and name.
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You're absolutely right; I had a question and it has been answered excellently. Yes, it is probably possible to make a 3rd party modem work. No, it's not worth the effort of learning to rip/transplant code, for that to then not definitely work.
The biggest difference between the SH and a standalone modem would be getting rid of the bitter taste of having to use the SH at all. After that, the possibility - now debunked - of better reliability ranks high. I disagree that a proper modem would be no more successful than the SH. My opinion may be biased but it truly is the least reliable thing I've ever used, and I used to own a Peugeot 306. The differences are power usage, reliability, size/desk space and general taste in my mouth from using it.