okay , I just sign up for Comcast cable and internet and choose this modem\/router combo . I have a zoom 56k modem year ago that work great so I take a chance . my goal be to have a fairly fast connection so I can hit my slingbox in another city . previously my internet connection here have be my tethered 4g droid Bionic . I be kill Verizon with datum usage -lrb- 60-70gb -rrb- and I think they be throttle the connection or the phone be buggy . either way the speed would move all over the place and it be not reliable so it be out . it be easy enough to setup . the first thing I do be change the admin password because there be list out there of every router 's default password . then I change the name of the ssid and set it to not broadcast . you can have some fun with ssid name . I then disable WPS , I do not want anything to do with that protocol as it be very easy to crack . I be use WPA and I change the default connection password there also . it come set as zoom #### where the number be 4 digit in the mac address . I do not see any place to assign static IP 's so that be not so good . you can setup MAC address security though and that seem like another layer of security to keep out wi-fi thief . it be work okay , I be get decent enough speed to get a great picture from my slingbox and this be with the slowest comcast internet service . so far so good .