this modem be great , I have a horror story with a Motorola sb6121 so in desperation I turn to the 3008 cc . set up be a breeze and it have not drop since installation . it be very small so you can tuck it away but I would not put it anywhere with 0 air flow cause it run a little warm . side note : you can log into the modem via the standard IP address but cisco have it lock down so you do not have access to the log just the connection information .