I purchase the Cisco-Linksys Cable Modem to use with the Cisco-Linksys E2000 Advanced Wireless-N Router and my new Charter cable internet service . modem and router have come such a long way in the past 10 year and my last experience with a Linksys router have work well , but have be more difficult to setup than other router at the time . I most recently have a combination modem and router in one device -lrb- not from Cisco-Linksys -rrb- and find that I be constantly have to reset it to get wifus connectivity . thus , I do not mind purchase each component separately , especially when they be so easy to setup . I have be use this solution for 3 month and have have no problem with connectivity or signal strength .