ARRIS / Motorola SurfBoard SB6141 DOCSIS 3.0 Cable Modem - Retail Packaging - White
by Arris, I purchased this model because of reviews online. I ditched the Comcast rental, which was slow, and the speed is unbelievable. This hooked up almost by itself. Installation was quick and easy. My comcast account brought it up we were ready to go in under 15 minutes. This included updates needed for the modem. Read More
is about $20 more expensive than the SB6121. Unlike
the Netgear (and probably the SB6121), the SB6141 knows how to recover
from critical errors without having to be rebooted.
Also it doesn't lose connection with the router when it's recovering
from errors from the Internet provider.
I have been using this modem with Time Warner for about a week and it
works great. You can tell what's going on by looking at the cable modems
log.
To access the modem (on Time Warner) it's at address 192.168.100.1. No
user ID and no password is required to access the cable modem
information.
Spend the extra money and get the 
, you'll like it.
The reason to buy it from Walmart is that you can return it to the store
within 14 days if it doesn't work out for you...