12-01-2014, 12:39 PM
Filliam H. Muffman wrote:
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Would you be willing to pay $20 less for a modem, and then have to pay $30 to ship it to a third party to flash the right firmware in it because you aren't running the right version of Windows/OS X?
The end-user's operating system (LAN) doesn't enter into the equation.
Let's say your iMac running Yosemite is connected to a Cisco router which is connected to the Comcast modem. That router is running some form of Linux!
It is the modem's ability to match the cable provider's specs for frequencies, bandwidths, channel modulation, etc.; the modem's WAN side is what matters.
The ZyXEL BRG35503 (I use one on Comcast) from Newegg is actually mfd. by Hitron, one of Comcast's main network equipment suppliers.