Each month, when your Comcast bill comes due, many of you pay a monthly fee for the device that provides internet access in your homes. Rental for what’s known as the Xfinity Gateway typically runs ...

Comcast, like most cable ISP services, provides most of its subscribers with a basic all-in-one modem solution that combines an Internet gateway with a router. If you have a more complicated home ...

If you’re still paying monthly to rent Xfinity’s gateway, you might be missing out on faster speeds, better coverage, and more control. Switching to a compatible third‑party modem, router, or mesh ...

Don't be intimidated by your home networking hardware. Internet access is important for everyone to stay connected. But most people rely on technicians and their more tech-savvy friends and family to ...

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I have a SMCQBR14G. We just got comcast and the modem works fine but the SMC stays registered as "disconnected" from the wan for no reason. SMC techs weren't helpful at all. The modem is the RCA ...

A computer screen showing a video call. - Seb_ra/Getty Images Every home is connected nowadays, which requires having access to the internet. This is through an Internet Service Provider (ISP), along ...