I bought this modem because it had four ports but it only seemed to ever really work on two of the ethernet ports. Whenever I had all four plugged in there was always two or three that didn't work.
Had a netgear nighthawk router with a midco modem. Midco telling me that is the latest and greatest modem they have. When I got the netgear nighthawk modem my speeds increased dramatically! And my ping dropped way down
Minus one star for confusing directions. Ex, not every internet carrier automatically recognize/enable this modem. I finally figured out that I had to contact my carrier's technical support before I could do anything else. You (the owner of the modem can NOT change user name. The use of the same username on every modem sold weakens security of your network. How dumb is that?? Minus another star: after connection completed and two ORBIs set up the internet connection occasionally hesitates. Has to be ORBIs, right? Nope. Happen when I ethernet straight into modem. Nice
Response from netgear.comBy Consumer Affairs, June 30, 2023
Hi Shearborn,
Thank you for your review, we appreciate your feedback and we want you to know that your experience is important to us. We are sorry to hear that you had a difficult experience with your product. This resource should help you troubleshoot your device: https://kb.netgear.com/000061156/How-do-I-troubleshoot-my-NETGEAR-cable-modem.
If you need further assistance, you can contact NETGEAR Support by going to: https://my.netgear.com/support/contact.aspx and follow the onscreen instructions. Once you’ve registered your product you will be given the options of contacting Support through Phone, Chat, or email.