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Originally Posted by sclitheroe
There's lots of sawing back and forth about the merits of the SMC modem on various forums like dslreports.com, but at the end of the day, nobody knows the real answer about whether you can request a different modem than the SMC or not - it seems to be their standard issue modem going forward.
When Shaw pushes the bridge mode config down on the SMC, it truly becomes just a modem - none of the web configuration stuff is available, the device itself doesn't have in in-band IP address (ie. you can't ping the modem from you home network anymore), and your router will definitely be out directly on the network.
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OK, so I have a E4200 router I just bought. I am assuming that bridging the SMC, and running via that router is the way to go for fastest speeds on wifi and wired?
I am really on the fence, since I could resell my E4200 if the SMC does a comparable job. It isn't dual band, but I have yet to see the advantages of dual band out of that router.