Motorola Surfboard SB6121 Cable Modem Review

thnx for that review

I'm also looking to find one of these to avoid paying a monthly fee. I sent you a private message, I hope you're able to get back whenever you can. Cheers.

wow nice looking modem! Man we need to see what dose it do show us the beef

its not behind they want to charge us a lot of money on high speed internet

mines nothing like that my power is green my recieve is blue my sned is green my online is green and my link is flashing amber whatn do i do???

Trolling if you can get online and connect to wifi then dont worry. I tell cutomers all the time that colors dont mean.crap if the modem works. Who's your provider? I'm a field technician with time warner cable soif you have questions let me know.

I lowered My speed from time warner cable Milwaukee my price lowered from 47.00 to 19.99 . My speed is the same and they lowered the price .it should be 1 mbps but speed test is 15 mbps . I also own my own cable modem too that may matter . Im thinking of buying a phone type cable modem from ebay .

Probably. I pay for 50 and when I had DOCSIS 2.0 I only got 30 Mbps, after a 3.0 upgrade I got a 60 average. I would go for it, it wouldn't hurt to try. But it does depend if it's even available.

I only have one computer. That's all I'll use. However, it seems I must use a router for this modem. I don't see how I can connect the phone jack to this modem. Any suggestion beside buying a router? Thanks.

After some Google search, I think this modem doesn't work for me. I use phone jack to receive DSL feed, not the cable company's coaxial cable connector. Oh well.

Ya probly wont work 4 me either. I used to have a 56kdial up connection, but the "twang twang tuuung RrRrRrR Wouourbble" sound made my pets freak out. Deciding to go back to what I used to do---Shouting from my rooftop (it's ok-- I have ladder and most rungs) or pay my 13 year old neighbor to fetch a newspaper. Too bad really 'cause Skittles are expensive...

Korea huh?

I was wondering what would be a good wireless transmitter to go with the cable modem on this video review? any suggestion? Thanks in advance

hey guys im not really tech savy can anyone help was wondering if this modem is compatible with apples airport express 2nd gen wifi router/extnder much appreciated

If you don't need the full capabilities of a router and just want to "split" the signal, you can also buy a much cheaper switch.

What firmware do you have on the sb6121
192.168.100.1

I planning getting that one too, Im be renting my modem from camcast for $9.00 a month, too me its alot

nice review, sir.  Same modem my ISP tech installed.  Cable carrier providing 30/5 Mb/s at the time.  Just looked: their site still providing 30 down.  Bro-in-law works for Verizon FiOS.  He's recently shared they're pushing/offering 50 or 55 Mb/s, though their site is showing 15 download.  Perhaps if Kansas City or other Google fiber city is seeing their Gigabyte downloads, it'll give this Motorola modem a run for its $$.

Oh You have a Ooma Hub lucky like me!

can you do wifi on this?

Omg you have slow dl and ul speeds there.
We have fibre 500 up/down and for cable a max of 200/6.

Good deal you helped helped me make my decision on the docsis 3.0 modem on the approved list. Now I'm going to probably have to put up with a bunch off crap from Comcast when it gets here. ugh

It works fine for my Time Warner cable. I only have the 20.0 speed so it doesnt have to work too hard. Was just tired of paying modem rental fees.

I have this modem connected to my Linksys wireless-G 2.4GHz router and STILL can't setup my Wi-Fi. Everything was working perfectly until Comcast changed to DOCSIS3 from DOCSIS2. I've never rented modems from COMCAST, and I still don't. I had no issues with COMCAST setting this one up to my service. My internet works fine. I just for some reason can't connect Wi-Fi and I've tried several different routers.

where I can find my pasword to my computer ? so I can put the wiifii

saw this on amazon, but the box is different. this one has a red print on it, and what I saw was a blue print on the box and says 4x faster. is there any chance that they are not also different?

my home internet speed is at 10mbps. will this work?

Getting this tomarrow from best buy :)

Hi i just bought this so can stop paying Comcast a monthly fee. But i didn't realize it not wii fii .. So next step is buying a wireless router. What would you suggest to buy?

Yes just got today is fast bright house networks

helpful review....thanks

I got the ab 6141 which is twice as fast I'm paying for 50 down and 5 up love it!

have you been able to hook up your wifi cause i cant seem to hook up my wifi with this modem

So a friend of mine just sent me a picture of one of these, and he's been asking me about what it does and I'm not quite sure. See, I have a 3mb download cable connection (yes it's terrible, but it's the best we have in our area), and at some points during the day, I don't get all 3mb. Sometimes I get less than one. So what I'm trying to ask here is, will one of these pretty much "give you what you pay for"? I do play first person shooters all the time, and it's pretty rough during the daytime, but at night it's not all that bad because I actually get the speed we pay for.

HOLD YOUR CAMERA STILL!!!!!!

i currently have the same modem and i pay for 105mbps and every time i test my speed, my DL is 58 mbps and my upload is 12 mbps. Not bad but the modem states 160mbps, which im not getting.

This modem works great but I have one problem. When my son uses the xbox this money will reboot about once every 20 minutes. The whole house runs fine, the tv wifi, computer wifi, tablet, phones and no problems even if they run all at the same time. But when the xbox gets turned on it will reboot every 15 to 20 minutes.
WHY?? help.

did you just plug it and got internet right away? or did you have to call time warner so they could program it?

did you have to call time warner to get it working or it work right out of the box?

FYI. You can get a refurbished model from Walmart for $44.99.

dudes, i use motorola surfboard SB6121 modem without WiFi built-in. i have no need for WiFi from Motorola Modem because it have limited numbers of connections for few devices to use and it can be sometime on/off due to WiFi AirWave Connection problems. in order to work with all devices operated better is if you use HUB-ethernet Switch 5 or 10 ports with device plus Ethernet hard-Wired Cables to connected, it will work perfect without problems. But, I'm Apple hardcore Fan, i have iPhone and Apple Tv, Mac Mini, iPad. i use Apple Extreme Wifi, its work perfect when i connected all these Apple Products at same time. i have Wii U and PlayStation 4, i use Ethernet Wired to connected on D-Link 5-ports HUB-Ethernet enabled switch device through to my Motorola Cable modem. its all work out for me. i highly recommend that to anyone.

I know your video is 4 years old but, I just go this modem but the 200 series. It is a 3.0.....What wireless router would you suggest in these days?

I uses this till this day and it's pretty horrible

why does my motem keep blinking i had good wifi at first then this happened no wifi keeps blinking please help

Can I connect a landline to this modem? Thanks

Why to not log in to it and show the os. Video is nearly useless.

How do you fix offline status?

No te entendí ni verga no se ingles (meme en español)

Does this modem has Wi-Fi?