How to Connect a Router to a Modem: 7 Easy Steps for Fast, Secure Home Internet (2025)
Set up your router and modem in minutes. Follow this 7‑step guide for a faster, more secure Wi‑Fi network—ideal for any home or small office.
One of the best VDSL devices available today, the Actiontec C2300A Modem delivers the ultimate user experience. This model features a powerful networking experience, with Gigabit speeds, HD video, and multi-play over any fiber network. Additionally, the C2300A supports fiber-to-the-home (FTTH), fiber-to-the-node (FTTN), fiber-to-the curb (FTTC), and fiber-to-the-distribution-point (FTTdp/MDU) services. Dual-band WiFi (802.11n/ac) delivers wireless speeds up to 2.3 Gbps to enable the best streaming and broadband experience anywhere in your home.
With support for G.fast, G.vector, G.inp, Reference Noise Cancellation, and the option to add GPON/EPON on SFP, the C2300A offers the most advanced innovations in DSL for faster speeds over copper – including 1 Gbps on short loops. Plus with pair-bonding, the Actiontec C2300A can travel on two lanes rather than one, allowing it to deliver the extended reach and high bit rates of the latest bonded VDSL technology for a superior HD IPTV experience.
The Actiontec C2300A modem offers an unprecedented level of security for Residential Gateways, helping protect your network resources, and your customers’ identity and assets, with defensive strategies like password protection, firewall for protection against DDoS and brute force attacks, HTTP spoofing prevention, internal encryption, and other system-level mechanisms to avoid hackers from breaking in.
The C2300A has been designed from the ground up to deliver unparalleled WiFi performance. Using dual-band WiFi, the C2300A supports extreme wireless speeds up to 2.3 Gbps. Quad-stream 4×4 architecture lets subscribers stream multiple HD videos simultaneously. Additionally, this modem's powerful radios are uniquely optimized for better wireless coverage across large homes.
This Actiontec modem is primarily used and is compatible with CenturyLink service in most areas. To verify that this model will work in your area, always contact your service provider's customer service prior to placing your order with us to confirm that this model will work with your service plan. Some service plan speeds may not be supported.
Set up your router and modem in minutes. Follow this 7‑step guide for a faster, more secure Wi‑Fi network—ideal for any home or small office.
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