Arris SB6183 DOCSIS 3.0 Cable Modem – White

Only had an issue once and Arris replaced the modem right away with no hassle; for some reason the ethernet cable jack wasn’t properly connecting (possibly loose connector). I’m on Comcasts 75Mbps Blast plan and actually all 16 of the download channels are getting used (image below).

Fantastic modem for my TWC 200/20 service in Richardson, TX. I had been leasing a modem (Ubee DDW36C1) which provided shoddy wireless reliability. I had called TWC to replace the unit with an ARRIS modem/router, but they never fulfilled my request, so I went ahead and purchased this guy out right, losing the monthly leasing fee and picked up a AirPort Extreme to do the wireless bit. Attached is SpeedTest results using SB6183 and AirPort Extreme.Very happy with this modem!

Performs flawlessly and gives me no problems. I needed this for Cox Ultimate, which has an advertised speed of 300 Mb/s, so I needed a 16×4 modem. I bought a 16×4 modem earlier (cough cough Netgear) and it had issues going over 270 Mb/s. However, this one does 300 Mbps flawlessly and even exceeds that as you can see in the picture. Actually, on Steam I have achieved 370 Mb/s! Truly outstanding. I was disappointed to see they included a Cat 5e cable, which is only rated for 100 Mbps. Luckily I had some Cat 7 laying around, but Cat 6 will work for 100+ too.Would buy again!

Great product. Very easy to setup and connect with my router. Much better and faster than paying 10$ a month from TWC for some really slow old modem. This modem will last for years to come and keep up with any technology changes and faster speeds I may need in the future. I linked this up with the TP Link Archer C-9 and consistently see the speeds I pay for. Currently on TWC 50MBPS download/5MBPS upload and I always get that speed or faster. Great modem, looks sleek and clean, highly recommend.

Replaced an ossified, geriatric LinkSys docsis2 with this modem because I upgraded the cable pipe to 100Mbps. Called Cox, gave them the S# and MAC ID, and was provisioned in 5 minutes – about as easy as it gets. Modem does exactly what it’s supposed to, all 16 down and 4 up channels bonded, no issues, minor corrected re-transmits on 2-3 down channels. Runs warm to the touch, but not hot by any means. And yes, the LEDs shining through the case holes and the front do make an unavoidable night light. Got it paired with an Asus RT-N66U N900 router and I’m getting consistent 130Mbps speedtests since install. Cat6e/2.4Mhz/5.0Mhz connections with 4-12 active devices have had zero buffering issues, excellent combo, I’m extremely pleased! Between this and the other mfg’s 16×4 modem, I don’t think you can go wrong choosing an SB6183 – play the odds – no denying the # of 5* reviews…

I purchased this to replace my Comcast modem. I have to say it was extremely simple to set up. A powercord, cable hook up and Ethernet port, no extra ports or anything. 4 simple lights on the front, plus a diagram that tells you exactly what they mean though it is pretty obvious. Speeds are at least as good as with the modem I was paying $10/mo for. I did have to call Comcast to have them activate this modem but that took less than 10 minutes. I am so glad I purchased this!

When you look critically at modems it doesn’t take you long to realize that the Arris Surfboard product line is the easy winner. The choice then comes down to whether you get SB6183 or SB6141. Honestly, for $30 less and speeds up to 343Mbps the SB6141 should seem like an easy choice for 99% of people. But I decided to opt for the SB61483 for three reasons.- Comcast is listing the SB6141 in such a way that makes me think it will be considered end-of-life soon while the SB6183 is still very much current.- The SB6183 has 16 channels down as opposed to just 8 on the SB6141. Theoretically this means that at peak times you are less likely to experience your speed slowing down. Be aware your service area must be configured to support this otherwise those channels don’t help.- Comcast used to charge me $10 a month to rent a modem/router, so the extra $30 will pay itself back quickly.I do have one gripe about the box though. My issue is that the designers made the indicator LEDs brighter than the lights used to illuminate football fields at night. I initially placed mine on the shelf under my TV and trying to watch TV was like having headlights pointed into my eyes. I recommend welder’s goggles to avoid long term retina damage. No joke, these things are so bright that the light from them seeps under the door into my bedroom and is bright in there. Even considering the efficiency of LEDs I’m concerned my next electric bill will reflect the fact that I’ve used more power than a mid-sized office building to create this much illumination. But I’m a resourceful dude so I figured I would just fold a piece of paper over a few times and tape it over the front of the box to shield my eyes from this Eye of Sauron.Well, that should have worked. Unfortunately, every surface of the box other than the base is covered with air vent holes. I was afraid I would cause the device of overheat if I blocked those vents, so at this point I got kind of desperate so I took out the 1 and only screw and cut a slip in the sticker on the bottom so that I could open to box up. As you can see from the attached pictures, the LEDs are deigned so that they actually face out of the box and only a small amount of light makes it to the indicators on the front. I did the very best I could to cover this with electrical tape, but because of the way it is mounted in there it is hard cover the under side. This made the problem about 50% better but it is still bright enough to act as a night light for the entire living room and kitchen.I may be certifiable for knocking off two stars for a cosmetic problem on a modem, but these are my feelings…***UPDATE***I’ve changed my review from 3 stars to 4. This is due to the helpful comment from J. Cohen which gave me hope that I could switch off the lights. However, my hopes were dashed when I realized the solution turned off all lights EXCEPT the power LED. It’s a bit like learning you can get rid of MOST of the rats in your bed. I guess it makes it better, but I’m still uncomfortable.If you want to do this yourself here are the step:1) Open a browser window.2) Type the following number into your address bar: 192.168.100.13) Go to the Configuration tab.4) Set “Turn off front panel LEDs except power LED” to “Enable”5) Rejoice that you’ve turned off 75% off the blinding spotlights

Living in Indianapolis, there aren’t many options for internet service providers. After researching our options, I went with Comcast. We got a deal for 50/10 internet (Blast!) and sometime last year they upgraded blast to 75/10.We have consistently, in the entirety of our time with Comcast, never been able to get the speeds we pay for. We’ve traded out our modem thinking that was the cause, but eventually chalked it up to the fact that we live in an apartment complex with dozens of other wifi signals bogging ours down.After Comcast raised their modem rental cost to $10 I started considering our own modem. I set a price alert for the SB6141 and after it hit my price, I started the process to buy it. Last minute I decided to check Comcast’s site to see how their compatibility was with the SB6141 and realized it had been marked end-of-life.Wanting to be able to use the modem in the years to come, I looked at the alternatives and found this. Went through the price alert business again and a few weeks ago it hit my price. I grabbed it up immediately.Since it doesn’t have wifi built in, I sprung for the Archer C7. When they both arrived I went about setting them up. Setup was painless; I plugged it in, waited for the lights to go solid, went to comcast.com/activate and went through the activation. Voila! Internet.Speedtest.net was my first stop and if anything I’m mad that we didn’t do this sooner because we’re averaging 90/12 speeds now, even on wifi. Across the house.Now Comcast and I are getting along swimmingly.

This is my second ARRIS within 3 years… I have two dead ones lying in my garage, I vowed that I will never buy this manufacturers product again. It is made so flimsy that it is already dead.

Great little modem. Wish they made it in black when I ordered. I had a DCOS 2.0 modem for the longest time, was paying for 25 Mbps (megabits per second), and I was getting around 28 Mbps as shown my SpeedTest.net Comcast kept sending me automated phone calls to upgrade to a DCOS 3.0, and I just didn’t feel like spending the money, because I was already getting more than what I was paying. Well, after almost three years of automated phone calls and some router issues, I decided to just purchase both a new router and modem this time.Modem hooked up easily to my network, no issues. Set everything up on the router, and fired it up. Went to SpeedTest.net, and I am now literally getting on average 91 Mbps. YES, MORE THAN 3X my previous speed, and I am STILL only paying for 25 Mbps. Couldn’t be happier, and thankfully it has been that way for almost a year now. It’s an absolute crime that these ISPs have all the bandwidth they want to give out, they just decided to bottleneck it into different packages and sell each one at a premium. Couldn’t be happier.

Never will 300MBPS be available in these back woods cable runs but BLAST! is better than ever @180D12UJULY 2017 Update – It’s getting ever closer to 300! – Now pulling 240 almost every time! Fun fact, Comcast does not regulate/throttle bandwidth in the boonies. Not enough businesses to care.It runs at a hot to the touch temp but darn that internet speed is faster.

I have Spectrum (formerly Time Warner Cable) and I wanted to upgrade to the 200Mbps package since it was an extra $10/mo over the 100Mbps package. Since I had the old ARRIS SURFboard SB6141, it wasn’t compatible with speeds higher than 100Mbps so I had to either rent a modem for $8/mo from Spectrum or I had to buy a new modem. I did the math and found I’d be better off going buying the modem since I’d pay the cost of the modem in 10ish months and my SB6141 lasted me many years, so I figured it’d be a good investment.Anyway, after I got the modem, I connected it, called Spectrum, told them I had a new modem to activate, they asked for some information on the modem, and it was done. Speeds are now 200/20 and the connection has been solid for months.

SB6183 Cable modem is a great modem, seems pretty solid and no drops or lag. only problem i had was that i noticed it ran kinda hot and got warm so i decided to add a fan to it (picture attached). keeping it cool hopefully will make it last longer.

Awesome product! Paired this up with my ASUS RT53000 router in a 3 level home, router and modem is on 2nd level, NO internet extenders needed, speeds are crazy fast with 2 xbon1’s, Playstation3, 3mobile devices, laptop, multiple tablets and Google devices as well as my friends and family…No Lag! 229.13 download speed, 17.61 upload, 29ms ping.

Just got it. Comcast provider. Easy online activation. Paying for 200 Mbps download speed service. Picture shows download speed over wifi

Working well, but generates heat in use

great product and easy to set up with infinity comcast! I first went with the Netgear model the 1900-C6300 and after Three hours of talking to Comcast and Netgear service support we learned that I was having DNS errors we tried everything and for paying $180 for that modem I was not happy. So I went back and I purchased this Arris SBG6950AC2 model And it was basically plug and play I didn’t even need to really call Comcast because I logged on using the web browser on my iPad and I was able to do everything remotely as it went directly to the activation page for Areis. Your results may vary but that’s what it happened to me using Comcast ISP. I cont recommend the netgear model and less you’re good at changing your DNS and your MAC address in the advance settings and completing resets, and spending a lot of time. Basically it’s a bit more complicated than just plug-and-play like the model from Aris

I bought the SB6183 last year and have had no problems. The modem works great. The modem is definitely not my binding constraint for speed, it’s Comcast Xfinity package. I’m getting 100 Mbps down and 6 up. Initially setting up the modem with Comcast was a pain, I had to read them the MAC address and serial number, and then it took them a while to send the software to use it. I can no longer restart my modem using the Xfinity app, however that’s no problem, it’s easy to unplug it. I have an apple airport for wifi.

Dude this thing is amazing…saves me money every month. I bought this in 2015. Still working with zero problems. Great product!!

This baby flies! Increased my download speeds by 5x!!!! I would highly reccomend this to anyone looking to upgrade their cable router!

works great!

Good modem it just gets very, very hot. I keep all of my electronics in a box below my tv to hide everything as I find unbidden hardware not to be aesthetically pleasing. Keeping the modem, a router, Apple TV, and PS4 in a box causes the PS4 to overheat with the top of the box closed. I just keep it open to avoid the problem. I wish it had two jacks to plug Ethernet cables into, it has just one.

This Modem my friend recommend me, when I bought it to install for replace my internet. Cable connection is fast then old one, but no WIFI and few mini become very hot this modem. How disappointing! Now I return it.

This this was great, easy to set up! Just hooked evry thing up, called my ISP (Spectrum) to activate the box and within minutes it was up and running. Easy purchase to save 10$ on equipment rental on your monthly bill.

Since I’m finally migrating from a 3Mbit/s Centurylink DSL connection to Charter, I decided to purchase my own modem rather than get one of the WiFi modems they provide, because not only do I crave full network control, but I already have an existing, insanely overbuilt wireless infrastructure; AC1200 primary router for the family, and a Nighthawk x6 AC3200 router for my personal setup, all on a measely 3Mbit line.I don’t have the Charter line installed yet, so I haven’t been able to test actual connection performance. However, I am very happy to discover, that not only does it give me full control over the features, but *there are no features!* That means no firewall to disable or open, no port management system, absolutely nothing. And with my setup, that’s a plus; My ADSL2+ modem has an entire security suite that I had to disable, and that took time. If I don’t disable this stuff, I have network conflicts as a result, with double NAT, double firewalls, doubled portforwarding, and so on. Considering I occasionally start up and use server equipment and/or software, it’s basically a necessity to make sure that there are no double provisions that cockblock each other; I couldn’t even run a basic web storage server back before I figured out that modems and routers/switches don’t work well together unless configured properly.And to top it off, this modem is Qualified for all the way up to Charter 300Mbit if I wanted to up my plan in the future. Though the upload speed won’t change, so that is a bit of a turnoff when it comes to moving up a plan.Definitely happy with what I’m seeing so far, if I remember to I’ll update this review after properly evaluating the performance after the RG-6 lead gets installed by the scheduled tech. I’d do it myself but I don’t know where the pre-installation line from the road is located, and I’m not about to find out considering the weather that’s dominated my area recently. Cold and wet does not make for a happy IT guy.