I removed the triple play package I originally had at my residence and upgraded the internet to Business class.
Let me just say first and foremost that Comcast has been Johhny-on-the-spot with their support thus far. I have a direct customer service rep who has been more than helpful and the techs so far have been awesome.
This being said, there are some irritations with the Cisco Router DPC3939B that was issued. First and foremost I am a .Net/Android programmer so routers aren't my strong suite but usually I can get it to do what I want... Eventually.
I have a web server that I put up to host my sandbox for development projects. I own several Domain Names and I can not get to them when I am on my network. When I am outside my network, it is no problem (I think this is a form of NAT done within the router). Usually it is just a checkbox but I can't find it in the router.
I have a second router that I dumbed it down and basically use it as a WIFI access point on the third level of my house. I use Chromecast all over my house. Apparently Chromecast and the Cisco router are completely incompatible (Seriously?). Anyways, I have to keep the additional router on the network in order to use Chromecast. Now that Comcast finally gave me a router that can have signal on my third floor of my house, it is incompatible with Chromecast.
Both items seem small and trivial but combined they kind of defeat the purpose of going business class. Since I have a work around for the Chromecast, I need to get the NAT working on my network. I kind of consider this a show stopper. It complicates debugging applications multi-fold.
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