The Motorola SURFboard SBG6580 is a smart wireless device functioning both as a modem and a wireless router, and offering an effective networking option for your home, a small office or an office at home with the ability to arrange custom network featuring modern ultra-broadband internet data and multimedia transfer as well as to advance Internet speed across devices of your home network.
Looking stylish and solid, the SURFboard SBG6580 has 6.6 inches height, 2.1 inches width, and 6.8 inches depth. The operating temperature of the device ranges from 32oF (minimum) up to 1040F (maximum).
There are five LED indicators on the front panel intended for power, downstream channel, upstream channel, online, and wireless connectivity. Below there is the WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Security) button. The rear panel houses six jacks, including 4 Ethernet ports, a Coaxial cable jack, and a power socket.
The Motorola SURFboard SBG runs on the basis of DOCSIS 3.0 (Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification) version, which permits the addition of high-bandwidth data transfer to an existing cable system, supports IPv6 (Internet Protocol version 6), significantly expanding the range of accessible addresses, as well as supporting multicast transmission. In total, the SBG 6580 cable modem is able to bond up to 8 downstream channels and 4 upstream ones. You can easily surf the Web pages, download music, images and videos. This cable modem is backward compatible with the DOCSIS 1.0, DOCSIS 1.1and DOCSIS 2.0 versions.
The Motorola SURFboard SBG6580 supports the IEEE 802.11n wireless networking standard, notably improving network throughput by a significant increase in the maximum net data rate up to 600Mbit/s. It is also backward compatible with 802.11a, 802.11b, and 802.11g versions. In addition the fully integrated multifunction home network device includes the functionality of four-port Ethernet switch with improved firewall. A great advantage is lack of necessity to acquire a separate router.
In general the Motorola SURFboard SBG6580 is an excellent All-in-One device offering a wide range of features in one compact body.
