The things you may need to get to more often are all on the side panel (WPS button, WiFi on/off switch, USB 2.0 and 3.0 and a hard reset button)

ZyXEL Cable Modem DOCSIS 3.0 Compatible with Time Warner Cox (CDA30360) {actually a HitronTechnologies product}my home network is virtually flawless with no need for hard resets...

Hard reset of the router

They come in handy for quickly doing hard resets, and for those moments of paranoia when you think someone has tapped into your network from the outside (ha!).A lot of people seem to be stuck on the fact that the ethernet ports on the AC1200 aren't gigabit, but chances are you won't be worrying about that if your internet connection isn't even that fast to begin with

Router worked great for the first 8 month however, I am no longer able to log into the admin page to change settings even after preforming a number of hard resets

It has an old tech look about it and is pretty big compared to the aforementioned cheaper router`s, but if you have burn money, then I would recommend this router.

Wireless transfers from PC to PC are excellent +100 MB/s, and same external drive to direct PC USB 2 gets