# Modem/Router Replacement Question **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [December 7, 2013, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modem-router-replacement-question/675780 "2013-12-07T23:37:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![SanDiegoTim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@SanDiegoTim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanDiegoTim)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2013, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modem-router-replacement-question/675780/1 "2013-12-07T23:37:01Z")
If I was going to replace both my cable modem and my wireless router, does it make any difference as to which I replace first? ---
**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_York](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f6c823/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_York](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_York)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2013, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modem-router-replacement-question/675780/2 "2013-12-07T23:47:57Z")
I don’t think so. I have recently replaced both my cable modem and wireless router and I replaced the wireless router first, only because my cable company offered me a new modem to enable me to update to a faster service. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2013, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modem-router-replacement-question/675780/3 "2013-12-08T00:04:13Z")
Buying your own cable modem can save you money (rental from Comcast et al. is typically about 1-1/2 times the cost per year) and give you higher performance, if the cable provider has given you old cheap junk. (This has been a Public Service Announcement.) But no, you can replace either one at your lezzurr.