Ah, I see, thanks. So the Airport Extreme isn't any better at it than an Actiontec modem? I have no interest in using Guest Mode, I imagine my neigbhors would just steal it, ha ha. But I do use Dual band on it, as I find 5Ghz band has a lot less interferance. I don't have any problems using Dual Band... that I'm aware of.
My problem is when I tried setting up port forwarding on the new modem last night (the C1000A). It would NOT save anything I inputted and I didn't know why. I thought maybe since it was DSL modem and router this function maybe limited/restricted maybe? Why I don't know, I saw somethign once that some settings are limited on DSL modem/routers. I went to Port Forwarding, I selected an ip, I put in the port number, I choose TCP/UDP, hit Apply, the modem would say it was saving, then go back to the previous screen and under Rules Setup (or something like that) it said "none". I tried numerous times, even rebooted it and it would not save any settings.
So I thought maybe swapping which was bridged and which was DHCP, I could setup port forwarding easier on the Airport Extreme. I'm not sure I have the password to setup PPoPE though, or is that automatic when it's connected? As I said I have loose understanding of this all, thanks