Which router should I use for bridge mode?

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I have Comcast and have the Comcast single modem with my separate router (Linksys WRT 1900AC). I just upgraded my service and they sent me the all-in-one router/phone/modem (Arris TG862G), which I haven't set up yet. I upgraded my internet from the 25Mbps Blast to 105Mbps. My question is, should I use the Arris modem as a bridge or my Linksys as a bridge? I have a lot of devices using wireless, including my 2 Xbox One.
Also, my Linksys has been giving problems. It drops my wifi at least 2-3 times a day. In addition to that problem, if I am on Netflix on my laptop or iPad, the Internet starts to go slow for everyone else. Any ideas about that as well? For my Linksys router being so expensive, it works like crap.
 
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I would use the Arris as your router and set the Linksys as an AP that uses a different set of radio channels (with different SSID) so that you can assign users to each to balance the wireless load.

To use the Linksys as an AP just connect it to the Arris LAN port to LAN port, turn off DHCP in the Linksys, give the Linksys a static address in the network range but outside the DHCP assignment range of the Arris (so that another device is not also assigned that IP address), and set up the radio channels. As far as security you can use the same or different passkey, up to you.
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I would use the Arris as your router and set the Linksys as an AP that uses a different set of radio channels (with different SSID) so that you can assign users to each to balance the wireless load.

To use the Linksys as an AP just connect it to the Arris LAN port to LAN port, turn off DHCP in the Linksys, give the Linksys a static address in the network range but outside the DHCP assignment range of the Arris (so that another device is not also assigned that IP address), and set up the radio channels. As far as security you can use the same or different passkey, up to you.
 
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