Own Modem/Router Advice
Discussions focus on using personal modems and routers instead of ISP-provided equipment, including recommendations for bridge mode, DOCSIS compatibility, and ISP policies on customer-owned hardware.
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Does this apply if you're using your own modem/router?
Just get your own router and don't use ISP provided router.
if this is Comcast, you can also just buy your own modem/router
The problem is the builtin cable modem. I don't have the parameters/credentials, I have next to zero experience wrangling DOCSIS, and frankly I just don't want to bother. Switching to fiber soon enough anyway.
I'm using the router provided by ISP as part of the contract for service. As long as they don't withhold administrator credentials, no problem.
I have my own router, but use the ISP's modem. The modem is also able to act as a wired router and Wi-Fi router, but I set it to "bridge mode" to disable the wired NAT so that I could use my own router instead. (When they replaced the modem, I did tell them to enable bridge mode, and they did that, so that is not a problem.)
Look up TR-069. Always use your ISP-supplied router in bridge/modem mode only.
Fwiw not all modems support this (and some do but the ISPs disable it).
Then get your own router and use their one as a glorified modem (some ISP routers will actually have a modem mode where they act purely as a modem)
Those companies have nothing to do with my ISP router or modem