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At home I go from the modem to a Firewalla and then break out to the WiFi. Our needs at home are pretty simple though. https://firewalla.com I have been quite happy with the experience.
i hope so at $100-$125/port
Ooof. pfSense on retired hardware is cheap, like free. Using them since 1.2.something. Mid 00's.
Often hard to use your own stuff with fiber systems. I get AT&T fiber which is pretty good service but no way to use your own “modem” (optical network terminal). I think their gateway suffers from some kind of buffer issue which affects me even w/ “ip pass through” to my own Synology router.
This is the 2nd time I've heard this in this thread and it baffles me. Setting up a fiber connection is how I know I won't have to fight for control at the edge.
> I get AT&T fiber...
Okay, okay. AT&T excepting but that goes without saying. Wherever they are you want to be elsewhere.
I run my own homelab and have a Ubiquiti gateway (UDM). I would have loved to have the fibre connection come directly into my box uninterrupted but the ISP's modem is required to associate the connection with my account (or something to that effect). Deeply disappointing.
That’s pretty normal for fiber. They usually want their own device at the end of it
What about: I use the ISP router for support convenience then I turn off its wifi and daisy chain a second router I set up?
I run my own homelab and have a Ubiquiti gateway (UDM). I would have loved to have the fibre connection come directly into my box uninterrupted but the ISP's modem is required to associate the connection with my account (or something to that effect). Deeply disappointing.
More and more I see articles and videos about programmable SFP modules which can be used to directly connect devices like UDM to GPON/XG(S)-PON networks, completely bypassing the ISP provided ONT. You may well find something that fits your situation with a little searching.
FWIW their box isn't bad once you put it in bridge mode. I have 10gig on my lan and 3gig to the edge and the connection is impressively stable at 3gig. I get 1 ping sometimes when playing Fortnite -- I'm on Vancouver Island. Comical if not inaccurate.
My only real issue with having their box is it sucks maybe 30watts ... Removing it would give me an extra 20 or so minutes on my UPS.
I wish. I own my own modem and router, but Comcast won’t let me use them unless I pay a whole bunch of extra fees or accept a stupidly low monthly data cap. I’ve got my router downstream of theirs which is a bit annoying, especially considering their modem-router combo overheats and needs to be rebooted via unplugging power at least once a month. Sadly I have no other options here in San Francisco. My house is not wi…
This (or a memory leak, anyway, something) is why I have my ISPs modem (I luckily can disable the router part; I think that might actually be EU mandated) on a smart plug. When my internet fails, I check to see if the modem is reachable, if it’s not, I go to Home Assistant, turn it off for 10 seconds and then turn it on again.
I guess I could automate it, but every 1-1.5 month is not enough to make me bother.
Xfinity (Comcast) is uploading their own firmware to my netgear which I have purchased on amazon. So one may (rightfully) assume that they have their own backdoors there too; otherwise why would they bother doing that.
Often hard to use your own stuff with fiber systems. I get AT&T fiber which is pretty good service but no way to use your own “modem” (optical network terminal). I think their gateway suffers from some kind of buffer issue which affects me even w/ “ip pass through” to my own Synology router.
There are ways now (as in, very recent) to bypass the ONT for AT&T, people have developed custom GPON SFP module firmware that lets you connect directly. There are also multiple ways to bypass the gateway authentication, be it extracting the certificates or doing Ethernet proxying of the authentication frames.
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I live in SF and Comcast doesn't charge me to have my own router. I pay $130 for 1.4gbit and unlimited data. It's expensive but I also have no other choices. Sonic stops only one block over and we haven't been able to convince them to wire up my block.
he said modem... he also have own router dowstream.
I wish. I own my own modem and router, but Comcast won’t let me use them unless I pay a whole bunch of extra fees or accept a stupidly low monthly data cap. I’ve got my router downstream of theirs which is a bit annoying, especially considering their modem-router combo overheats and needs to be rebooted via unplugging power at least once a month. Sadly I have no other options here in San Francisco. My house is not wi…
Manwhile i live in a rural area 10kms away of a little town in the south of Chile with FTTH with 1gbit symetrical with Static ip address really unlimited (no CAP of anytype) with one deco for my tv for 24 usd a month with an installation that cost me 30 usd. Should i add i hace to use rainwater because no potable wáter Is available?