Comment on Do I need the ISPs home router?
MehBlah@lemmy.world 2 days ago
It depends on their policies. Some ISPs allow you to purchase your own router. Some don’t. As long as their device supports bridging or in some cases DMZ you can just bypass their device to use your own. That is what I did when I switched to AT&Fee fiber.
JamBandFan1996@lemmy.ml 2 days ago
Yeah I have at&t and currently using bridge mode, but I want to rip out their device completely if possible
MehBlah@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Nope. I looked at it and couldn’t come up with a way to do it. Please ignore that though. I would love to eliminate their device but so far I haven’t been able. If you figure it out I would be happy to give it a try. I’m using the passthrough method on my att router. My router does have a public IP on the wan and I shut IPV6 down completely.
I have quite a bit of experience with the tech. I’ve worked for several ISPs over the years. My last gig was sysadmin for a small four town ISP.