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I have an AT&T FIOS Phone/WiFi router that stinks. I have a faster WiFi router I want to use to replace the AT&T for the wifi and router parts. How do I do this ? Basics I think are to: somehow keep the AT&T unit so phone will work but not use it as a router or a WiFi. connect new wifi router to AT&T with a cable. I can get into the AT&T unit and print the settings but I do not know what settings are important. What things do I need to do to make it all play and not have to change all the passwords on my equipment. Please give me steps in order with as much detail possible Thank you so much. |
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On 10/04/2018 20:44, Derek wrote:
How do I do this ? Please ask your ISP. Your question is can't be answered here without knowing what your ISP wants and what restrictions they have in people using their own routers. /--- This email has been checked for viruses by Windows Defender software. //https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows/comprehensive-security/ -- With over 600 million devices now running Windows 10, customer satisfaction is higher than any previous version of windows. |
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Derek wrote:
I have an AT&T FIOS Phone/WiFi router that stinks. I have a faster WiFi router I want to use to replace the AT&T for the wifi and router parts. How do I do this ? Basics I think are to: somehow keep the AT&T unit so phone will work but not use it as a router or a WiFi. connect new wifi router to AT&T with a cable. I can get into the AT&T unit and print the settings but I do not know what settings are important. What things do I need to do to make it all play and not have to change all the passwords on my equipment. Please give me steps in order with as much detail possible Thank you so much. ATT does not allow non ATT equipment on FIOS/UVerse/VDSL lines. They do allow non ATT on analog or regular DSL. You will need to rent a better modem from ATT. That is what they have told me repeately for the last 2 years. |
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On 4/10/2018 2:09 PM, Paul in Houston TX wrote:
Derek wrote: I have an AT&T FIOS Phone/WiFi router that stinks. I have a faster WiFi router I want to use to replace the AT&T for the wifi and router parts. How do I do this ? Basics I think are to: somehow keep the AT&T unit so phone will work but not use it as a router or a WiFi. connect new wifi router to AT&T with a cable. I can get into the AT&T unit and print the settings but I do not know what settings are important. What things do I need to do to make it all play and not have to change all the passwords on my equipment. Please give me steps in order with as much detail possible Thank you so much. ATT does not allow non ATT equipment on FIOS/UVerse/VDSL lines. They do allow non ATT on analog or regular DSL. You will need to rent a better modem from ATT. That is what they have told me repeately for the last 2 years. Look into the settings to see if there's an IP passthrough mode. https://www.google.com/search?as_q=ip+passthrough It outputs your external internet IP address. Plug that into your second router and let it manage the internal network. No idea what, if anything, that does to the phone connection. |
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"Derek" wrote in message news
I have an AT&T FIOS Phone/WiFi router that stinks. I have a faster WiFi router I want to use to replace the AT&T for the wifi and router parts. How do I do this ? Basics I think are to: somehow keep the AT&T unit so phone will work but not use it as a router or a WiFi. connect new wifi router to AT&T with a cable. I can get into the AT&T unit and print the settings but I do not know what settings are important. What things do I need to do to make it all play and not have to change all the passwords on my equipment. Please give me steps in order with as much detail possible Thank you so much. I don't know that router but some generic steps to try if that AT&T router has an Ethernet port. 1. Log into the AT&T router and look for WiFi settings for both the 2.4GHz and 5GHz bandwidths that allow them to be turned off along with any Guest network if you had one setup. 2. That AT&T router probably has an IP address of 192.168.1.1 and also serves up the DHCP addresses for your other devices when they connect either by wired or wireless connection. 3. Connect your PC or laptop to the new router but do not connect it to the AT&T router. You need to setup the new router first so it's an Access Point off the AT&T router. That new router should have a tag on it that shows the default IP address, username (if needed) and password. Follow the manufacturers instructions on how to gain access to that router by using the address they provide. 4. You want to setup the new router with a different internal network address than the AT&T router. Set it up to the subnet same address i.e. 192.168.xxx.yyy but make the yyy part one more than the AT&T router. So if the AT&T is set to 192.168.1.1, the new router will be 192.168.1.2 Note: The AT&T DHCP addressing scheme may need to be adjusted so the start of the DHCP addresses starts at 192.168.1.3 and goes to 192.168.1.254. It can be set to a narrower range and the IP numbers I'm using may not be what are set on the AT&T router. You may find it has a different subnet address such as 192.168.0.1 or 172.xxx.xxx.xxx or 10.xxx.xxx.xxx. Follow the IP numbering scheme you presently use. 5. On the new router, you do not want DHCP set to on. The AT&T router will still hand out the addresses. 6. When you set the address on the new router you need to enter in some more info: New router IP address: 192.168.1.x (with x being one higher number than the AT&T router) Mask: 255.255.255.0 Gateway: 192.168.1.1 This will be the same address that the AT&T IP address is set to now. I'm assuming it's 192.168.1.1 7. Once the new router has the settings and you've also setup a new password and Network SSID (name for router) , disconnect it from your PC or laptop and connect the cable over to a Ethernet port on the AT&T router. Other security settings may need to be set on the new router to match whatever you have on your devices and should match the AT&T router settings. Typically the Security Level is WPA2-Personal. 8. I'm assuming that the AT&T router also has the firewall turned on - leave it on to do the firewall duties. Turn off the firewall on the new router. Having two firewalls inline like that can cause problems. 9. With the WiFi turned off on the AT&T router, the new router should be seen using the new SSID you entered. Now to make things easy, you can use the same SSID and channel numbers and network password that were used on the AT&T router and those will work. That keeps the AT&T router online so it's used by your phone and TV if you have TV with them. It will still dish out the DHCP addresses to other PC's and laptops when they connect. This is only one set of generic instructions and you may have to look hard in the AT&T settings to find the Off switch to turn off the wireless for both 2.4GHz and 5GHz bands. The Verizon FIOS routers (Actiontec) hide setting in submenus so it may take some hunting. On some routers, you may have to call your ISP to get a password to unlock some settings. Once you tell them what you want to do, they should either talk you thru it or furnish you with answers. If we knew the make and model numbers we could look them up and provide some more instructions if you can't get it setup and working. -- Bob S. |
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On Tue, 10 Apr 2018 16:09:34 -0500, Paul in Houston TX wrote:
ATT does not allow non ATT equipment on FIOS/UVerse/VDSL lines. They do allow non ATT on analog or regular DSL. You will need to rent a better modem from ATT. That is what they have told me repeately for the last 2 years. Is that their call to make? I thought the FCC had ruled that all consumers have the right to their own modems. Of course, under the present administration .... -- Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA http://BrownMath.com/ http://OakRoadSystems.com/ Shikata ga nai... |
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On Wed, 11 Apr 2018 22:40:21 -0400, Stan Brown
wrote: On Tue, 10 Apr 2018 16:09:34 -0500, Paul in Houston TX wrote: ATT does not allow non ATT equipment on FIOS/UVerse/VDSL lines. They do allow non ATT on analog or regular DSL. You will need to rent a better modem from ATT. That is what they have told me repeately for the last 2 years. Is that their call to make? I thought the FCC had ruled that all consumers have the right to their own modems. My son has a FiOS line. I'm not sure I'm right, but I think he owns his modem and it's not ATT. |
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On 4/12/2018 9:47 AM, Ken Blake wrote:
On Wed, 11 Apr 2018 22:40:21 -0400, Stan Brown wrote: On Tue, 10 Apr 2018 16:09:34 -0500, Paul in Houston TX wrote: ATT does not allow non ATT equipment on FIOS/UVerse/VDSL lines. They do allow non ATT on analog or regular DSL. You will need to rent a better modem from ATT. That is what they have told me repeately for the last 2 years. Is that their call to make? I thought the FCC had ruled that all consumers have the right to their own modems. My son has a FiOS line. I'm not sure I'm right, but I think he owns his modem and it's not ATT. I have Frontier FiOS and I surely don't own my modem, AKA ONT. It's in the box on the outside of the house. I do use my own router. |
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Q- To Derek
So Derek - What worked to fix the problem?
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