18-07-2022, 01:47 PM
(This post was last modified: 18-07-2022, 01:47 PM by Mike Watterson.)
Fibre uses a separate router, so if you copy the WAN settings, like xDSL. you can use your own.
Cable uses shared and easy to tap into coax, so the modem is secure and provisioned by the ISP. Some used to only supply the modem. Some of the combo modem/router/Airpoints can have bridging enabled so a separate router can be used. Even the combo ones usually allow the internally bridged airpoint to be disabled and the DHCP server disabled (business systems may have a DHCP with more security and ability to hand preset IPs to defined Mac (like for a Printer).
Most xDSL routers can be used as a switch & airpoint if you disable DHCP and WAN. Some have WAN ethernet port for fibre (or cable modem or cable modem-router in bridge mode).
Any cable ISP that let you use your cable modem is unusual and bonkers. They'd have to put all the details in their database and provision.
xDSL can be monitored by a tap in the cabinet. The Cable DOCSIS is secure (usually ver 2.x or 3.x, the main difference is 3.x has channel bonding for multiple 6 MHz (USA) or 8 MHz (most of world) channels.
Cable uses shared and easy to tap into coax, so the modem is secure and provisioned by the ISP. Some used to only supply the modem. Some of the combo modem/router/Airpoints can have bridging enabled so a separate router can be used. Even the combo ones usually allow the internally bridged airpoint to be disabled and the DHCP server disabled (business systems may have a DHCP with more security and ability to hand preset IPs to defined Mac (like for a Printer).
Most xDSL routers can be used as a switch & airpoint if you disable DHCP and WAN. Some have WAN ethernet port for fibre (or cable modem or cable modem-router in bridge mode).
Any cable ISP that let you use your cable modem is unusual and bonkers. They'd have to put all the details in their database and provision.
xDSL can be monitored by a tap in the cabinet. The Cable DOCSIS is secure (usually ver 2.x or 3.x, the main difference is 3.x has channel bonding for multiple 6 MHz (USA) or 8 MHz (most of world) channels.
