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Originally Posted by Neilk
I have never done it, but don't you have to register your modem with the ISP if you have the option of buying your own?
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This. I am on Cox Cable. I upgraded my service to the "Gigabyte" service, and my old modem would not support that speed, so I needed a new modem and router.
I asked Cox what modem they sell, and got the model number for that, and checked on Amazon and it was just a few bucks cheaper, so I ordered it. When I hooked it up, I had to call Cox, and give them all my account details, and the set up a "handskake" with it, and sent it the commands needed to work on their system.
My new router is there to provide me with WiFi and a firewall, and Cox has nothing much to do about it, just like the two switches I have.
Since it is my modem, I can log into it, and look at the settings, but I sure don't want to change anything or it likely will stop working. I would not know what to change anyway.
The router is one I can regularly make sure the firmware is up to date, and adjust and set up the WiFi networks on the different frequencies, and turn on or off the guest network.
Likely they need to contact the cable provider, and have them register the device to work on the cable provider's network.