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mb10240 t1_j0wixcv wrote

Reply to comment by the_honeyman in Honest opinions of Brightspeed Fiber? by gypster85

Wifi coverage with their included router is lacking for my particular house. No easy way to expand coverage, except for repeaters that don’t integrate easily with their garbage equipment.

So, I guess your experience might vary based on house size and what your setup is like. I run a variety of home servers (a NAS, Plex server, a PiHole, among others), have a number of smart devices, and my house is 130+ years old and 3600 square feet. The C4000XG is garbage for a power user or anyone needing a decent amount of wifi coverage.

But saying “what this person says isn’t true,” is just rude. And what you’re calling “the modem” is likely the ONT, which is not a modem at all. It doesn’t handle authentication for their fiber optic network.

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the_honeyman t1_j0wtsjh wrote

I said "isn't always true," which is neither calling you a liar nor rude. If that hurt your feelings, I don't know what to tell you.

I don't know of a single retail router that can provide good coverage for 3600sq ft, so idk if that's really a knock on their equipment.

Thanks for the education on the ONT though. My knowledge is completely coax/cat5 networking. I can splice fiber, but that's about all I've had training on.

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mb10240 t1_j0wvy8e wrote

If I could put a (retail) mesh router in of my own choosing, absolutely would not have an issue in coverage. But you can’t do that, at least in an acceptable way.

Even if you don’t have a 3600 square foot house, just having a second story and a not centrally located place for their equipment would be problematic. You can add a 3rd party network extender, but those are largely hit or miss.

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gypster85 OP t1_j0x011m wrote

I've heard of some people plugging the Brightspeed router (4000XG?) into their own router (like an Orbi), then turning off the signal from the BS router. Far from ideal, but we might try that.

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the_honeyman t1_j0x23fi wrote

Problem is, if they push firmware updates like Mediacom does, it'll reset and start broadcasting again.

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mb10240 t1_j0x2oe7 wrote

Yeah, you can do that, but then you’ve got a double NAT. I tried DMZing the C4000XG to my Orbi to avoid that and got some pretty lousy results.

I bought a TP-Link 802.11ax extender and it works… some of the time. Definitely not perfect.

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cdkzfw t1_j10zjoq wrote

I did that and it worked fine, just make sure your router is setup in access point mode, otherwise they will both be trying to hand out IPs.

My TP Link Deco Mesh system actually has the ability to set the VLAN required for IPOE athentication, but I noticed slower speeds.

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the_honeyman t1_j0x1xcr wrote

Shockingly, Netgear and TP Link both make decent extenders. At least they did 5 years ago.

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r1verbend t1_j0z3iz3 wrote

I was able to connect Google Mesh and knock out all the dead spots in our home. Before Brightspeed; I had to pay extra for a repeater from Mediacom, and couldn’t use WiFi in the basement, a room off our dining room, our kitchen or backyard. It has been nice to finally remove those dead zones and have fast internet anywhere in the house.

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