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snagglepuss

(12,704 posts) Sun Sep 8, 2013, 02:41 PM Sep 2013

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Can a 2Wire wireless router from AT&T be configured to work with another provider?

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Can a 2Wire wireless router from AT&T be configured to work with another provider? (Original Post) snagglepuss Sep 2013 OP

I have one and was told "No" by Time Warner. nt snappyturtle Sep 2013 #1

I wonder if that because TW wants to sell you theirs so it's in their interest to say say no? snagglepuss Sep 2013 #2

Nope. They suggested I buy a Linksys or something like snappyturtle Sep 2013 #3

What a waste. Thanks so much for the info. snagglepuss Sep 2013 #4

I thought it was a waste too, but what could I do? nt snappyturtle Sep 2013 #6

They were correct, Only because Sentath Sep 2013 #8

Duh! I think you're right! nt snappyturtle Sep 2013 #11

The general problem is that provider specific routers tend to have provide specific software PoliticAverse Sep 2013 #5

What other provider are you trying to hook up to? Downwinder Sep 2013 #7

This is the right question Sentath Sep 2013 #9

I have turned the modem off and set them up as APs. Downwinder Sep 2013 #10

If you're there to do it in person it can be cheap and easy. Sentath Sep 2013 #13

They get replaced by UBIQUITI with POE. Downwinder Sep 2013 #15

Best thing to do with a 2Wire anything is to see how far you can throw it. hobbit709 Sep 2013 #12

I've been missing... discntnt_irny_srcsm Sep 2013 #14

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snappyturtle

(14,656 posts)

1. I have one and was told "No" by Time Warner. nt

Reply to snagglepuss (Original post)

Sun Sep 8, 2013, 02:43 PM

Sep 2013

snagglepuss

(12,704 posts)

2. I wonder if that because TW wants to sell you theirs so it's in their interest to say say no?

Reply to snappyturtle (Reply #1)

Sun Sep 8, 2013, 02:56 PM

Sep 2013

Companies are crafty

snappyturtle

(14,656 posts)

3. Nope. They suggested I buy a Linksys or something like

Reply to snagglepuss (Reply #2)

Sun Sep 8, 2013, 03:00 PM

Sep 2013

it....they didn't try to sell me 'theirs'. I don't think they had
a 'theirs'.

snagglepuss

(12,704 posts)

4. What a waste. Thanks so much for the info.

Reply to snappyturtle (Reply #3)

Sun Sep 8, 2013, 03:03 PM

Sep 2013

snappyturtle

(14,656 posts)

6. I thought it was a waste too, but what could I do? nt

Reply to snagglepuss (Reply #4)

Sun Sep 8, 2013, 03:19 PM

Sep 2013

Sentath

(2,243 posts)

8. They were correct, Only because

Reply to snappyturtle (Reply #1)

Sun Sep 8, 2013, 03:59 PM

Sep 2013

2Wire is DSL and as far as I know Time Warner is Cable

DSL and Cable are very different ways of doing things.

snappyturtle

(14,656 posts)

11. Duh! I think you're right! nt

Reply to Sentath (Reply #8)

Sun Sep 8, 2013, 04:45 PM

Sep 2013

PoliticAverse

(26,366 posts)

5. The general problem is that provider specific routers tend to have provide specific software

Reply to snagglepuss (Original post)

Sun Sep 8, 2013, 03:04 PM

Sep 2013

that can't be easily changed. For a definitive answer search for information on your router's exact specific
model number (on sites like broadbandreports.com).

Downwinder

(12,869 posts)

7. What other provider are you trying to hook up to?

Reply to snagglepuss (Original post)

Sun Sep 8, 2013, 03:30 PM

Sep 2013

The 2wires I have looked at are all telephone modems rather than cable modems.

Sentath

(2,243 posts)

9. This is the right question

Reply to Downwinder (Reply #7)

Sun Sep 8, 2013, 04:02 PM

Sep 2013

I do tech support for a little ISP in SEK and we have several 2Wire DSL modems configured and serving our DSL customers.

One of our field techs was able to reconfig a 2Wire to be a WAP on the customer side of our wireless CPE, but that's more than we were able to support over the phone.

Downwinder

(12,869 posts)

10. I have turned the modem off and set them up as APs.

Reply to Sentath (Reply #9)

Sun Sep 8, 2013, 04:12 PM

Sep 2013

They were like $2 at Goodwill.

Sentath

(2,243 posts)

13. If you're there to do it in person it can be cheap and easy.

Reply to Downwinder (Reply #10)

Sun Sep 8, 2013, 07:50 PM

Sep 2013

But what happens when the power blinks (we're in thunderstorm territory) and it loses it's configuration?

Downwinder

(12,869 posts)

15. They get replaced by UBIQUITI with POE.

Reply to Sentath (Reply #13)

Sun Sep 8, 2013, 09:08 PM

Sep 2013

hobbit709

(41,694 posts)

12. Best thing to do with a 2Wire anything is to see how far you can throw it.

Reply to snagglepuss (Original post)

Sun Sep 8, 2013, 05:00 PM

Sep 2013

discntnt_irny_srcsm

(18,579 posts)

14. I've been missing...

Reply to hobbit709 (Reply #12)

Sun Sep 8, 2013, 08:41 PM

Sep 2013

...that type of clarity in technical opinions.

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