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2wire use as hub, no dsl

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by amasseo1226

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i have switched to cable from dsl. Can I somehow use the hub portion of the 2wire dsl modem without having dsl? plugged cable modem into one of the four ethernet ports, and my two pcs into two others. This one works fine, but my second pc keeps getting the gateway.2wire setup page.

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by churdoo

Well you can use the switch ("hub") portion of the 2-wire appliance as just a switch, even a switch and a DHCP server, but you can't use it to share your cable internet connection the way you're suggesting.

The inside of the cable modem expects to see one device and one device only, and the first one that it sees, it binds to and that's all it will talk to. You still need to purchase an off-the-shelf Cable/DSL router to share that cable internet connection amongst multiple workstations.

by puppet9

Yes you can use the 2wire as a wireless router only, the only problem is that to configure the broadband link you need to log into the management console. The management console is different for each isp. I work for an ISP and the management console password is changed somewhat regularly. I cannot give it out for the reason that some people will change every setting they can get their hands on to try and increase their speed, in the process a certain percentage brick their modem, costing us a service call. Also I am in Canada so my password would probably not work for your 2wire.

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