Cable modems are also readily available, it's just a matter of ensuring that the one you choose is compatible with your ISP. Many cable ISPs charge a "rental" fee for the modem-router, and buying your own modem can easily pay for itself in 2-3 years by avoiding that charge while also offering superior performance.
If you can't switch the routing function off on your modem-router, one possible thing to look into would be to get your own dedicated modem. If you can get the modem-router to function purely as a modem, the AirPort Extreme should be DHCP and NAT (basically, gets the information from your ISP to be on the internet (DHCP), and then provides routing to any devices that connect so that they can communicate over the internet (NAT)). There's no point (and in fact a performance hit) if you have your AirPort Extreme work as a router behind a router. The trouble is that if you can't get your modem-router to just act as a pure modem, you're stuck. Ideally you'd have the modem-router serving purely as a modem, and the AirPort Extreme serving as the router. All of the routing functionality, the stuff that takes more processing power, is being handled by the modem-router. If your AirPort Extreme is in bridge mode it's essentially serving as a wireless extender for your modem-router, and that's it. Bridge mode basically means that the device is passing along signals and not much else. Network performance might be similar (I haven't seen any tests), but stability - not needing to reboot the setup to keep things running smoothly, if at all, particularly when using applications that create a lot of connections - tends to be a more common issue. The reason I say that is because while modem-routers have gotten a lot better over the years, I've yet to hear of one that can work as well as a high-end router like the AirPort Extreme. Check the internet for instructions on your particular model sometimes it's a matter of putting it into bridge mode, but may be other terms used depending on the vendor.
"The absolute best thing that you can do is to check the settings on your modem-router and see if there's a way to configure it to be a modem only.I just wanted to bounce off this responses from elsewhere of you: Thanks for your answers, they are very much appreciated. Potential IP address conflicts can be avoided by using a different IP address range on the ISP modem/router and AirPort. If this is not what you want, then consider the DHCP and NAT setup. With the AirPort in Bridge Mode, devices on the AirPort network will be able to "see" devices on the ISP modem/router network and vice versa.
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This type of setup could be used if you wanted to let your "guests" use the AirPort network without having to give them the password to your "private" network. With the DHCP and NAT setting on the AirPort, devices on the AirPort network will be able to access the Internet, but they will not be able to "see" any of the devices on the ISP modem/router and vice versa. No reason to consider using DHCP and NAT on the AirPort unless you want to have two completely separate networks.one provided by the ISP modem/router and the other provided by the AirPort. Well, thanks anyway, hopefully you guys can help me out.ĭHCP and NAT will never result in a faster connection, and in most cases it will result in a slower connection. Will using bridge mode reduce network interference or congestion and decrease latency? If so, I would assume they are triple NAT-ing, which can't be good. One final question, since I am also using multiple airport expresses to wirelessly extend my network, do these also need to be in bridge mode, because currently they aren't I don't think. Is this a good idea? Or should I instead put my airport time capsule in bridge mode and allow my ISP gateway to assign IP addresses etc. I want to use my airport time capsule as the router and essentially use the ISP gateway as ONLY a modem (by disabling it's WiFi and putting it in bridge mode). I am looking to optimise my network, so I believe I need to put one of the routers in bridge mode. I purchased an Airport Time Capsule to use as my main router a while back and have plugged it into one of the LAN ports on the back of my ISP gateway, but since neither are currently in bridge mode, I suspect they are double NAT-ing, whatever that is (They are both acting as a router I think). So since I live in the UK, I have an ISP (BT) which provides me with their own ISP gateway (a modem/router combination) which I my DSL cable goes straight into. Debating whether to put my ISP router in bridge mode or my airport time capsule.
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