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UPC Modem/Router help

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  • 10-01-2011 6:14pm
    #1
    loafroaster
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4 ✭


    Hi there,

    I've recently had UPC 15MB Fibre Power broadband installed (which I see is no longer offered on their website), and as mentioned many times before on older threads, their modem/router combo (Cisco EPC2425) is a big pile of poop :).

    Being a relative newbie, could anyone advise if it's possible to set up my own modem/router, any recommendations on what I should purchase to do so, and how I would go about setting it up?

    Any help would be greatly appreciated. If anyone's gone through this themselves, it'd be great to find out what the best option is.

    Many thanks,
    Conor
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    #2
    Spear
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Help & Feedback Category Moderators Posts: 25,242 CMod ✭✭✭✭Spear


    loafroaster wrote: »
    Hi there,

    I've recently had UPC 15MB Fibre Power broadband installed (which I see is no longer offered on their website), and as mentioned many times before on older threads, their modem/router combo (Cisco EPC2425) is a big pile of poop :).

    Being a relative newbie, could anyone advise if it's possible to set up my own modem/router, any recommendations on what I should purchase to do so, and how I would go about setting it up?

    Any help would be greatly appreciated. If anyone's gone through this themselves, it'd be great to find out what the best option is.

    Many thanks,
    Conor

    Your own modem, no. Your own router, yes. You can either just connect a router straight to the Cisco, or ideally but the Cisco in bridge mode to make it transparent. This will stop the phone service working though.


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    iknorr
    Registered Users Posts: 836 ✭✭✭iknorr


    already here

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056140117


    I got an RT-N56U. Savage


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    #4
    loafroaster
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4 ✭loafroaster


    Thanks all! I'm gonna invest in a decent router and throw the Cisco out the window. Terrible, terrible piece of equipment ;)


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    jor el
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,713 ✭✭✭✭jor el


    You can't get rid of the Cisco, it's your modem.


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