Can I use my own router? - Canadian TV, Computing and Home Theatre Forums

varunaX · 2011-09-30, 10:15 PM

Apologies if this has been asked before (I tried searching) but can I use my own router for wifi Internet with fibe TV?

betterthancable · 2011-09-30, 10:43 PM

Yes, you can use your own router and connect it to Bell's modem/router. Elsewhere several people describe different theories. One thing you will need to do is make sure that you are delivering Internet to your STBs as well so you can get Facebook working.

varunaX · 2011-09-30, 11:16 PM

Ok thanks. So when you say I can connect my router to bells modem/router, you mean just bells modem (which connects to the cable out of the wall), correct? So it sounds like the router they provide is just a regular wireless router?

frankmar · 2011-10-04, 02:20 PM

Why would you use your router, Bell wifi modem/router works great, Are looking for problems? LOL

I have my desktop, laptop, note book, 3 printers all wireless connected in a Network. Except my Ps3 its connected network cable. And all work well.

varunaX · 2011-10-04, 02:43 PM

Because I require the 5ghz band and multiple guest ssid's that my expensive router provides

sillywalk · 2011-10-06, 09:22 AM

Yes, but why mess up what works? Turn off the wi-fi on the Bell router/modem, turn your expensive router into an access point and you're done.

secotton · 2011-10-06, 03:53 PM

The wireless on the Cellpipe kind of stinks. It seems like it's capped out at about 10Mb...even if you're on Fibe 16+

Best thing to do is plugin a router, set the router to get an IP on the WAN side of it by DHCP, and you should be good to go. Don't adjust the settings on the Cellpipe other than turning the wireless off.

That's my suggestion as it's the easiest and should be trouble free for the most part.

HDTV101 · 2011-10-08, 02:01 AM

What I did was to just changed the IP of the cellpipe from 192.168.1.1 to 192.168.200.1 this way any other routers I connect will not conflict if they have the same gateway IP as the cellpipe. The wifi on the cellpipe is crap so for sure you're going to want to use your own wifi router.

kerrmillen · 2011-11-05, 04:32 PM

I recently installed Bell's IPTV which uses the Alcatel Lucent 7130 router. It has four ethernet ports and one cable port. The cables in my house were old and did not carry HD signals but fortunately I had double ethernet connections in two of the three tv locations. One is connected directly to the 7130 and the other to my home network on the 655. At the third location I put a small bridge and connect it to the Bell box and my HTPC. Unfortunately my 655 cannot see the HTPC so I am unable to transfer files around my home network to it. I changed the 655 to a bridge and use the 7130 as the modem to the internet and that all works fine but I need to have that HTPC on my network and have tried a powerline ethernet connection which works but is slow and unreliable, I also installed a wireless card that is even less reliable. I have about a dozen devices including computers, security cameras, blu-ray dvd players etc on the network. How do i see that HTPC from my d-Link Dir-655 and hence the rest of my network?

dP21 · 2011-11-11, 05:59 PM

I'm using my Airport Extreme to create the PPPoE connection and using it as the router as opposed to the CellPipe. The Cellpipe is just the modem.

Take a look at DSLReports for more folks who have done this.

davidke · 2011-12-14, 09:09 PM

I've been doing this as well. I had it set up so my cisco makes the PPPoE link and the cellpipe was just a passthrough.

Here's a tip however: When you do this, none of the FibeTv apps (facebook, galaxy, etc...) work because those use the internet VLAN connection not the TV VLAN connection. If you want them to work you need to setup the PPPoE info on the cellpipe as well. I figured it would not let me do that but it works. I get two distinct public IP addresses this way (3 if you count the TV!).

2011-09-30, 10:15 PM	#1
varunaX Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 43	Can I use my own router? Apologies if this has been asked before (I tried searching) but can I use my own router for wifi Internet with fibe TV?

2011-10-06, 03:53 PM	#7
secotton Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Toronto Posts: 190	The wireless on the Cellpipe kind of stinks. It seems like it's capped out at about 10Mb...even if you're on Fibe 16+ Best thing to do is plugin a router, set the router to get an IP on the WAN side of it by DHCP, and you should be good to go. Don't adjust the settings on the Cellpipe other than turning the wireless off. That's my suggestion as it's the easiest and should be trouble free for the most part. __________________ Panasonic TC32LX60 \| Denon AVR890 \| Klipsch RB-61 / RC-10 / RW-10D \| Motorola VIP 1232 (Bell Fibe)

2011-11-05, 04:32 PM	#9
kerrmillen Rookie Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 1	Networking an Alcatel Lucent 7130 with a D-Link Dir-655 router I recently installed Bell's IPTV which uses the Alcatel Lucent 7130 router. It has four ethernet ports and one cable port. The cables in my house were old and did not carry HD signals but fortunately I had double ethernet connections in two of the three tv locations. One is connected directly to the 7130 and the other to my home network on the 655. At the third location I put a small bridge and connect it to the Bell box and my HTPC. Unfortunately my 655 cannot see the HTPC so I am unable to transfer files around my home network to it. I changed the 655 to a bridge and use the 7130 as the modem to the internet and that all works fine but I need to have that HTPC on my network and have tried a powerline ethernet connection which works but is slow and unreliable, I also installed a wireless card that is even less reliable. I have about a dozen devices including computers, security cameras, blu-ray dvd players etc on the network. How do i see that HTPC from my d-Link Dir-655 and hence the rest of my network?

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2011-09-30, 10:43 PM	#2
betterthancable Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Trinidad Posts: 210	Yes, you can use your own router and connect it to Bell's modem/router. Elsewhere several people describe different theories. One thing you will need to do is make sure that you are delivering Internet to your STBs as well so you can get Facebook working.

2011-09-30, 11:16 PM	#3
varunaX Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 43	Ok thanks. So when you say I can connect my router to bells modem/router, you mean just bells modem (which connects to the cable out of the wall), correct? So it sounds like the router they provide is just a regular wireless router?

2011-10-04, 02:20 PM	#4
frankmar Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Montreal Posts: 72	Why would you use your router, Bell wifi modem/router works great, Are looking for problems? LOL I have my desktop, laptop, note book, 3 printers all wireless connected in a Network. Except my Ps3 its connected network cable. And all work well.

2011-10-04, 02:43 PM	#5
varunaX Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 43	Because I require the 5ghz band and multiple guest ssid's that my expensive router provides

2011-10-06, 09:22 AM	#6
sillywalk Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Montréal, Québec Posts: 216	Yes, but why mess up what works? Turn off the wi-fi on the Bell router/modem, turn your expensive router into an access point and you're done.

2011-10-08, 02:01 AM	#8
HDTV101 Veteran Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 2,000	What I did was to just changed the IP of the cellpipe from 192.168.1.1 to 192.168.200.1 this way any other routers I connect will not conflict if they have the same gateway IP as the cellpipe. The wifi on the cellpipe is crap so for sure you're going to want to use your own wifi router.

2011-11-11, 05:59 PM	#10
dP21 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: GTA - Rogers Posts: 6	I'm using my Airport Extreme to create the PPPoE connection and using it as the router as opposed to the CellPipe. The Cellpipe is just the modem. Take a look at DSLReports for more folks who have done this.

2011-12-14, 09:09 PM	#11
davidke Rookie Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 2	I've been doing this as well. I had it set up so my cisco makes the PPPoE link and the cellpipe was just a passthrough. Here's a tip however: When you do this, none of the FibeTv apps (facebook, galaxy, etc...) work because those use the internet VLAN connection not the TV VLAN connection. If you want them to work you need to setup the PPPoE info on the cellpipe as well. I figured it would not let me do that but it works. I get two distinct public IP addresses this way (3 if you count the TV!).