Help with bypassing Google Fiber Network Box+TV

[Upgrayedd]

Anyone ever done this? Tired of this awful wifi and would like to see if I cant get a little better performance out of a real router.

I found a few pieces of info about bypassing without TV but with TV seems a bit harder. The stuff I did find about TV was kind of old and missing some information I needed.

I have original GF equipment which is the easiest to bypass iirc.

 

[Kursah]

Not sure about bypassing, but could you bridge the connection to another router or have them (or if you have access) disable the WiFi there and host it on your own router?

At worst if you can't bridge the connection across so that the GF router is transparent, then you could always put your router's assigned IP address in the DMZ of the GF router. That avoids any issues such as breach of contract or anything questionable that may not be appropriate to discuss here on TPU.

Do you have a real router ready to use? If so, what is it?

Do you have access to the GF router or do you rely on them to configure it? I only ask because I don't have GF services here, instead Spectrum is the main provider in this area (for now), and they're pretty chill about the combo modem/router access to get your own LAN configured or adding your own router to the DMZ.

 

[Bill_Bright]

I would assume there are a couple Ethernet ports on your GF modem. If so, you could just simply add a WAP (wireless access point) there, then have your wireless devices connect to that WAP instead of Googles.

That said, have you tried changing wifi channels? I doubt the GF wifi lacks good wifi capability.

 

[Upgrayedd]

No there is nothing illegal about using your own equipment with GF. They just don't really help you with it.
I have original GF equipment. Its N rated wifi speeds which likes to dropout a lot even just 10 feet away. I was planning on getting a Netgear X4 router and a Netgear GS108Tv2 switch.

I was going to follow this guide for TV setup but the pictures are missing on some steps. The internet part, PART 1, I should be able to follow fairly easy. But the TV in part 2

http://itnutt.com/how-to-get-google-fiber-tv-services-working-with-pfsense/


Would bridging put me in a double nat?
Why and where do i need a Core2duo for a firewall? Part 2 confused me..

 

[eidairaman1]

When you buy 3rd party compatible equipment you are on your own for support. Truly I say if the wifi is bad from the modem, disable the wifi on the device and use another router plugged into it, otherwise there is the buzzword "Mesh Network"

 

[FordGT90Concept]

Would bridging put me in a double nat?

It shouldn't. Bridging is supposed to turn off the internal NAT.

Why don't you just plug in a wifi access point to the Google Fiber equipment and disable Google Fiber's wifi?

If it has replaceable external antennas on the Google Fiber box, you could buy a high gain antenna to screw on to it to boost the range tremendously.