IowaCowboySupermarket Hero Premium Member join:2010-10-16 Springfield, MA ·Vonage ARRIS SB6183 Netgear R8000
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[Comcast Equip] Xi5 wireless receivers with own router and modemCable rates are on the rise again so I'm thinking of trimming the bill and getting a Netgear CM1150v (I have the triple play) and putting my Orbi back in or getting a better router (particularly one suited for gaming as I'm now on the Xbox thing with my buddies from work).
Is there a way to get the Xi5 wireless receivers to work with customer owned modems and routers or should I schedule a truck roll and have Comcast run cable to the TVs and get old school wired X1 receivers.
I only have cable going to the modem and to an unused bedroom. I do have authority in my lease to install cable (renters right in Mass), just not satellite. |
jbobReach Out and Touch Someone Premium Member join:2004-04-26 Little Rock, AR Asus RT-AC86 Asus RT-AC66U B1
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Right from the Xfinity FAQ quote: What are the requirements to have a Wireless TV Box? To have a Wireless TV Box in your home, you'll need Xfinity TV service, at least one additional X1 TV Box to act as the primary X1 device on your account and Xfinity Internet with an eligible Wireless Gateway (Arris XB3 TG1682G, Arris XB6 TG3482G, Cisco 3941T or Technicolor XB6 CGM4140COM) to stream video over the Xi5's WiFi connection.
Note: The Wireless TV Box will not work with customer-owned modems or Xfinity Wireless Gateways with bridge mode turned on.
Can I use my own modem or router? No, the Wireless TV Box can only be used with your Xfinity Wireless Gateway with bridge mode disabled. The Wireless TV Box will not work with customer-owned modems or Xfinity Wireless Gateways with bridge mode turned on.
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If I recall correctly, you mentioned you were on the IP install. So no MoCA adapter needed in your current setup.
I suppose you can try using your own router/modem, but no promises. Have you tried it yet? You'd have to keep the SSID/password the same, or change it in the UI of the STBs to the router's. I haven't really seen any posts at all yet about someone using their own modem/router with IP, so we were sort of in this situation not too long ago, but we ultimately went QAM with our own modem/router. I've seen the posts about people wanting to use their own router with the wireless boxes, but those were QAM customers, not IP. It 'might' work, but I don't know how it would be affected by pulling through your router/modem, instead of the MoCA bridge side-car work-around for QAM, where they're still pulling from a Comcast device(XG2/XG1)
Be aware that based on my conversations with Comcast regarding this, it's basically completely unsupported(probably even more unsupported than your own router with QAM wireless boxes), so I don't think they'd help you if you had any problems.
If you wanted to go wired(in a way that was supported by them), with your own modem/router, they would have to replace all of your STBs, change your account back to QAM from IP, and run the wiring. I can't remember the details completely, but I think once your account is set to QAM, you can't go back to IP, but I'm not certain if that was a dead-set thing, or just a limitation during the period of installation. I had it switched to QAM from IP before our install, but was told that once the order and such start going through for when our installation occured, it's basically stuck as QAM if on QAM, but could be changed to QAM from IP. So, if it's a permanent thing at this time, you should be sure you want to be back on QAM/wired before you have them change you.
If it doesn't work for IP, you could probably potentially also try going to QAM with a XG1/XG2, and keeping your other wireless Xi5, but using the moca bridge work-around, but again, it's unsupported. I do wonder if one day Comcast will automatically send out gateways to customers who have the Xi5/Xi6 with no gateway on the account. Based on the other posts about it in this config(like posted above), it does seem to work, but who knows if they'll try to squash these setups in the future. |