Successful-Floor-424@alien.topB to Self-Hosted Main@selfhosted.forumEnglish · 10 months agoHow to avoid using my ISP's gateway/router? I live with people who still pay for cable TV, so the coax is required for some TV functions.alien.topimagemessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down11
arrow-up15arrow-down1imageHow to avoid using my ISP's gateway/router? I live with people who still pay for cable TV, so the coax is required for some TV functions.alien.topSuccessful-Floor-424@alien.topB to Self-Hosted Main@selfhosted.forumEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square6fedilink
minus-squareSuccessful-Floor-424@alien.topOPBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoOh, I may have misunderstood. The coax that goes into the optical to rf converter is the one that comes from the pole outside, at least I’m almost certain. I think the coax to the gateway is just to some splitter ran outside, it’s really baffling
minus-squareVee_King@alien.topBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoI would check on the Frontier forums, might have more people familiar with the TV side of things over there. As for the Internet, you don’t need the gateway, just credentials for PPPoE
Oh, I may have misunderstood. The coax that goes into the optical to rf converter is the one that comes from the pole outside, at least I’m almost certain. I think the coax to the gateway is just to some splitter ran outside, it’s really baffling
I would check on the Frontier forums, might have more people familiar with the TV side of things over there.
As for the Internet, you don’t need the gateway, just credentials for PPPoE