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My ISP seems to do the best of both worlds. The modems, by default, do WiFi, NAT, and have a 4-port switch on the back. The default WLAN name and password is
by Mister_Snuggles 9y ago
My ISP seems to do the best of both worlds.
The modems, by default, do WiFi, NAT, and have a 4-port switch on the back. The default WLAN name and password is printed on a sticker that's on the modem, they're unique per modem. Same for the admin user. I don't know if they allow SSH and if the SSH password is unique per modem however.
If you ask for the modem to be put into bridge mode, which they will happily do, the WiFi and NAT get disabled and whatever you plug in to the modem gets assigned a real IP address. When I upgraded my service and required a new modem they actually asked if I wanted it in bridge mode. All of this is configured on their side and the modem seems to pull the configuration when you first boot it.