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Can I use Ubiquiti devices with some kind of slave or WDS mode with my ISP's wifi AP/router? I just want to extend the range without monkeying with the existin

Can I use Ubiquiti devices with some kind of slave or WDS mode with my ISP's wifi AP/router? I just want to extend the range without monkeying with the existing router or running cables. Ideally configuring the slaves to use the existing SSID/WPS config if that's possible. I don't care (much) about the impact to latency or throughput, it seems like there's excess capacity now. EDIT: downvoters please join the discussion, seems like an innocuous question to me.

izacus 8y ago
You really want to get rid of any kind of ISP provided router and Wifi as soon as possible.
- wyldfire 8y ago
  I've been very particular about using my own router and/or wifi in the past, installing one of openwrt/dd-wrt/tomato and tweaking to my heart's content. I would create a DMZ for one or more servers, do the dynamic DHCP, the whole bit. But now, the ISP provides a single device that is where they terminate the DOCSIS connection and originate the Wifi router. And casual investigation leads me to believe that I "can't" replace this device. I don't want/need a DMZ or my own public servers. Also, I have less patience for tracking down my own breakage these days. The ISP's device works and performs spectacularly. I know of no public vulnerabilities for the provided router. So IMO no I don't "really want to get rid of any kind of ISP provided router and Wifi".
  - Willamin 8y ago
    You can purchase a modem as a separate device that you could then use with any router. It could save you some money depending on whether or not your ISP charges you for renting their hardware.
  - izacus 8y ago
    Hmm, no idea for your ISP, but most of the ISPs I've used had the option to switch their equipment to so-called "bridge mode", where it just did the DOCSIS/DSL thing, gave you one unfirewalled external IP and let your router do NAT etc. They usually didn't advertise that though.

izacus 8y ago

You really want to get rid of any kind of ISP provided router and Wifi as soon as possible.

wyldfire 8y ago
I've been very particular about using my own router and/or wifi in the past, installing one of openwrt/dd-wrt/tomato and tweaking to my heart's content. I would create a DMZ for one or more servers, do the dynamic DHCP, the whole bit. But now, the ISP provides a single device that is where they terminate the DOCSIS connection and originate the Wifi router. And casual investigation leads me to believe that I "can't" replace this device. I don't want/need a DMZ or my own public servers. Also, I have less patience for tracking down my own breakage these days. The ISP's device works and performs spectacularly. I know of no public vulnerabilities for the provided router. So IMO no I don't "really want to get rid of any kind of ISP provided router and Wifi".
- Willamin 8y ago
  You can purchase a modem as a separate device that you could then use with any router. It could save you some money depending on whether or not your ISP charges you for renting their hardware.
- izacus 8y ago
  Hmm, no idea for your ISP, but most of the ISPs I've used had the option to switch their equipment to so-called "bridge mode", where it just did the DOCSIS/DSL thing, gave you one unfirewalled external IP and let your router do NAT etc. They usually didn't advertise that though.