Can I use another router with Wimax?

irishmadboy

Is there any way to use another router besides the Motorola router Wimax send you?

Theres is horrible, can't change NAT, open ports or anything. Plus it only has one ethernet slot and you have to connect that to the PC leaving no slots.

jor el

You can probably add a router to what they give you, but it probably won't help. If the supplied box is the modem/router combined, then you cannot change it out completely, as you would have no modem. You cannot set up your own modem for Imagine Wimax.

They lock down pretty much everything at their end on it anyway, so changing modem might not do anything for you, even if you could.

Best option is to get rid of it and get a proper broadband service, if possible.

-=al=-

May be possible to hook up the imagine router to another one but the settings your looking to change will still be on the motorola one... dont think you can just swap afaik... but im not sure... =/

Irish Steve

The Wimax router is a no change item, but it is possible to get the password out of them if essential, though it can't be changed, as they need it from their end, but can override it and reset it if they can't access the router from their end.

The biggest aggravation is that the subnet mask can't be changed, which means that some network security concepts are negated. Most other settings can be accessed, but with great care, as there are some that are very much Wimax specific, and if changed will completely block the system.

4 months down the line, the best that can be said it that it works, and doesn't cause grief, albeit that the upload speeds are dire.

I have successfully used other routers downstream from the Wimax box, so I can use other PC's and I've also had a Dlink WiFi box connected to give me coverage throughout the house at good speeds, as I was hitting issues with poor coverage in a couple of rooms due to the thickness of the concrete blocks between the router and the laptop.

There are quite a few wireless boxes around here, so the other thing I've done is change the default channel, based on some checks with Insider, at one stage, I saw 4 routers all trying to use the same channel, and that had to be hurting the users.

So, in a nutshell, Wimax is not all bad, the download speeds are OK, and seem to be reliable, as is the VOIP. There are times when the backend servers are overloaded, but that could be down to DOS attacks rather than a lack of capacity, and as users, we are not going to get to hear about them anytime soon.

Yes, one of these days, maybe someone will install some fibre, and we'll get a real DSL broadband service that works reliably at proper broadband speeds, but I'm not going to hold my breath, it could get embarassing!

Steve