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AVM FritzBox on Virgin Media Broadband?

  • 25-02-2022 3:40pm
    #1
    ABurned
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2 ✭


    Hi,

    Having configured some FritzBoxes lately, and now having to do some changes on the Virgin Media Hub, I wonder if it is possible to use a FritzBox instead.

    Anyone having experiences with that? Is it possible at all to use an alternative router directly on the coaxial cable of Virgin?

    CU AssetBurned



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  • #2
    pizzahead77
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,383 ✭✭✭pizzahead77


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058234747/avm-fritzbox-on-virgin-media-broadband

    You can't completely replace the Virgin cable modem as they don't allow any other hardware but their own to connect to their network.

    It is possible to put tit into bridge mode and then use your own router



  • #3
    ABurned
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2 ✭ABurned


    Well as it turns out their "Modem" mode is nothing else than just turning the router into an even dumber device.

    You would still need to connect analog telephones to the Hub 3.0.

    You will lose any IPv6 functionality.

    You will get 192.168.100.0/24 IP addresses within your home network.

    The Router that will now be called a Modem, still doesn't offer the ability to connect VoIP telephones.

    And you would still not get access to the coaxial line directly.


    Conclusion: no point in getting a FritzBox then... I mean thank you but a double NAT configuration again? No point in that.


    So much about the European regulation that you can choose your own router :-/



  • #4
    Glaceon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,405 ✭✭✭Glaceon


    If IPv6 is enabled on VM then you don't have a routeable IPv4 address anyway as they use DS-Lite. Disabling it (with a call to support) would let you use modem mode without double NAT. But yes, if you have VM's phone service you still need to connect the phones to the router. If you have a different SIP provider then you don't.



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