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JohnRS
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Re: When can I JUST use TM internet modem as ONLY a modem, in BRIDGE mode, with NO NAT, NO firewall, and frankly NO Wifi.
Not having Bridge Mode is a PITA for me. I need control over the DHCP to set the subnet and fixed IP's. The old ASK gateway provides this. Early on the ASK's had a problem with IPv6 over WiFi. After a half-year of T-Mobile Engineering saying there was nothing wrong with it, they finally admitted it and fixed it. But for a while I tried a Nokia. It seemed to be a fine for WiFi setups and nothing else. But the cell signal dropped 2 bars and was often unusable. After going through 4 of them (one was DOA), I found that it locked to the LOWER level signal (happened to the the 5G) and ignored the stronger LTE. Engineering was totally clueless, like usual. So I went back to the ASK. Fortunately they had finally (it took over a year) fixed the IPv6 WiFi problem. So I was happy. But it's no longer supported. They can't even send me a replacement battery for it now. I haven't tried it, but wonder if this might get around the missing Bridge Mode: Use your own router which also supports a VPN for you LAN. This way the TM gateway would only see the router. You would probably lose IPv6, however, since most VPNs still don't support it. Note: The 3rd generation gateway is just as dumb as the 2nd gen Nokia. A support person tried to get me to switch to it, saying that it did support DHCP but I downloaded the manual and it doesn't. Note: Mullvad VPN doesn support IPv6 and it runs WireGuard which shouldn't be too had to set up on a good router.9Visto2likes0Comentarios