Hi guys,

I would like to replace the router installed by Liwest with a Fritzbox one that I’m planning to purchase from Amazon.

Is this allowed? If so, can the router configuration be easily found online?

  • @[email protected]
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    32 years ago

    Liwest MAY be one of the last providers that allows a custom router (they are pretty customer friendly in general). It was allowed back when I lived in Linz, but that’s many years ago. Better ask what the policy is now.

    • @dska22OP
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      22 years ago

      Thank you for the feedback!

  • @[email protected]
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    32 years ago

    AFAIK they do not support custom routers. I still have my original router running in bridge mode and an edgerouter behind it.

    You could ask them :)

    • @dska22OP
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      12 years ago

      Yep I’ll write them then, thanks :)

  • @[email protected]
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    32 years ago

    What I did was turn off all routing functionality on the Liwest router-modem (putting it in so-called bridge mode) and add your router in front of it, which works really well. That way the router-modem will passthrough all packets to your router, which in effect “replaces” Liwest’s router with your own.

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    22 years ago

    I’m sorry for the non-answser. It depends heavily on the ISP in question. In France, you are legally allowed to replace your router but the ISP doesn’t have to give you configurations, so you can’t really. Most ISPs nowadays authenticate their routers in some ways, and while for some of them you just spoof a Mac address, for some of them it’s basically a non-starter. Also I suspect a router from Amazon doesn’t have the capacity to spoof the needed things.

    You should call them to enquire about their support for non-isp routers.

    • @dska22OP
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      22 years ago

      In Italy you may also use your own custom router pretty easily, I will write them to see what the options are.

      Thanks for the reply!