Can a 2Wire wireless router from AT&T be configured to work with another provider?

[snagglepuss]

Thanks

[snappyturtle]

1. I have one and was told "No" by Time Warner. nt

[snagglepuss]

2. I wonder if that because TW wants to sell you theirs so it's in their interest to say say no?

Companies are crafty

[snappyturtle]

3. Nope. They suggested I buy a Linksys or something like

it....they didn't try to sell me 'theirs'. I don't think they had
a 'theirs'.

[snagglepuss]

4. What a waste. Thanks so much for the info.

[snappyturtle]

6. I thought it was a waste too, but what could I do? nt

[Sentath]

8. They were correct, Only because

2Wire is DSL and as far as I know Time Warner is Cable

DSL and Cable are very different ways of doing things.

[snappyturtle]

11. Duh! I think you're right! nt

[PoliticAverse]

5. The general problem is that provider specific routers tend to have provide specific software

that can't be easily changed. For a definitive answer search for information on your router's exact specific
model number (on sites like broadbandreports.com).

[Downwinder]

7. What other provider are you trying to hook up to?

The 2wires I have looked at are all telephone modems rather than cable modems.

[Sentath]

9. This is the right question

I do tech support for a little ISP in SEK and we have several 2Wire DSL modems configured and serving our DSL customers.

One of our field techs was able to reconfig a 2Wire to be a WAP on the customer side of our wireless CPE, but that's more than we were able to support over the phone.

[Downwinder]

10. I have turned the modem off and set them up as APs.

They were like $2 at Goodwill.

[Sentath]

13. If you're there to do it in person it can be cheap and easy.

But what happens when the power blinks (we're in thunderstorm territory) and it loses it's configuration?

[Downwinder]

15. They get replaced by UBIQUITI with POE.

[hobbit709]

12. Best thing to do with a 2Wire anything is to see how far you can throw it.

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

14. I've been missing...

...that type of clarity in technical opinions.