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Wondering if I can use my C7000v2 as just the wireless router?
My 97 year old mom has moved in with us and can't use cell phones so we are having to add landline service with Xfinity. To keep the costs manageable, I ordered a CM1150V-100NAS to accomodate the voice capability and should have noticed that it requires a separate router. So I am wondering if I can change some settings on my current modem/router C7000v to use it just as the wireless router? Otherwise I guess I will go back to renting from Xfinity.
Thanks in advance!
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> [...] I am wondering if I can change some settings on my current
> modem/router C7000v to use it just as the wireless router? [...]No. Without an Ethernet WAN/Internet port, a Cxxxx model is useless
as a simple router.
It should be possible to configure a Cxxxx model as a wireless access
point, and use it that way with some other router, but that's no help
when you need a router.That's what I was afraid of. Oh well, thank you for your reply!
On the plus side the CM1150V modem for me is rock solid.
