With all the gov’t attacks on privacy these days I’ve been thinking about getting my own router. I’ve never done it and am pretty new to network stuff overall. I certainly welcome any recommendations for routers but I mainly have a stupid question:
Is it as simple as just swapping out the isp router? I’ve disconnected anything I had exposed to the internet and use LAN only right now so none of my old port forwarding rules are needed.
Yup, that’s why you need to keep the Bell box in the mix as basically an SFP->Ethernet converter
Ok, so the SFP cable would stay on the isp box. The internet signal would go through WAN into the new router for wireless, and the signal for wired ethernet would go through WAN into the new router, then back through WAN into the isp modem and out the SFP.
I didn’t know the signal would go through WAN both ways and thought if the SFP cable was connected to the isp modem the signal just wouldn’t bother going through the new router. This stuffs confusing lol. I really appreciate you taking the time.