using NETGEAR DGN-1000 with cable broadband.

[anniyan_avadharithuvittaan]

Hi guys, hopefully someone can help me out here and save me quite a bit of cash. I am not very savvy when it comes to networking, and I am especially out of my element when it comes to the lingo/terminology, so please go easy on me.

I have had BSNL as my ISP for some time now. Rather than rent a modem+router from them, I had purchased my own equipment; a Netgear DGN1000. It did its job well.

I have been transferred to a new city TEMPORARILY, where cable internet is the only option.This ISP does not provide a rental modem and they have asked me to buy a new router, saying that my existing modem cum router is not compatible with cable broadband, which i dont know if true.

Now, after a fruitless night of googling potential solutions, I find myself ready to just go buy a standalone router unless I can find some sort of direct answer to my question. Every help site / walkthrough / forum I find seems to be focused on configuring the router to work in bridge mode with another router.

1. All I want to do is switch OFF the modem part of the Netgear equipment I have now, and do whatever else is necessary to allow it to function as a standalone router compatible with the cable ISP.

2. Another question of mine is that, can i use a cable broadband without a router or modem?

3. can you suggest any use for my old DGN1000 instead of throwing it off or giving it away? like for example, enhancing the signal strength, or as range extender, etc?

Thanks so much in advance to anyone who can lend a hand and save me some money (buying a new router)!

 

[rgd1101]

DSL modem is nothing to work with Cable.
manual on NETGEAR
https://www.netgear.com/support/product/DGN1000.aspx#docs
no input for Ethernet, all output, so no, can't be start alone router

2)You need a modem to connect to the cable

 

[anniyan_avadharithuvittaan]

is there a way to make it compatible? like say, using a female RJ-45 to male RJ-11 converter? if no, can you please answer my 3rd q thanks a lot for the timely reply

 

[rgd1101]

1 & 3 is the same question.

 

[anniyan_avadharithuvittaan]

ok, now that you have told me that my NETGEAR DGN1000 wont help anything with cable internet, what should i buy now - a cable modem or a cable router? (i am totally confused). can you suggest something from amazon.in or flipkart.com (i am from india) that works with cable internet, and also adsl2+ internet and also has an USB port?

 

[bill001g]

Step 1 is to go to your ISP web site and look at the list of modems they support. Even if you get one that technically would work they may not activate it.....some do this to avoid having to deal with some the lesser known china modems causing issues for their systems.

If you can find a modem/router combo on the list you like you can do that. Other wise pick a modem off their list and then shop for routers. Which router you buy is going to be hard to recommend. There are so many options and really only you can decide which features are important. Unless you really think you are going to get a DSL connection in the future I would not get a router with a DSL port it limits your selection of routers too much.