Sorry for the dumb question and hopefully this is relevant enough to the sub. I have my own firewall and right now it connects to my ISPs provided home router over rj45, their router gets a fiber hookup to their network and it’s the only ISP device in my home. If I have a firewall with a fiber port, can I take the fiber to the modem and hook that straight to my firewall, or is there a reason I need their device?
You could see if you could swap to the 8311 WAS-110. It’s not the cheapest but it can entirely mimic a ONT and be the new gateway for your ISP.
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