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Originally Posted by TiMSport
I'm also considering moving to AT&T fiber since it's now available in my area but I don't like the fact they force you to use their proprietary gear to use it. Their "gateway device" I heard can be problematic and sometimes old, depending on which make/model you get? I happen to really like my Netgear WiFi router as it does an excellent job of distributing a strong signal throughout my home. I guess if you know what you're doing you can work around this by using a bridge mode or DMZ plus something or other, depending on model, etc.
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Google it but you yes you can put the AT&T modem into bridge mode and turn off it's WiFi so that it simply acts as a modem sending the signal to your gear. Did that with mine and still use my Netgear home mesh network...
Edit: And I am no tech expert by any means, it was really simple to do.