<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">On Wed, Aug 12, 2026 at 11:44\u202fAM D. Hugh Redelmeier <<a href="mailto:hugh@mimosa.com">hugh@mimosa.com</a>> wrote:</div></div><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">> From: Khalid Baheyeldin <<a href="mailto:kb@2bits.com" target="_blank">kb@2bits.com</a>><br>
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> Disable WiFi on the provided cable modem/router combo.<br>
> Then attach my router with all my own configuration to it.<br>
> So basically, the provided modem/router is a blackbox.<br>
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If you don't use bridge mode, your packets with be subject to NAT<br>
twice -- once by the Rogers box and once by your router. And your own<br>
router will not have a globally routable address.<br>
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The dynamic but globally routable address can have a domain name that<br>
tracks the IP address, allowing you to SSH in (if you want).<br>
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If you want a static IP address, neither Rogers nor Bell consumer<br>
services will work for you.<br>
</blockquote></div><div><br></div><div><div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default">I have been with Rogers cable from ~ 2002 or so, then with their resellers since</div><div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default">2014 or so (Vmedia, CarryTel, and now Koodo). </div><div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default">I don't recall having to mess with bridge mode when I had router/modem combos.</div><div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default"><br></div><div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default">No issues with NAT, and my router is accessible from the internet.</div><div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default"><br></div><div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default">ifconfig on the router says:</div><div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default"><br></div><div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default"><span style="font-family:monospace"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">wan Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 16:91:xx:xx:xx:xx</span><br> inet addr:166.48.x.x Bcast:166.48.x.x Mask:255.255.255.224<br></span><br></div><div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default">So it is addressable. </div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature">Khalid M. Baheyeldin</div></div>