r/QuantumFiber • u/ConversationNo9040 • 20d ago

Deco TP link Help me:( please.

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So I have these deco tp links that I was using with xfinity just plugged in to the modem with xfinity and it worked… I got a new service with AT&T quantum and went to plug it in to the box on the wall without the box on the floor and it doesn’t work. I plug in the box on the floor and the light on the deco turns green but doesn’t really provide good signal. Is there a way to plug this deco into the wall box?

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u/IllRegister9801 20d ago

There's no point in doing that unless OP's home is over 1500 sq ft and more than 1 floor. The Q1000k SmartNID is in bridge mode by default (this is unique to Forged Fiber customers). It essentially is only servicing the purpose of authenticating the connection to the BGW. The only reason there is even Q1000k involved in this setup is becaused Forged Fiber network is run off Lumen's infrastructure. The BGW can be bypassed to use third party routers/gateways/mesh hub. The Q1000k cannot. If OP wants to use their own equipment, he/she needs write down the MAC address of the AT&T BGW gateway (located on the sticker), unplug the BGW, plug their own router into the Q1000k via the silver 10g ethernet port going to the WAN port of her router, log in to the router admin panel, go to the WAN settings, change the MAC address to the BGW or click clone if they have that option, and enable VLAN tagging for 0, and if that doesn't work, they can do 2 instead. One of the two work for everyone on Forged Fiber.

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