Get rid of the gateway and buy your own router. Vote with your wallet. If you have Cox phone service, you can get a free phone modem and Wifi 6 routers start at around 100$.
After spending from roughly noon until roughly 4:30 this afternoon, on the phone with two, (one hung up mid call) and then 3 different people via the chat function, It certainly appears that yours is the reasonable suggestion. I would be inclined to ask Cox, why their "Panoramic WIFI" modems (at least the "Technicolor" brand, even bother with those pesky Ethernet plugs on the back?
I was finally able to get the SSID and Passwords changed, but Crist, it took more than 4 hours and I had to share that data with infinite idiots who seemed strangely unable to understand that with a desk top connected via an Ethernet cable COULD NOT RUN APPS.
Yours seems to be the best solution. I have lost all confidence in Cox, especially since they jacked my former rates from $60 a month to roughly $96.00. And this for a customer who has been with Cox since they took over the cable franchise from the original provider. They treat their customers with NO loyalty.
