Only need router for Gigablast and not modem?
I'm due to have Gigablast installed at home in AZ soon. Do I need just a router in the room from which the Gigablast will come into the house, or do I need a modem as well? I would prefer having my...
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But is the AX6000 sufficient for my needs of a new install, as there's not even a cable outlet in the room. The only one in the house is a coax outlet to Cox's Panoramic Wifi in a room on the other side of the house.
I think I don't understand your "new install." Cox is already providing service to your house? There's already an active Panoramic modem/router connected in another room connected to a coax outlet?
Cox will provide service to 1 billing address. I guess Cox could connect another service and combine the services onto 1 bill.
What do you want to do? Do you want to connect your AX6000 to the Panoramic?
I am replacing the Panoramic modem/router with their Fiber/Gigablast to increase my connection speed and to have a wired connection rather than relying on Wifi for this PC I'm using now as it sometimes will just fade away.
Ah, as Paul Harvey once chronicled: The Rest of the Story [is fiber]. This would be a different consideration.
First, if Cox is or will wire your neighborhood with fiber-optic cable, you need to determine where the fiber will terminate. There are expressions in the fiber world for this termination point: Fiber-to-the-[Neighborhood]-Node...Fiber-to-the-Curb...or Fiber-to-the-House. These termination points would dictate what equipment you'll need. The best scenario, Fiber-to-the-House (FTTH), would not require the traditional cable modem (DOCSIS). This scenario would require an Optical Network Terminal (ONT).
You'll need to research where the fiber cable will terminate in your area.
Yes, an ONT is to be put in. That I do know.
