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Originally Posted by GoJetsGo
Could someone kindly explain what this means: "Call Shaw and have them bridge their modem/router for a 3rd party router"
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https://community.shaw.ca/docs/DOC-1311
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Originally Posted by link above
Setting your modem to Bridge Mode will cause your modem to stop acting as a Wireless Modem and router, and instead it will act simply as a pass through modem. This will allow you to use your own third party wireless device if you prefer. Once converted into Bridge Mode, you will not be able to utilize the wireless features of the Shaw Modem, and you will only be able to use as many ethernet ports on the back of the modem as you have IP's registered to your device (typically this means you will only be able to use one or two ethernet ports simultaneously).
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Originally Posted by GoJetsGo
Also, I live in an apartment and just have a shaw wireless modem and use a new macbook with no CD rom drive... will it be difficult to set up or do the instructions provide a fairly easy manual option?
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MAC and Linux users will have to follow the manual instructions regardless of the presence of a CD drive. The manual set-up instructions are included with the DIR-645 Router, and are fairly straight forward.