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Hi there, I’m looking to get into self-hosting for privacy reasons and I wanted to ask y’all: how inadvisable is it to utilize an ISP-owned router/modem? I feel like they’re able to track everything I do online with their more than likely integrated spyware.

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[–] chisel@piefed.social 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Well, AT&T for example requires that you use their provided modem+router combo, which they provide for free (unless you include their plans being generally more expensive than their competitors as an extra fee). They do try to sell you on range extenders for, what I assume to be, the shit router they give you.

Their router gives you less control than you'd get with your own router, helps with lock-in because it makes it harder to change providers, and allows AT&T full root access to your network, so I wouldn't recommend it for self-hosters. However, it is the cheapest option since you're requited to use it anyway. Besides, of course, using a different ISP, which saves me tooons of money over AT&T.

[–] BromSwolligans@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

AT&T fiber does allow IP passthrough mode though so if you want to run your own hardware you can.

[–] MuttMutt@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

That or you can double NAT if an ISP doesn't allow passthrough. It makes self hosting tougher but if you can port forward on the provided device and just forward everything it's basically passthrough mode.