Hi, I just had Telus PureFibre 1.5 GB internet installed in my Vancouver BC apartment, which includes a Telus Wifi 6 Access Point. I can’t find a model number for the Telus-supplied Access Point, but it is a white cylinder with a removable bottom and three ethernet ports, one of which (2.5G port) is connected to an ethernet jack in my living room. Presumably, that ethernet jack runs to the ONT located in a closet in another room.
I am not getting anything close to the wifi speed I expected, so I tried to adjust the Telus Access Point’s settings by logging into 182.168.1.254. Unfortunately, there are no options to change the wifi channels or any other settings beyond the SSID and password. There are even fewer options to change any settings using the Telus Connect app.
I would like to use a different access point, such as an Orbi router in AP/Bridge mode. Can I swap out the Telus-provided Access Point with my own AP using the same ethernet jack? As a related question, I have some spare MOCA ethernet adapters. The Telus-supplied AP has a coaxial jack for MOCA which makes me wonder if I can use the MOCA adapter to connect my AP to a coaxial jack instead of an ethernet port. Has anyone tried this? Thanks!
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