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Using Invincible Wifi with my own mesh Wifi system?

Lukeg
Lukeg Posts: 1 Newcomer
in Home Networking

Interested in the new Invincible Wi-Fi offering, it's about time Spectrum came out with a good backup option.

I have my own mesh Wifi system I use with my home network instead of the Spectrum Advanced Wifi, as I want to have more control/visibility into my network settings & traffic than the Spectrum equipment allows.

I would like to get the benefit of the cellular backup but using my current mesh Wifi system plugged into the LAN port of the Spectrum router instead of the Spectrum router wifi network.

Is there a way to disable the Wi-Fi network on the Invincible Wi-Fi router to avoid it interfering with my mesh wifi system operating in bridge mode?

Answers

  • Tyleen_Z
    Tyleen_Z Posts: 1,026 ✅ Verified Employee Moderator

    Hello and welcome to the Spectrum Community!

    The invincible wifi service is very new so this has not been a situation I have seen yet. I'm not seeing any reason you can't use your own mesh router with the service as the backup goes through cellular it may not be affected by the router not being used directly. You can call in to 1-855-707-7328 and speak with sales to get better information on what may or may not work and what is needed and pricing.

    -Tyleen

  • HT_Greenfield
    HT_Greenfield Posts: 1,252 Contributor
    edited February 22

    You don't disable the Wi-Fi of any Spectrum Advanced Home WiFi router and you do manage it via the My Spectrum app and, similarly to your existent mesh router and it's proprietarily compatible mesh access points, Spectrum WiFi Extenders (aka Pods) are the de facto proprietarily compatible mesh access points for the Advanced Home WiFi routers.

    🔗 https://www.spectrum.net/support/internet/advanced-wifi-features

    🔗 https://www.spectrum.com/resources/internet-wifi/introducing-new-spectrum-wifi-extenders

    P.S.: And you can't have two routers on the same LAN without issues such as double-NAT.

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