Disabling Wireless Utiling a Different Wireless Device

Hi @art20! Thank you for reaching out to us, we're happy to assist you today with your concerns.

To answer your question, yes you can disable the BGW320-500 by following the below-mentioned steps :

1. Sign in to Smart Home Manager.
2. Select My Wi-Fi.
3. Choose Edit next to the name or password.
4. Select X to clear existing info, then enter a new name or password. Make sure that both Wi-Fi names are different, otherwise band steering will remain enabled.
5. Select Save.
6. Reconnect your devices with the updated network info
   
   AT&T allows you to use your own router as well, you can follow the below steps :

1. Disabled packet filtering

2. Disabled all firewall settings

3. Enabled IP passthrough

4. Enabled fixed (or manual) mode

5. Entered in MAC address for the router.

6. Reboot the ATT fiber gateway

Let us know if the above information provided helped.

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Jennifer, AT&T Community Specialist.

Good Morning

Thanks for the information. So if I understand this correctly, I need to provide my router MAC address in the AT&T router for this to work? Will this allow my router to be seen by VPN or accessed from an outside LAN? Thanks 

Hey @art20, we understand you would like to use a different wireless access device, we’re glad to help and walk you through the right path.

You can secure your home network using MAC addresses, unique identifiers found on every Wi-Fi enabled device. When you enable MAC address filtering, only devices that you've enabled can connect to your network.

MAC filtering

1. Go to your gateway settings.
2. Select Home Network > Mac Filtering.
3. Enter the DeviceAccess Code found on the side of your gateway.
4. From the MAC Filtering Type dropdown, select Enabled for the radio you want to enable MAC Filtering for.
5. In Mac Filter Entry, either:
• Select your devices’ MAC addresses
• Enter the MAC address in the Manual Entry field
6. Select Add.

Please note: You will need to gather the MAC address for all devices you want to access your Wi-Fi home network. Every device will have a different process to obtain its MAC address. Refer to your service documentation or manufacturer’s website for detailed instructions.

Let us know if this helps.
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Bruce, AT&T Community Specialist

Thanks!  I'll be sure to make the changes and additional.

Yes, it's possible to disable the Wi-Fi on the BGW320-500 and use your own wireless access device by configuring the IP Pass-through settings in the Firewall – IP Passthrough settings. This allows you to bypass the built-in Wi-Fi functionality of the BGW320-500 and use your preferred Wi-Fi brand or device.

To do this, you'll need to access the Firewall settings on your BGW320-500 router and navigate to the IP Passthrough section. From there, you can configure the settings to enable IP Passthrough mode and specify the MAC address or IP address of your own wireless access device.

By doing so, you can effectively utilize your preferred Wi-Fi brand or device, allowing for more MAC Filtering and accommodating additional devices for security reasons.

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