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I am switching from Comcast High-Speed Internet to Qwest DSL. I have a M1000 modem from Qwest and am attempting to hookup up my Linksys Router Mdl#BEFW11S4 Version 2. When I placed my order with Qwest I was told I would be able to use my own router as opposed to theirs, but apparently Qwest doesn't provide support for other vendors' routers. Thanks for any help you can help?
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I am switching from Comcast High-Speed Internet to Qwest DSL. I have a M1000 modem from Qwest and am attempting to hookup up my Linksys Router Mdl#BEFW11S4 Version 2. When I placed my order with Qwest I was told I would be able to use my own router as opposed to theirs, but apparently Qwest doesn't provide support for other vendors' routers. Thanks for any help you can help?

Qwest Modem to Linksys Router hookup

Networking hardware includes the physical devices facilitating the use of a computer network. Typically, networking hardware includes gateways, routers, network bridges, modems, wireless access points, networking cables, line drivers, switches, hubs, and repeaters. But it also includes hybrid network devices such as multilayer switches, protocol converters, bridge routers, proxy servers, firewalls, network address translators, multiplexers, network interface controllers, wireless network interface controllers, ISDN terminal adapters and other related hardware.

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A router is a networking device that forwards data packets between computer networks. Routers perform the "traffic directing" functions on the Internet. The most familiar type of routers are home and small office cable or DSL routers that simply pass data, such as web pages, email, IM, and videos between computers and the Internet. More sophisticated routers, such as enterprise routers, connect large business or ISP networks up to the powerful core routers that forward data at high speed along the optical fiber lines of the Internet backbone. Though routers are typically dedicated hardware devices, use of software-based routers has grown increasingly common.