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Surely, one of you fine folks has a better solution to attach a spare fan to an ISP gateway without damaging it?
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this post was submitted on 07 Nov 2023
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Do you have the option to bring your own equipment?
This is definitely the better solution if your ISP supports it. ISP provider gateways are always garbage the auxiliary cooling may help but it will always have issues
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(i cant help myself)
To be fair depending on who we are talking about it's not inaccurate a lot of providers are just reselling someone else's service
I can’t disagree with that.
Unfortunately my ISP doesn't let me. I've had luck in the past improving stability with fixing the terrible thermals but this time around I'm trying to make a cleaner solution. Though I'd love to just run my own modem ideally.
I wish!! Nearly no ISPs in my country allow you to bring your own modem, so I have this bridged to my own router/access point. And yet it still gets very hot to the touch which certainly throttles the CPU.
What is the make and model of the thing your stuck with?
That's weird that in bridge it gets that hot. Certainly not what is expect.
It’s a technicolor something.
It’s Comcast’s standard gateway now too
https://update.comcast.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/33/dlm_uploads/2021/12/Xfinity-Advanced-Gateway-WiFi-6E-2022.pdf
It's an XB8 which I've heard mixed reviews on. Haven't found any teardowns online so far though.
So, did some reading as I'm not familiar with what you have. You're supposed to be an internal fan... Guessing the one in yours is possibly broke.
Since it's the ISPs device, you could call and say you hear a loud annoying grinding sound like a fan dying (Even though it's probably already dead) and that you want to replacement unit. And then while you have him on the phone double check their current policy on bringing your own modem and ask for a manager to double check for you 'as you don't want this issue to keep happening'