How to disable the WiFi on AT&Ts BGW 320-505 Gateway 

I will attempt to make one sometime soon but cannot promise any specific timing.

PLEASE! Do a video on the passthrough AND hooking up a mesh wifi system!

@@SPXLabs chiming in to +1 on this!

@@SPXLabsi. My UDM-SE still says NO INTERNET CONNECTION. Please please help. Very frustrating

@@RickyTickyTabby This is going to sound super passive-aggressive but are you sure you are following the instructions correctly. It could just be a typo or something super simple. get MAC address of UDM > Plug UDM into gateway > put mac into ip passthrough > save > reboot gateway If issues > done.

In the same place where you turn off the WiFi but I highly highly suggest using 5G over 2.4G

WiFi 6 doesn’t have a label. WiFi 6 is a IEEE standard. Which means that this device is capable of offering WiFi 6 data rates.

@@SPXLabs Thanks for the heads up!

Log back into the website, use the drop down menu to change off to on. If you are trying via wifi then you obviously didn't watch the video.

So, I hate to be like this but you probably need to do some research. 5Ghz is a short range band that supports a larger bandwidth range while 2.4Ghz has longer range and better penetration but a smaller bandwidth range. Also, not all devices can support the available frequencies within the 2.4Ghz band and 5Ghz band. I am willing to be wrong, but I doubt the occulus supports a 160mhz frequency on the 5Ghz band, so that's problem 1. What you really need to do from here is learn "How to optimize my wifi settings" because each wifi setup depends on several things and it is way too much work for me to troubleshoot with you. Some things to consider are building materials, distance to gateway, other wifi signals (channels) near by, other signals in your 20/40/60/80/160mhz frequencies, individual mobile/wifi device capabilities and more. Honestly, I would just leave the WiFi settings alone unless you live in an apartment or have many competing wifi access points around your dwelling. Sorry....

I realize this is 2 years old, but I was doing the same thing today, so maybe this will help others. Between this video: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-aShbl1JZMx8.html&ab_channel=SPXLabs And the one I am commenting on, I got enough info to make it work.

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-aShbl1JZMx8.htmlsi=dmDrsP50_av9DTRC

If you want to use a third party router with wireless broadcasting capability you will want to do both videos. If you are only adding wireless access points around your house (like a mesh system) then you will want to disable the WiFi on the 320 gateway.

As far as I can tell the WiFi is completely off. The WiFi scanning software hasn't picked up any additional signals within my home. I can see my neighbors however.

Plug in your computer to the BGW320 and repeat the same steps but while doing the opposite actions

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Fbb5T9VWFZ8.htmlsi=2Lm9fVEhtDtJtq39 This video should be all you need.

@@SPXLabs I have my own router but get double nat type. Should I just follow your other video about IP pass through? Thanks

Ooh yeah that’s a big difference. Yes you need to do ip Passthrough to avoid double NAT. Then you maybe still need to relax firewall rules on your own router after that. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-aShbl1JZMx8.htmlsi=7r4EWAZv11a1yg2C

@@SPXLabs could I pay u for a 10 minute call? 😂 AT&T is literally no help when I sit on the phone with them for an hour

If you want to use your own WiFi Access Points, you will want to disable the WiFi on the the Gateway because both systems will compete for airtime.

To reduce the number of competing WiFi signals.

It’s a permanent change. It cannot be undone. Or you can can just do the reverse of everything shown.

@@SPXLabs how do you do the reverse of it? Thanks for the video man

@@eternalatake925 yeah I wanna know this

@@SPXLabs I'd like to know what @Eternal Atake wants, thank you!

@@eternalatake925 Use the drop down menu for off and on. If you turned it off the reverse would be on...

The gateway does not support bridge mode. Only ip Passthrough. Do you need to? I don’t know but it wouldn’t hurt.

@@SPXLabs thanks for a quick reply. I know that AT&T BGW320-505 does not support bridge mode, but do I need to set the eero pro 6 to bridge mode to get the full mesh WiFi?

I’m not sure. I don’t have any experience with Eero

No problem

Block websites? Or do you mean block people?

@@SPXLabs block websites

Oh sorry I read that wrong! I do not. I use PiHole to block websites and other things

That's really weird. I haven't experienced that issue myself.

@@SPXLabs so the cause was the wifi extenders that AT&T provided me with. In order to disable both I needed to unplug the wifi extenders. I don’t need them anyways since I got the Eero.

Ooh that’s funny. I had already planned to use my own WiFi so I didn’t ask for there stuff.

Good

You can’t turn the deco mesh off from the gateway.

You would not be able have guest access if you turn the wifi off.

@@SPXLabs how do you turn it back on

I have that same question and still looking for an answer

Do the opposite of the how you disable them

I cannot. I don’t own an Orbi and bypassing the ATT router can be a real nut roll in itself. My recommendation would be to “pass through” the WAN IP of the ATT gateway to your router and be done with it.

@@SPXLabs I just got Att fiber and saw on some other videos that putting the gateway in passthrough mode slows the connection down, have you noticed this at all? I'm debating whether to relocate the gw to the middle of my house or run cat6 to the middle of my house and use my own router.

I have not noticed any “slowness”. If it is at all slower I’d be willing to bet it is negligible

@@jamesf8783 from personal experience it has slowed my connection noticeably

I disabled IPv6 day one. I have always disabled IPv6 because it seems that many websites and services still don’t handle it well. So I can’t answer your question. I’d say that depends on you and your budget / expectations. I currently use UniFi but I like Omada. If TP-Link ever adds PoE cameras to the Omada ecosystem I would switch brands.

@@SPXLabs Thanks. It looks like for $500 I can get a pretty decent setup. But tons of Unifi devices are sold out, or getting refreshed. I'm inclined to go with TP-Link, but I'm still researching. Other than that I might go fanless PC + switch + AP.

UniFi stuff is always sold out lol. I don’t think you could go wrong with either. People also swear up and down PFSense is the way to go.

Login to the gateway, Firewall > NAT/Gaming. Add custom service, input port and protocols. Finally select the option you just created and assign it to a Hostname/IPAddress or MAC Address. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Fbb5T9VWFZ8.html

@@SPXLabs thanks for the reply I really do appreciate it, I did all that… then I factory reset the ATT gateway and then re-did the above steps a second time.. Idk where to go from here

Have you made the changes and then tried power cycling the gateway?

@@SPXLabs I’m not sure what “cycling” is exactly, my guess is restart?? I did do that. I also reset the gateway to default settings and retried all the steps above.

Yeah turn it off and on again. Im really not sure to tell you. You can always call ATT and have them assist you. They can login to the gateway remotely

I'm not sure if you can extend it. AT&T probably has an extender you can pay extra for...

I have been able to use it with a configuration in cascade mode and I am using it as a repeater

Nice work

Thanks Router connected as an extension, but when trying to connect to your native ip I can't enter it, do you know any way to do it?

I’m not sure how cascading works vs ip Passthrough. Sounds like a firewall rule though. Make sure your router allows access to the gateways subnet

I’m working on it right now. Probably Monday it will be available

Could you explain to me why you would put it in bridge mode? I just got 1gb fiber installed and I disabled the wifi radios and am using my own router. getting amazing speeds

You can’t do bridge mode with the bgw 320, only IP Passthrough. Why you would want this is to avoid Double NAT. Basically having to routers will cause issues between the to private network spaces. Some will be noticeable and other may not. Also if you port forward, you will have to port forward on both routers

@@SPXLabs thanks for taking the time to explain that.

@@SPXLabs thanks a lot for getting back.. I was just curious about specific use cases, in this case having a second router in my business however I understand having a Mesh architecture in this case would be better (I actually have Google Wifi).

You can certainly try. I've never opened it and am not sure if it actually has antennas.

@@SPXLabs I have one its brand new,as of right now I have no plans to use it yet,I've taken it apart and it does have quite a few antennas and it mostly consists of 3 heat sinks.

Wow! That’s actually pretty surprising.

@@SPXLabs if I recall correctly there are 7 antennas in it,I'm about to check it out again before I put it back together.

Guess that explains why the WiFi is so good

Not router necessary but WiFi access points yes. The prosumer group would find the gateways WiFi lacking and would want higher end products. So disabling the WiFi on the gateway would stop interference from the competing networks

@@SPXLabs so would I do this then add a network switch and then attach a wireless access point? Sorry for the questions when looking up beginner guide to networking stuff you pop up! ;)

Oh god I’m the worse person to show up. Oh god. That is definitely a way to approach it. You could plug access points into the ATT gateway also. It ultimately depends on how elaborate you want to go.

Is this why some of my devices, i.e. printer, TV. NDIVIA Device fail to connect, or connection is slow ?

I had ATT, before with diferent older router and had no issues

Clearly you didn't watch the video. In the first few seconds he says plug into the gateway.

If you have your own wireless equipment that you want to use, you will want to turn off the WiFi on the gateway so they don’t compete for air time

@@SPXLabs Oh, that makes sense.

If you want to

The bgw320 can’t do bridge mode.