That sounds extremely unlikely.  It is possible that your router and
their modem have the same (conflicting) network.  Your router should
NAT.  Their device shouldn't be able to tell that all the traffic
isn't coming from that router.  They shouldn't be able to see any of
the hosts on your LAN.

On Thu, Dec 14, 2017 at 4:48 PM, Bob Vinisky
<[email protected]> wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> Two days ago ip traffic ceased in our (residential) Frontier dal line. The 
> modem is up and running correctly, but no traffic in or out. After two entire 
> days of conversing with various “techs” it became apparent my issue was in 
> using a router to feed the lan machines to the modem. Hooking a computer 
> directly to the modem gave that one machine access. It appears Frontier wants 
> all of the local devices to connect to their router/modem. Has anyone else 
> noticed this - and can I get out of this fix?
>
> A second request is for a recommendation for a decent sip, if one still 
> exists. I, too, am a refugee from Aracnet, and want to get away from this 
> mess soon <grin>
>
> Thanks
>
> Bob
>
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