I have been using Beam for a few months now. All my attempts to use a wireless router has failed.
I have tried Cisco E900 and a TP-Link (both are low end routers, but I have had good experience with them in the past, and they work with other ISPs like connecting with BSNL modem). The connection works for a day or so and then is dead, but reconnecting the cable back to a PC can revive the connection. Just that no-go for routers. Next day I could get an IP though. Same problem with PPPoE dialing, if connection is dropped for some reason, then I have to wait for a day.
I might be wrong, but this has led me to conclude that Beam detects NAT and disables the router's MAC (or some other method of disabling routers like OS fingerprinting). If this is true, Beam would be the most weirdest ISP of all, since implementing detection techniques takes significant time and resources and they do not benefit much from that either as they cap the data transfer anyway. If they do it for selling their router, then also they are on the losing end since most people would instead prefer to change their ISP rather than their router and Beam would lose earning every month from a customer to gain from a one-time only sale. So my conclusion from the problems I faced with Beam are counter intuitive, assuming that Beam is an economically rational enterprise.
Has anybody else had similar experiences with Beam?
I have tried Cisco E900 and a TP-Link (both are low end routers, but I have had good experience with them in the past, and they work with other ISPs like connecting with BSNL modem). The connection works for a day or so and then is dead, but reconnecting the cable back to a PC can revive the connection. Just that no-go for routers. Next day I could get an IP though. Same problem with PPPoE dialing, if connection is dropped for some reason, then I have to wait for a day.
I might be wrong, but this has led me to conclude that Beam detects NAT and disables the router's MAC (or some other method of disabling routers like OS fingerprinting). If this is true, Beam would be the most weirdest ISP of all, since implementing detection techniques takes significant time and resources and they do not benefit much from that either as they cap the data transfer anyway. If they do it for selling their router, then also they are on the losing end since most people would instead prefer to change their ISP rather than their router and Beam would lose earning every month from a customer to gain from a one-time only sale. So my conclusion from the problems I faced with Beam are counter intuitive, assuming that Beam is an economically rational enterprise.
Has anybody else had similar experiences with Beam?