Oh man, I've been pulling my hair out over this and your...

[Yetispeghetti]

Oh man, I've been pulling my hair out over this and your saying it can't be done? I guess I'm boxing the modem up and heading over to another service provider 

[mdk]

@Yetispeghetti --  your saying it can't be done

The BlueCurve has two modes of operation:

1. both cable-modem ("modulator/demodulator") to convert the signals over coaxial-cable to TCP/IP packets, and a router (providing "private" IP-addresses to the wired/wireless devices on your LAN;
2. "bridged" to only be a cable-modem, allowing you to connect one of its LAN ports to the WAN port on your own router, but also automatically disabling the DHCP-server "inside" the BlueCurve. Then, your own router's DHCP-server responds to DHCP-requests from all the wired/wireless devices on your LAN. I suppose that you can disable your own router's DHCP-server, and have one computer within your LAN that runs a DHCP-server. In this configuration, your DHCP-server can also supply the IP-addresses of your "favourite" DNS-servers (1.1.1.1 ? 1.0.0.1? 8.8.8.8? 8.8.4.4 ?) as part of the response to each DHCP-request.

[DGittins]

How do you  change the range of  ip addresses available? I can't find this option in Connect - Shaw BlueCurve

[DGittins]

How do you make this change? Where is the UI option to do this on the Router?

[mdk]

@DGittins -- if you connect to:  http://10.0.0.1 do you see any option to change the range of IP-addresses that are available to DHCP-requests?

[rstra]

@DGittins The option can be found in the app - Connect/See Network/Advanced Settings/LAN and WAN. Or in 10.0.0.1 - Gateway/Connection/Local IP Configuration.

[DGittins]

Thanks! Here's the direct link for the next person: 

https://internet.shaw.ca/network/advanced-settings/lan

[jamesnation]

Yes. the answer is to bridge the modem and use your own firewall/router/dhcp