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I have entered the Netgear Roter in the IB3 as an exposed host so that all ports are forwarded. I am more flexible and have the option of setting filters and time restrictions better for the KIDS. The TV box is connected directly to the IB3 and is routed via a separate VLAN via the switch. This way I can also have a different IP addressing IB3 192.168.0.0 and Netgear router 192.168.1.0

In any case, my current configuration would not be possible with either the IB3 or the IB5 Pro alone

Tom_40

If you want to use special router functions that cannot be realised on a Swisscom Internet box, there is nothing to stop you from cascading an additional purely internal network with your own broadband router behind it.
As a result, your own network will be mostly provider-neutral, because your own router doesn’t care what kind of “provider device” with whatever technology it uses to access the Internet.

Werner

Hi Werner, it’s exactly as you say, this configuration helped me a lot when I switched from UPC back to Swisscom, as I didn’t have to make any changes to my LAN including the WLAN and could simply integrate the Swisscom router instead of the UPC modem. The only thing I then did was to connect the TV box directly to the IB3 via its own VLAN, thus preventing this data traffic from also running via my own router.

JanineZ

Basically really great news. Been waiting a long time for this box. Unfortunately, I was a bit disappointed with the ports. If it says Pro on it, it should also be Pro. Yes, Wifi 7 is great, and a 10 Gbit is also enough. But to still come up with 1 Gbit connections in 2025 is really incomprehensible. For all those people with larger flats or houses who operate more than 1 Wifi Box, 4 2.5Gbit connections for several Wifi Boxes (possibly Wifi Box 4 with Wifi 7) would have been perfect.

It’s a pity this wasn’t integrated, especially in the Pro version. Wasn’t there actually a “normal” and a “pro” version planned?

thomas76ch

Buy an additional 10 Gbit switch from time to time and then you are actually “future-proof” 🙂

Werner of course, which costs even more money and which, as mentioned, would not have been necessary with 2.5G ports.

kaetho I am of the opinion that if a thing is called PROOOOO you should be able to expect something like that, otherwise you simply leave out such designations.

cybi it’s only called “Pro” and not “PROOOOOO” 😉

Only Swisscom’s marketing department can probably tell you why the Pro was added to this router. The IB4 is only new with Wifi7 and an analogue port for telephony has been omitted. And a slightly different housing design, smaller and slightly fatter/rounder. Wouldn’t be enough for a Pro for me either. But there will certainly be a reason. It’s just not clear to us.

But what’s the point? “Faster, higher, further” is the motto! And with Wifi7 you have an argument in your pocket that obviously works 😉

I also received the new Internet Box yesterday and received very good advice from Swisscom. I am delighted.

René

For “new customers” there is currently the blue Internet L for 39.90/mth for the first 12 months plus the Internet Box 5 Pro as a gift. So far there has been no restriction that would prevent you from switching to a lower subscription before the minimum contract period of 24 months expires.

Thank you very much for your reply and I have already changed the subscription with the adjusted price. I will contact Swisscom on Monday so that they can send me the Internetbox 5.

Thanks for the tip and Swisscom has confirmed this to me.

René For new blue Internet L customers with direct connection to fibre optics:Free top model Internet-Box 5 Pro worth 349. I assume that the subscription does not run under new customers of subscription L and is it worth switching?

If you switch from the IB4 to the IB5, the IB5 is available at a discounted price (for just under CHF 200). I only switched from the IB4 to the IB5 because the WLAN has been improved, which I have actually noticed for some time now. There have been no noticeable differences in Internet access and landline telephony so far. Hardly any average user can really use the 10GB speed, as the 1GB network is still widespread and still fulfils normal requirements. This was the result of my tests with 10 GB and 1 GB and so I switched back to the L subscription. When you switch from M to L, Swisscom has to replace a device at the centre. It stays there, even if you switch back to M. So you can always switch from L to M and back to L yourself in the customer centre if you think that 10 GB really makes sense. In my experience, however, it makes no sense to stay on L.

Best regards

Gian