A:Answer You will need a modem to make it work with this system. Velop nodes are routers and need to plug into a modem (your own or your service provider). If your modem is a combo modem/wireless router (Google Fiber, Time Warner, and ATT Uverse do that) then you just add this mesh system to your network. There are some complications if you have a combo unit though. For ex. Google Fiber (I have that) is a combo and you cant set up the GF router in bridge mode. So I had a couple of options. Set up double NAT (which is ok generally if you dont have an IP forwarding) or set up the Velop as Bridge Mode which essentially allows your provider router to manage the network (DHCP, port forwarding etc). I have a lot of IP forwarding so went with the latter. But if you don't is super easy to just add it to an existing modem/router combo box. It creates a new wifi (SSID) network.
