[CALUG] modems for Linux

[Scott Kitterman]

I just got my FIOS install today.  The tech insisted a router was necessary 
and left me with one.  He was unsure how to deal with multiple static IPs 
through the router.  The answer was simple, remove the router and use a 
switch.

By the time it gets to the router, it's just Ethernet and so you can do 
whatever you would normally do with static IP addresses on Ethernet.  The 
first thing I did was set up an new Linux server and it all went very 
smoothly.

Scott K

On Thursday 17 August 2006 21:14, Eldon Ziegler wrote:
> The reason that was given was that the TV guide came out the RF feed on
> the router. Without their router you lost the TV guide.
>
> However, I soon found that a static IP address is not available with
> "residential" service; I had to switch to "business" service to get a
> static IP address. Actually, I got five static IP addresses. The
> downside is that you can't have TV with business service. Since I no
> longer have TV there might not be a reason to stick with their router
> but I haven't pursued that yet. I too found the router interface to be
> clunky and non-intuitive.
>
> On Thu, 2006-08-17 at 06:51 -0400, CardinalZin at verizon.net wrote:
> > Eldon,
> >    Why would you have to use their router?
> > They just bring ethernet inside and run it to the router.
> > As I recall, they won't replace the router if it dies,
> > so that kinda implies that there's nothing special about it.
> > I do know that I seriously dislike the many-tiered menu
> > system that hide all the freaking settings.
> >
> > >>> Cardinal Zin  <<<
> >
> > Every shot counts. The three-foot putt is just as important as
> > the 300-yard drive.
> > --Henry Cotton (1907-1987)
> >
> > Too late, Eldon Ziegler wished to retract:
> > > With Verizon's fiber service you have to use their router. It's not a
> > > bad one but I was accustomed to my Linux router. The 15 down / 2 up
> > > Mbps speed is great though.
> > >
> > > On Thu, 2006-08-17 at 00:54 -0400, Kelly Price wrote:
> > >> On 8/17/06, Keith <pdragon at pdragon.net> wrote:
> > >>> Every cable/dsl modem from regular commercial providers (Comcast,
> > >>> Cox, Verizon, Speakeasy, etc) I've come across works fine just
> > >>> plugged straight into the lan jack. No cross-over cable or drivers
> > >>> needed, Linux or Windows. This is, of course, not recommended. Better
> > >>> to have a hardware router/firewall between you and the net, even if
> > >>> it is only one computer.
> > >>
> > >> Add Fiber Optics for that.
> > >>
> > >>> If you've got an old PC laying around not doing anything, you can
> > >>> download IPCop <http://www.ipcop.org> and make your own router. Did
> > >>> that myself with an old Pentium II system almost a year ago and it
> > >>> works better than any commercial router I've ever used.
> > >>
> > >> In a pinch, Slackware on an old Pentium 1 laptop and two ethernet
> > >> PC-Cards works.
> > >
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