[CALUG] modems for Linux

[Scott Kitterman]

I think the difference is that I've got their static IP setup.  I don't 
know for sure, but I think they are significantly different.  The router 
they gave me was a standard D-Link DI-624.

Of course I just got the connection Thursday.  I may have a different story 
to tell once I've used it more.

Scott K

...... Original Message .......
On Fri, 18 Aug 2006 22:02:37 -0400 Abraham Bloom <abrahambloom at verizon.net> 
wrote:
>Good Evening,
>
>	I got my FIOS a while ago and I have a different story to tell.
>
>	I had comcast cable connected to a linux firewall eth0 with the eth1  
>card connected to my internal hub.  Worked great with dhcp from comcast.
>
>	Now with FIOS - you have PPPOE.   I get the 15 up and 2 down, real  
>sweet.  The router that they provide is 'special', I tried to replace  
>it and my firewall with numerous different router/firewall  
>appliances.  Bottom line, none of them gave me the speed of the silly  
>DLimk.  Reason is the, according to verizon tech support, the DLink  
>that they supply (nothing off the shelf)  has special code burned  
>into it that gives it that speed.    So I hook the fios to the  
>DLink,  my firewall eth0  to the DLink and the eth1 to the multiport  
>hub.  Everything works well and good speed.
>
>	Hope this helps.  If anyone knows anything different I am open to  
>trying something else.
>
>	Abraham
>	
>
>	Verizon
>On Aug 18, 2006, at 10:05 AM, Eldon Ziegler wrote:
>
>> Great, glad to hear it.
>>
>> On Thu, 2006-08-17 at 23:10 -0400, Scott Kitterman wrote:
>>> 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  <<<