[CALUG] modems for Linux

[Abraham Bloom]

Scott,

	I have had the same IP since I got the hook up.  The DI-624 that you  
have and the DI-604 that I have both contain some propiatary firmware  
from verizon.  If you look at the setup in the DI-624 I would bet  
that you are also PPPOE.  If you are not, then I would be interested  
in calling Verizon to get some adjustment made ;  )

Abraham


On Aug 19, 2006, at 3:56 AM, Scott Kitterman wrote:

> 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  <<<
>
>
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