[CALUG] modems for Linux

Sat Aug 19 09:42:19 CDT 2006

My DI-624 does appear to have proprietary firmware because there is an option 
for setting up a static routing table that my other (older) DI-624 didn't 
have.  Some of the menus are re-arranged too, but I don't know if that's 
because the firware is a year newer.

In the WAN settings, there are settings for dynamic IP, static IP, and PPPoE 
among others.  Mine is set for static, not PPPoE.  They may do it differently 
for a business/static IP account than for a residential/dynamic IP account.

When I signed up for the service I was told that I could provide my own router 
or buy one from Verizon, my choice.  The tech that did the install insisted 
that I HAD to have their router, but also said that that it had been a very 
long time since he had done a static IP install.  That reinforces my thought 
that they do it differently for static IP as I've currently got two different 
IPs in use through a standard switch and it appears to be working well.

Scott K

On Saturday 19 August 2006 10:11, Abraham Bloom wrote:
> 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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