[TriLUG] at&t fiber

[Mark Sidell via TriLUG]

You must have the ATT router in the signal path, but you can disable its
wifi function and configure it to pass all traffic through to your own
router, effectively neutering the ATT router's routing functionality. In my
setup, I run a linux box that does nat and routing.

On Wed, Sep 6, 2017 at 12:57 PM, Mauricio Tavares <raubvogel at gmail.com>
wrote:

> In this thread I heard people saying you have to user their routers
> and others mentioning slapping their modem to the AT&T router. What is
> what?
>
> On Wed, Sep 6, 2017 at 12:55 PM, Mark Sidell via TriLUG
> <trilug at trilug.org> wrote:
> > Another note on the modems...
> >
> > ATT has two different modems that they'll install with fiber, the NVG599
> > and another one whose name I don't remember. When they first installed
> > fiber at my house, they gave me the other one. I discovered that it
> refused
> > to allow inbound ssh connections, something I need to access my servers.
> > ATT was unable to offer any solution except to swap the problem modem
> with
> > the NVG599. FWIW, I also found that configuring pass-through with the
> > NVG599 was less confusing than with the other modem.
> >
> > Now, on to my afternoon project -- fixing the serious security
> > vulnerabilities in the NVG.
> >
> > BTW, I've been happy with the fiber service. I have a business account
> with
> > 5 fixed IPs, paying only a small premium over a residential account for
> the
> > IPs. The service is actually cheaper than my old copper uverse service.
> >
> > Mark
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