[TriLUG] at&t fiber

[Mark Sidell via TriLUG]

Yes, a strange beast. FWIW, I haven't had any trouble with it.

I found these to be the most useful instructions for configuring NVG:

http://jdalyit.wordpress.com/2014/09/15/att-uverse-internet-with-5-static-ip-and-3rd-party-router/

I chose "Manual" pass-through mode so that it would be somewhat easier to
fail over to a second router if my primary router fails.



On Wed, Sep 6, 2017 at 1:10 PM, Michael Marley via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org
> wrote:

> However, as someone else mentioned, this is not a true
> passthrough/bridge mode and all the traffic is still NATed by AT&T's
> router too, subjecting you to all of its limitations.  This setup likely
> has implications for IPv6 as well, which is already quite limited with
> AT&T (most reports indicate you only get a /64 of 6rd).  Since a /64 is
> not large enough to subdelegate any prefixes, that may prevent the
> second router from giving out IPv6 addresses at all.  That is all
> theoretical, of course, as I don't have the service.
>
> Michael Marley
>
> On 2017-09-06 13:03, Mark Sidell via TriLUG wrote:
>
> > 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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