[TriLUG] at&t fiber

[Alan Hinchliff via TriLUG]

Mark,

That's awesome.  I just did it last night at home, and it worked no
problem.  Awesome!

-Alan

On Thu, Sep 7, 2017 at 11:19 AM, Mark Turner via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org>
wrote:

> Hey folks,
>
> I've had AT&T Fiber for about three months now. 1Gb up and down. Fast
> and rock-solid, so far.
>
> I ditched the AT&T modem (in my case, a Pace 5268AC) right away since I
> don't really trust AT&T being on my home network (with the
> vulnerabilities found in their Arris modems, I was justified).
>
> AT&T uses the 802.1x *wired* protocol to authenticate to its network.
> One drawback for 802.1x wired is that there is no ongoing
> reauthentication. Authentication is used only to initially open the
> port. Once the port is up it does not reauthenticate.
>
> This means you can set up your own router to act as your gateway. You'll
> need to clone the MAC address of your AT&T modem and set it up to pull
> DHCP addresses (including IPv6, I believe).
>
> Then, plug the AT&T router and the ONT into a gigabit switch (any will
> do, it doesn't have to be managed). Wait until the AT&T router has
> exchanged certificates with the AT&T headend and you have traffic
> flowing. Once this happens, plug in your router to the gigabit switch
> and unplug the AT&T router.
>
> Viola! All your gigabit sweetness is now passing through your router and
> the AT&T router can be put aside.
>
> I've run for months this way, only going through the process if my
> devices lose power. Give it a try!
>
> Cheers,
>
> Mark
>
>
> On 09/06/2017 04:26 PM, Mauricio Tavares via TriLUG wrote:
> > On Wed, Sep 6, 2017 at 3:30 PM, Michael Marley via TriLUG
> > <trilug at trilug.org> wrote:
> >> Because if they didn't impose arbitrary limits, the customer might try
> >> to run a SERVER!  Oh, the horror!
> >>
> >       Or they would otherwise not have an opportunity to sell a
> > "premium" package.
> >
> >
>
>
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