[TriLUG] Google fiber

[Wes Garrison via TriLUG]

The only way to use your own router with AT&T (without having the weird
extra switch/vlan hardware in between) is to solder a header to the
internal Broadcom UART in a BGW-210 modem/router, mount a specific
partition, copy the mfg.dat file to a USB drive and extract the 802.1x
certificate on a PC.

Here's a (closed source, Windows) tool to extract the cert from the
partition:
https://www.devicelocksmith.com/2018/12/eap-tls-credentials-decoder-for-nvg-and.html

I've done this with several, and I'm really happy with the result, but it's
not a quick and simple project.

I agree with Daniel Sterling that Google's motivation was to give the
cable/ILEC monopolies a kick in the pants;  I think many of us just hoped
Google would actually serve us.  In areas where Google hasn't announced GF,
AT&T is charging MUCH higher prices for their "Gigapower" Uverse fiber.



On Thu, Dec 3, 2020 at 7:18 PM Michael Marley via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org>
wrote:

> Just curious, what method are you using to do the swap-out?  It's been a
> while, but when I researched it a while back, the only methods I could
> find required manual intervention to restore connectivity if power was
> lost or the router got rebooted or something.
>
> Also, since you mention "NAT box" I should add that Google Fiber offers
> a /56 of native IPv6, so (for sites supporting the current version of
> the Internet protocol, anyway) you don't need NAT at all!  AT&T fiber
> (again, when I last checked) offered only a /64 of 6rd, which is a
> tunnel and also isn't a large enough prefix for more than one subnet.
>
> Google Fiber certainly hasn't been a disappointment for me.  I get the
> advertised speed (full duplex), a /56 of native IPv6, a routable legacy
> IP, you can (now, officially) use your own router without any
> tomfoolery, and there haven't been any reliability issues.
>
> Michael
>
> On 12/3/2020 14:51, Daniel Sterling via TriLUG wrote:
> > On Thu, Dec 3, 2020 at 2:19 PM Wes Garrison via TriLUG
> > <trilug at trilug.org> wrote:
> >> Google Fiber has been a real disappointment for a lot of folks.
> > Google fiber's primary function has been to keep AT&T from charging
> > $130 a month for their fiber in competing markets.
> >
> > Other than price, AT&T fiber seems the better choice, it's been
> > rock-solid for me, and it's easy to swap out the AT&T CPE for your own
> > linux NAT box.
> >
> > -- Dan
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