[TriLUG] Google fiber

[Wes Garrison via TriLUG]

The EdgeRouter Lite now has a configuration "wizard" that sets up the
firewall and NAT all through a web GUI, so it's pretty danged easy.

If you're using Ubiquiti wifi gear as well, you can get the EdgeRouter X
SFP, which is about $95, has a built-in SFP for fiber and a built-in switch
chip, and can power multiple UAP-AC access points via their proprietary 24V
"passive" PoE scheme.

It can't power their standards-compliant Wave2 gear, which uses 802.11af/at
at 48V, but their "lite" and "LR" (Long Range) AC gear is so good that for
home use it's really good enough.

You can power a single AP with their regular ~$50 EdgeRouter X (non-SFP) if
you use a 24W power supply (not included), but by the time you buy an extra
power supply you may as well just get the ER-X-SFP.

One caveat about AT&T's "bridge mode" on their CPE router; it's not a
*true* Ethernet bridge mode. It still uses the built-in NAT table of the
router to forward the packets to your own router, and until recently had an
absurdly small session table.  They've increased the size, but it's still a
silly limitation that's not necessary.  Their router is needed in order to
do the 802.1x authentication to their network.

https://www.dslreports.com/forum/r32356965-Justification-for-Pitiful-NAT-Session-Limits

Lots of threads on DSL Reports and elsewhere about this.

If anyone wants instructions on how to extract the 802.1x certificate from
an Arris BGW-210 and authenticate directly with their Ubiquiti gear, I'll
be happy to post the instructions here.

It's probably fine for most users.  But we're power users. :)

-Wes

On Sat, Dec 5, 2020 at 5:30 PM Lance A. Brown via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org>
wrote:

> Hey Eric,
>
> Would you be willing to share your network setup using the EdgeRouter
> Lite?  I'm thinking about
> upgrading to Ubiquiti gear in my home and the options are a bit
> bewildering.
>
> Eric Blau via TriLUG wrote on 12/5/2020 3:25 PM:
> > I also have their equipment in bridge mode, which the knowledgeable
> > installed technician helped set up, so I can fully use my Ubiquiti
> > EdgeRouter Lite. I needed a router upgrade after getting AT&T service. My
> > previous Asus router was only capable of 400 Mbps.
>
> Thanks,
>   --[Lance]
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