[wplug] Verizon FIOS experience with Linux?

[Moshe Hyzon]

I'ts standard DHCP, i think only their DSL is PPPoE. All I can say is
that when the FIOS technician comes, _INSIST_ that you get a standard
Ethernet connection to the ONT. I got stuck with MoCA (Multimedia over
Coax), and so I have to use their Router, an Acitontec MIGR424 or
something.  It runs linux, but they only recently release the source,
I don't think any of the alternative firmware distros (DDWRT, OpenWRT,
etc) have added support for it yet.  It's powerful hardware but the
firmware is pretty buggy.  So if you can run your own router via
ethernet, I'd do that.


I am currently trying to change the Actiontec to make it act like a
bridge and then do my own routing and NATing,  but the Action tec
interface is very obtuse.

Still, it's a fast connection (I think I'm on 5/2).

Moshe

On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 11:27 AM, Eric Cooper <ecc at cmu.edu> wrote:
> FIOS is now available in my neighborhood, and I'm wondering if anyone
>  here has it and can answer more questions than Verizon's web site does.
>
>  Verizon says they provide a broadband router to connect to the optical
>  network terminal.  Can anyone tell me what they're using?  Does it
>  provide DHCP and NAT, or do you talk to it with PPPOE, or what?
>
>  Was it possible to get connected without having a Windows PC or Mac to
>  make the technician happy?
>
>  Elsewhere Verizon says they provide a wireless router for a home
>  network.  Is this a different box or is it the same one that connects
>  to the ONT?
>
>  I'm also curious about any general experience with the service, and
>  which service level you've used.  (They're currently offering 5M
>  down/2M up, 15/2, 15/15, and 30/15.)
>
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