[wplug] Verizon FIOS experience with Linux?

[Eric]

And i just remembered, someone told me that they have 2 different modes of 
connecting.  I guess it has to do with when the service was put in. They use 
either pppoe or dhcp to connect to verizon.

Eric

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Eric Cooper" <ecc at cmu.edu>
To: <wplug at wplug.org>
Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2008 11:27 AM
Subject: [wplug] Verizon FIOS experience with Linux?


> 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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