[NTLUG:Discuss] FIOS

Jay Urish jay at unixwolf.net
Fri Mar 29 13:58:21 CDT 2013


Simple.. On a WRT54G, just disable the wireless and remove the antennas.



On 3/29/2013 1:55 PM, Greg Edwards wrote:
> I don't want to spend a couple hundred on anything that I don't 
> absolutely have to buy.  And I don't need or want wireless.
>
> Greg Edwards
> http://greg.edwards-tx.us
>
>
> Jay Urish wrote:
>> You could run a cisco firewall. I run an ASA5505..
>>
>>
>> A linksys dd-wrt would also be cool.
>>
>>
>>
>> On 3/29/2013 1:31 PM, Greg Edwards wrote:
>>> Has anyone connected their Linux server to Verizon FIOS?
>>>
>>> My question is what device options are available?  Verizon sells a
>>> wireless router but claims that it has to be connected to a Windows
>>> box.  I haven't been able to find any info on exactly how they
>>> connect up.  Is there a modem like DSL on the house side of the FIOS
>>> box?  Or does the FIOS circuit connect directly through cat 5 or coax?
>>>
>>> For me there are some problems with their option.  First I do not
>>> want a Windows box for my firewall or router.  Second I do not want
>>> to be wireless.  I don't think I want my firewall running on a
>>> device, if that's the purpose of their router.  I'm happy with the
>>> configuration that I have now where my modem is connected directly
>>> to my Linux box over 1 nic which is my firewall and routes to my
>>> internal network.
>>>
>>> TIA,
>>
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