[NTLUG:Discuss] FIOS

[Greg Edwards]

Is this the one that they are quoting at something like $249?

Greg Edwards
http://greg.edwards-tx.us


Leroy Tennison wrote:
> On 03/29/2013 01:31 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,
>
> I now have Verizon and am using FIOS, unlike another post, they
> provided a "box", specifically a Westell A90-9100EM15 10.  Cable on
> one side, Ethernet on the other.  From the house side it's an Ethernet
> connection.  You can run Windows/*NIX/OS-2/DOS/whatever. The "box" may
> have a firewall, I don't care, I'm running my own as well.
>
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