[NTLUG:Discuss] FIOS

[agoats at compuserve.com]

I've been running Linux on Verizon's FIOS since it was first installed 
in Wylie. This goes back to when Plano turned down FIOS and Verizon went 
to the last of the list which was Wylie and Sachse. Back then, it took 
about 2 months to get everything working right; I had two copper wired 
phone links as well as FIOS while they debugged the FIOS system. Once 
they got all the bugs worked out, I haven't had any real issues since. 
I'd guess it's been at least 8 years.

The connection from the router in my house to the the Verizon box 
outside is through a Cat6e cable. It is an ethernet connection. Inside 
my house, it is a D-Link router.  There is nothing really special about it.

All other computer connection interfaces are what you would normally do 
for any other ethernet type connection. I don't have it set for 
Verizon's mail as I've had a CompuServe address since the mid 1980's.

The phone is a separate system that is connected to the outside system, 
so you actually have at least two lines going into the house. If you 
have the FIOS TV, I think there is a F-connector interface on the 
outside system as well. I don't have TV, going off of free air broadcast 
instead.

Alvin



On 03/29/2013 02:19 PM, Greg Edwards wrote:
> When I originally setup DSL Verizon they made the same "Windows ONLY" 
> setup claim.  But I was able to setup the modem without it.
>
> Greg Edwards
> http://greg.edwards-tx.us
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>
> Stuart Johnston wrote:
>> If a WRT54G will work then there must be a modem that converts the
>> FIOS connection into Ethernet, which is what Greg is asking. The
>> Windows requirement is most likely for support only, not a
>> technological limitation but I think Greg was just wanting
>> confirmation on that.
>>
>>
>> On 3/29/2013 1:58 PM, Jay Urish wrote:
>>> 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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