you can change your /etc/resolv.conf my rotuer is setup to use non verizon dns servers level3's is 4.2.2.x<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 2/6/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Joe</b> <<a href="mailto:josephj@main.nc.us">
josephj@main.nc.us</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">matt donovan wrote:<br>> I asked the tech guy from verizon how ot set up the modem correctly
<br>> sicne I'd rahter use a router all I did was turn off Nat on the modem<br>> and that was all good. oh yeah I use level3 dns which is awesome<br>> compared to verizon's<br>><br>> On 12/23/06, *Adam Laurich* <
<a href="mailto:adam.cadpro@gmail.com">adam.cadpro@gmail.com</a><br>> <mailto:<a href="mailto:adam.cadpro@gmail.com">adam.cadpro@gmail.com</a>>> wrote:<br>><br>> Thats one annoyance I found with Verizon, by default, you had to
<br>> use their proprietary windows software to set it up.<br>><br>><br>> On 12/23/06, *Tom Morgan* < <a href="mailto:samothyev@yahoo.com">samothyev@yahoo.com</a><br>> <mailto:<a href="mailto:samothyev@yahoo.com">
samothyev@yahoo.com</a>> > wrote:<br>><br>> <a href="http://netservices.verizon.net/portal/link/help/item&case=21510">http://netservices.verizon.net/portal/link/help/item&case=21510</a><br>> <
<a href="http://netservices.verizon.net/portal/link/help/item&case=21510">http://netservices.verizon.net/portal/link/help/item&case=21510</a>><br>><br>> This should help.<br>><br>> ----- Original Message ----
<br>> From: Tom Morgan < <a href="mailto:samothyev@yahoo.com">samothyev@yahoo.com</a><br>> <mailto:<a href="mailto:samothyev@yahoo.com">samothyev@yahoo.com</a>>><br>> To: <a href="mailto:nflug@nflug.org">
nflug@nflug.org</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:nflug@nflug.org">nflug@nflug.org</a>><br>> Sent: Saturday, December 23, 2006 12:55:44 PM<br>> Subject: Re: [nflug] Verizon dsl<br>><br>> I have a linksys router and had to use the dsl modem as a
<br>> bridge so that I could network all my systems. This has to be<br>> done becuase the nat for the dsl modem shares the same network<br>> as the linksys router. I can't seem to find the link I used to
<br>> set this up but I had to change the router to PPOE and set the<br>> dsl modem to be used as a bridge. I will try to dig the link<br>> up for the destructions and post it when I do.<br>
><br>> ----- Original Message ----<br>> From: Cyber Source < <a href="mailto:peter@thecybersource.com">peter@thecybersource.com</a><br>> <mailto:<a href="mailto:peter@thecybersource.com">
peter@thecybersource.com</a>>><br>> To: <a href="mailto:nflug@nflug.org">nflug@nflug.org</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:nflug@nflug.org">nflug@nflug.org</a>><br>> Sent: Saturday, December 23, 2006 12:28:20 PM
<br>> Subject: Re: [nflug] Verizon dsl<br>><br>> Kyle Obear wrote:<br>> > One other gotcha with Verizon DSL is that their DNS servers<br>> are terribly slow. When I switched from Cable modem to DSL, I
<br>> saw a HUGE drop in speed. I was eventually able to correlate<br>> it to their DNS servers taking up to 20 seconds to respond to<br>> a DNS query.<br>> ><br>> > To fix this, I installed bind, and I use it as a
<br>> resolving/caching DNS server. In my setup, my linux box that<br>> is connected to the DSL line is a dedicated Firewall machine,<br>> with another server inside my network running squidd and
<br>> bind. Now my DSL is faster than my Cable Modem ever was.<br>> ><br>> > Also, since the LAN interface on their router is on a<br>> 192.167.x.x network, and my internal network is a
10.x.x.x<br>> network, I use the 192.168.x.x network as a<br>> > "poor man's" DMZ. On the Verizon router, I have port<br>> forwarding setup for 80 and 443 to a server in the DMZ, while
<br>> other traffic (Vonage, etc) get's forwarded to my Linux<br>> firewall and handled by IPTABLES.<br>> ><br>> > HTH,<br>> > Kyle<br>> ><br>
> ><br>> >> -----Original Message-----<br>> >> From: <a href="mailto:justin.bennett@dynabrade.com">justin.bennett@dynabrade.com</a><br>> <mailto:<a href="mailto:justin.bennett@dynabrade.com">
justin.bennett@dynabrade.com</a>><br>> >> Sent: Fri, 22 Dec 2006 22:39:07 -0500<br>> >> To: <a href="mailto:nflug@nflug.org">nflug@nflug.org</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:nflug@nflug.org">
nflug@nflug.org</a>><br>> >> Subject: Re: [nflug] Verizon dsl<br>> >><br>> >> Like Adelphia / Road Runner you will have a DSL modem that<br>> connects to<br>
> >> the phone line, then to your PC on the LAN side. Verizon<br>> actually got<br>> >> smart, and every modem I've seen them use are actually NAT<br>> firewalls as
<br>> >> well, your PC does not get the internet IP, but rather a<br>> 192.168.1.x (or<br>> >> other internal only) address. This means you actually<br>> manager their
<br>> >> modem if you want to forward port to internal IPs. They<br>> used to block<br>> >> port 25 incoming for mail, but I remember working around it<br>> by putting a
<br>> >> port on the MX record for the domain I was using. I think 80<br>> was blocked<br>> >> but I used 443 also.<br>> >><br>> >> Since the modem is a NAT firewall you don't really need to
<br>> use the<br>> >> router, I've actually had some greif running a netgear NAT<br>> router in<br>> >> conjunction with the Westell NAT DSL modem, some packet<br>
> dropping issues,<br>> >> this all went away when I yanked the router and just put in<br>> a wireless<br>> >> access point.<br>> >><br>> >>
<br>> >> For installation:<br>> >> The DSL modem will plug into any avaliable phone jack you<br>> may have. So<br>> >> if you have a phone jack where you want to put the modem
<br>> then your fine.<br>> >> From there you can run ethernet (or do wireless to your<br>> PCs). The big<br>> >> pain is that on any other phones (or other phone type
<br>> device, tivos,<br>> >> modems, faxes, ext) you need to put a DSL filter to filter<br>> out the DSL<br>> >> signal. You obviously don't put this filter on the phone
<br>> jack you pluged<br>> >> the DSL modem into.<br>> >><br>> >> Justin<br>> >><br>> >><br>> >> Justin Bennett
<br>> >> Network Administrator<br>> >> Dynabrade Inc.<br>> >> Clarence, NY<br>> >> 716-631-0100<br>> >><br>> >><br>> >>
<br>> >> anthonyriga wrote:<br>> >><br>> >>> Where do you connect the modem too? DO i need to<br>> >>> provide my own wires? I ordered the online do it your
<br>> >>> self. I wanna put the modem in my basement in my<br>> >>> computer room what wires do I need to run? And from<br>> >>> where? Any suggestions?<br>> >>> --- David Mangani <
<a href="mailto:buckettruckdave@gmail.com">buckettruckdave@gmail.com</a><br>> <mailto:<a href="mailto:buckettruckdave@gmail.com">buckettruckdave@gmail.com</a>>> wrote:<br>> >>><br>> >>>
<br>> >>><br>> >>>> Hmmm,<br>> >>>><br>> >>>> Sorry I sent that last message by mistake. Anyways,<br>> >>>> I switched to
<br>> >>>> Verizon DSL a few months ago. It seems to work fine.<br>> >>>> It is slightly<br>> >>>> slower than cable, however,not alot of difference. I<br>
> >>>> did use a windows<br>> >>>> PC to initially set up my account. Basically it was<br>> >>>> just easier. Now<br>> >>>> that the account is set up, I have used FC6, ubuntu
<br>> >>>> and now Debian on<br>> >>>> it all without any trouble. It seems that to<br>> >>>> initially set up and<br>> >>>> activate the account windows is easier. Not sure if
<br>> >>>> it could be done<br>> >>>> from the get go with Linux. I don't know if the<br>> >>>> various ports are<br>> >>>> available for use or not. I can only say that I
<br>> >>>> simply plug in my DSL<br>> >>>> modem let the lights wink on and connect the<br>> >>>> ethernet cable and it<br>> >>>> simply works. No real complaints here.
<br>> >>>><br>> >>>> Dave<br>> >>>><br>> >>>><br>> >>>> On 12/22/06, David Mangani<br>> >>>> <
<a href="mailto:buckettruckdave@gmail.com">buckettruckdave@gmail.com</a><br>> <mailto:<a href="mailto:buckettruckdave@gmail.com">buckettruckdave@gmail.com</a>>> wrote:<br>> >>>><br>
> >>>><br>> >>>>> Hello,<br>> >>>>><br>> >>>>><br>> >>>>><br>> >>>>> On 12/22/06, anthonyriga <
<a href="mailto:torrodimerda@yahoo.com">torrodimerda@yahoo.com</a><br>> <mailto:<a href="mailto:torrodimerda@yahoo.com">torrodimerda@yahoo.com</a>>><br>> >>>>><br>> >>>>>
<br>> >>>> wrote:<br>> >>>><br>> >>>><br>> >>>>>> I have moved into the city and had RoadRunner<br>> >>>>>>
<br>> >>>>>><br>> >>>> before.<br>> >>>><br>> >>>><br>> >>>>>> I am thinking of DSL. Are there any hitches in
<br>> >>>>>><br>> >>>>>><br>> >>>> setting<br>> >>>><br>> >>>><br>> >>>>>> up with Linux? I looked over some of old threads
<br>> >>>>>><br>> >>>>>><br>> >>>> we<br>> >>>><br>> >>>><br>> >>>>>> had to get some advice and I guess you need
<br>> >>>>>><br>> >>>>>><br>> >>>> WIndows or<br>> >>>><br>> >>>><br>> >>>>>> MAc to set it up with software. Thats odd if you
<br>> >>>>>><br>> >>>>>><br>> >>>> are<br>> >>>><br>> >>>><br>> >>>>>> hooking up a router to it which Im going to do.
<br>> >>>>>><br>> >>>>>><br>> >>>> Do<br>> >>>><br>> >>>><br>> >>>>>> they have port 80 open for web services? I know
<br>> >>>>>><br>> >>>>>><br>> >>>> RR<br>> >>>><br>> >>>><br>> >>>>>> dosent. I use 443 for web and also DDNS and
<br>> >>>>>><br>> >>>>>><br>> >>>> sendmail<br>> >>>><br>> >>>><br>> >>>>>> too. Any suggestions ? Storys? Advice? Should I
<br>> >>>>>><br>> >>>>>><br>> >>>> just<br>> >>>><br>> >>>><br>> >>>>>> still use RR?
<br>> >>>>>><br>> >>>>>> Thanks!<br>> >>>>>><br>> >>>>>><br>> >>>>>><br>> >>>>>>
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<br>> really bad.<br>> One other thing I can't stand about dsl, actually adsl, is<br>> there dhcp!<br>> It is ridiculous, I've seen the IP's change by the hour!<br>> Actually been
<br>> bumped offline while ssh'd into some boxes because the freakin IP<br>> changed. I never looked into it too much but they must have<br>> their dhcp<br>> servers set to expire on the hour. If it wasnt for the bad dns
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</a><br>><br>I know this is an old thread, but can you tell me how to select a<br>different DNS than the Verizon default? I am running kubuntu dapper as<br>an end user system (no servers turned on that aren't there by default).
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