[nflug] Verizon dsl

Joe josephj at main.nc.us
Sun Feb 11 15:18:15 EST 2007


vlok stone wrote:
> You can change their servers by going to configuration
> -> advanced wan -> pppoe (edit)-> and change the
> default servers to whatever you like. 
> opendns servers are 
> 208.67.222.222
> 208.67.220.220
>
> --- matt donovan <kitchetech at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>   
>> you can change your /etc/resolv.conf my rotuer is
>> setup to use non verizon
>> dns servers level3's is 4.2.2.x
>>
>> On 2/6/07, Joe <josephj at main.nc.us> wrote:
>>     
>>> matt donovan wrote:
>>>       
>>>> I asked the tech guy from verizon how ot set up
>>>>         
>> the modem correctly
>>     
>>>> sicne I'd rahter use a router all I did was turn
>>>>         
>> off Nat on the modem
>>     
>>>> and that was all good. oh yeah I use level3 dns
>>>>         
>> which is awesome
>>     
>>>> compared to verizon's
>>>>
>>>> On 12/23/06, *Adam Laurich*
>>>>         
>> <adam.cadpro at gmail.com
>>     
>>>> <mailto:adam.cadpro at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>     Thats one annoyance I found with Verizon, by
>>>>         
>> default, you had to
>>     
>>>>     use their proprietary windows software to
>>>>         
>> set it up.
>>     
>>>>     On 12/23/06, *Tom Morgan* <
>>>>         
>> samothyev at yahoo.com
>>     
>>>>     <mailto:samothyev at yahoo.com> > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>        
>>>>         
> http://netservices.verizon.net/portal/link/help/item&case=21510
>   
>>>>        
>>>>         
> <http://netservices.verizon.net/portal/link/help/item&case=21510
>   
>>>>         This should help.
>>>>
>>>>         ----- Original Message ----
>>>>         From: Tom Morgan < samothyev at yahoo.com
>>>>         <mailto:samothyev at yahoo.com>>
>>>>         To: nflug at nflug.org
>>>>         
>> <mailto:nflug at nflug.org>
>>     
>>>>         Sent: Saturday, December 23, 2006
>>>>         
>> 12:55:44 PM
>>     
>>>>         Subject: Re: [nflug] Verizon dsl
>>>>
>>>>         I have a linksys router and had to use
>>>>         
>> the dsl modem as a
>>     
>>>>         bridge so that I could network all my
>>>>         
>> systems. This has to be
>>     
>>>>         done becuase the nat for the dsl modem
>>>>         
>> shares the same network
>>     
>>>>         as the linksys router. I can't seem to
>>>>         
>> find the link I used to
>>     
>>>>         set this up but I had to change the
>>>>         
>> router to PPOE and set the
>>     
>>>>         dsl modem to be used as a bridge. I will
>>>>         
>> try to dig the link
>>     
>>>>         up for the destructions and post it when
>>>>         
>> I do.
>>     
>>>>         ----- Original Message ----
>>>>         From: Cyber Source <
>>>>         
>> peter at thecybersource.com
>>     
>>>>         <mailto:peter at thecybersource.com>>
>>>>         To: nflug at nflug.org
>>>>         
>> <mailto:nflug at nflug.org>
>>     
>>>>         Sent: Saturday, December 23, 2006
>>>>         
>> 12:28:20 PM
>>     
>>>>         Subject: Re: [nflug] Verizon dsl
>>>>
>>>>         Kyle Obear wrote:
>>>>         > One other gotcha with Verizon DSL is
>>>>         
>> that their DNS servers
>>     
>>>>         are terribly slow.  When I switched from
>>>>         
>> Cable modem to DSL, I
>>     
>>>>         saw a HUGE drop in speed.  I was
>>>>         
>> eventually able to correlate
>>     
>>>>         it to their DNS servers taking up to 20
>>>>         
>> seconds to respond to
>>     
>>>>         a DNS query.
>>>>         >
>>>>         > To fix this, I installed bind, and I
>>>>         
>> use it as a
>>     
>>>>         resolving/caching DNS server.  In my
>>>>         
>> setup, my linux box that
>>     
>>>>         is connected to the DSL line is a
>>>>         
>> dedicated Firewall machine,
>>     
>>>>         with another server inside my network
>>>>         
>> running squidd and
>>     
>>>>         bind.  Now my DSL is faster than my
>>>>         
>> Cable Modem ever was.
>>     
>>>>         >
>>>>         > Also, since the LAN interface on their
>>>>         
>> router is on a
>>     
>>>>         192.167.x.x network, and my internal
>>>>         
>> network is a 10.x.x.x
>>     
>>>>         network, I use the 192.168.x.x network
>>>>         
>> as a
>>     
>>>>         > "poor man's" DMZ.  On the Verizon
>>>>         
>> router, I have port
>>     
>>>>         forwarding setup for 80 and 443 to a
>>>>         
>> server in the DMZ, while
>>     
>>>>         other traffic (Vonage, etc) get's
>>>>         
>> forwarded to my Linux
>>     
>>>>         firewall and handled by IPTABLES.
>>>>         >
>>>>         > HTH,
>>>>         > Kyle
>>>>         >
>>>>         >
>>>>         >> -----Original Message-----
>>>>         >> From: justin.bennett at dynabrade.com
>>>>         <mailto:justin.bennett at dynabrade.com>
>>>>         >> Sent: Fri, 22 Dec 2006 22:39:07 -0500
>>>>         >> To: nflug at nflug.org
>>>>         
>> <mailto:nflug at nflug.org>
>>     
>>>>         >> Subject: Re: [nflug] Verizon dsl
>>>>         >>
>>>>         >> Like Adelphia / Road Runner you will
>>>>         
>> have a DSL modem that
>>     
>>>>         connects to
>>>>         >> the phone line, then to your PC on
>>>>         
>> the LAN side. Verizon
>>     
>>>>         actually got
>>>>         >> smart, and every modem I've seen them
>>>>         
>> use are actually NAT
>>     
>>>>         firewalls as
>>>>         >> well, your PC does not get the
>>>>         
>> internet IP, but rather a
>>     
>>>>         192.168.1.x (or
>>>>         >> other internal only) address. This
>>>>         
>> means you actually
>>     
>>>>         manager their
>>>>         >> modem if you want to forward port to 
>>>>         
>> internal IPs. They
>>     
>>>>         used to block
>>>>         >> port 25 incoming for mail, but I
>>>>         
>> remember working around it
>>     
>>>>         by putting a
>>>>         >> port on the MX record for the domain
>>>>         
>> I was using. I think 80
>>     
>>>>         was blocked
>>>>         >> but I used 443 also.
>>>>         >>
>>>>         >> Since the modem is a NAT firewall you
>>>>         
>> don't really need to
>>     
>>>>         use the
>>>>         >> router, I've actually had some greif
>>>>         
>> running a netgear NAT
>>     
>>>>         router in
>>>>         >> conjunction with the Westell NAT DSL
>>>>         
>> modem, some packet
>>     
>>>>         dropping issues,
>>>>         >> this all went away when I yanked the
>>>>         
>> router and just put in
>>     
>>>>         a wireless
>>>>         >> access point.
>>>>         >>
>>>>         >>
>>>>         >> For installation:
>>>>         >> The DSL modem will plug into any
>>>>         
>> avaliable phone jack you
>>     
>>>>         may have. So
>>>>         >> if you have a phone jack where you
>>>>         
>> want to put the modem
>>     
>>>>         then your fine.
>>>>         >> From there you can run ethernet (or
>>>>         
>> do wireless to your
>>     
>>>>         PCs). The big
>>>>         >> pain is that on any other phones (or
>>>>         
>> other phone type
>>     
>>>>         device, tivos,
>>>>         >> modems, faxes, ext) you need to put a
>>>>         
>> DSL filter to filter
>>     
>>>>         out the DSL
>>>>         >> signal. You obviously don't put this
>>>>         
>> filter on the phone
>>     
>>>>         jack you pluged
>>>>         >> the DSL modem into.
>>>>         >>
>>>>         >> Justin
>>>>         >>
>>>>         >>
>>>>         >> Justin Bennett
>>>>         >> Network Administrator
>>>>         >> Dynabrade Inc.
>>>>         >> Clarence, NY
>>>>         >> 716-631-0100
>>>>         >>
>>>>         >>
>>>>         >>
>>>>         >> anthonyriga wrote:
>>>>         >>
>>>>         >>> Where do you connect the modem too?
>>>>         
>> DO i need to
>>     
>>>>         >>> provide my own wires? I ordered the
>>>>         
>> online do it your
>>     
>>>>         >>> self. I wanna put the modem in my
>>>>         
>> basement in my
>>     
>>>>         >>> computer room what wires do I need
>>>>         
>> to 
>>     
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Thanks.  I'll try that.

Joe
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