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Re: [PLUG] Update: Verizon FiOS
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I've been using fios for almost two years, and haven't yet had an issue
where I lost my NAT and forwarding rules. Granted though, I can't say
that I've done any firmware upgrades or that verizon has either (even if
they do say that do all sorts of management remotely).
JP Vossen wrote:
> > Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2009 11:26:32 -0400
> > From: Eric <eric@lucii.org>
> >
> > Tuesday I dug around in the Actiontec menus and viola... there is a
> > DMZ option! I configured the Linux firewall to have a static IP of
> > 192.168.1.101 and connected it to the LAN I/F of the Actiontec router.
> > On the router I told it to put that IP in the DMZ.
> >
> > It works! I can ssh into it from the outside which is Very Nice :-)
>
> Does anyone know if firmware updates affect that? Even if normal
> updates don't, I'm never trilled giving someone else that much control
> over my network.
>
> I started to write the bit below about it, then remembered that it was
> my Vonage box, not my FiOS box, that had/has this problem... I solved
> it by sticking Vonage on its own DMZ instead of in-line with the gateway
> like they "recommend."
>
> <start obsolete stuff, for reference>
> I seem to recall something about if the [wrong device here] got a
> firmware update, anything you customized would be gone. Even if true
> you may not care too much, since you can keep a record of what you did,
> or possibly a config backup. The show stopper for me was if they did
> that while I was traveling, nuked my port-forward, and locked me out of
> remote access to my LAN.
> </end obsolete stuff, for reference>
>
> Something to think about just in case...
> JP
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