| Lee H. Marzke on 18 Dec 2017 15:38:37 -0800 |
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| Re: [PLUG] New Comcast wireless modem with old Buffalo wireless router |
If your FIOS ONT unit has an Ethernet jack, then it is acting as a bridge and it is a regular Ethernet connection to Verizon so no special requirements exist. I run my FIOS WAN Ethernet connection to my pfSense Router and it works just fine. No need for any special router from Verizon unless you are using their cable TV option. I also had a Ubiquity EdgeRouter X connected to the ONT on a different public IP and it worked fine. Have you not been able to get another router to work on your ONT ? Lee ----- Original Message ----- > From: gary@duzan.org > To: "Philadelphia Linux User's Group Discussion List" <plug@lists.phillylinux.org> > Sent: Monday, December 18, 2017 4:15:27 PM > Subject: Re: [PLUG] New Comcast wireless modem with old Buffalo wireless router > The FiOS folks did something similarly antisocial to me. I've been > running for years with the same router that they gave me when I signed > up, but then they decided they didn't want to support that router model > any more, so they gave me two choices: 1) pay them a ludicrous price > for a refurbished router, or 2) pay them a monthly "maintenance fee" to > keep the current router. Amazingly enough, my email asking what that > fee buys me went unanswered. Naturally, there is no way I could get a > "supported" router from a third party provider. I'd be tempted to try > to start up an ISP utilizing wireless mesh and a fiber backbone, but I > know there would be far too many obstacles. > > Gary Duzan > > > > => Ugh, that XB3 sounds horrible. Glad I moved to Fios. (Until Fios does the > => same thing.) > => > => On Sun, Dec 17, 2017 at 8:28 PM, Rich Mingin (PLUG) <plug@frags.us> wrote: > => > =>> So a few things; > =>> > =>> The Cocmast XB3 is required because it's part of Cocmast's new IPTV > =>> initiative. It's a fully integrated modem, WAP, and router in one. While > =>> you can disable the customer-facing Wifi, you do not have root on the > =>> device and cannot power off the wifi radios, this is by design. It'll > =>> continue broadcasting the "Xfinity_Free_Wifi" or whatever SSID. On the > =>> other hand, you aren't liable for what happens on that SSID, and it > =>> doesn't > =>> count against your transfer cap nor speed caps (normally). You can't > =>> fully > =>> disable the router part, you *might* be able to forward all ports by > =>> default to your Buffalo, but you will always be double-NATed. Also, any > =>> ports that Cocmast grabs on the XB3 will *not* be forwarded to the > =>> Buffalo, > =>> and you don't have any control over that. > =>> > =>> Sorry for the bad news. Also sorry I don't have any guides to do what > =>> you're trying, but the XB3 rollout was only just starting when I left. > =>> Support might be able to help, but good luck. > =>> > =>> On Sun, Dec 17, 2017 at 8:23 PM, Walt Mankowski <waltman@pobox.com> > =>> wrote: > =>> > =>>> Cool. Hopefully those will be obvious settings once I hook it up? > =>>> > =>>> On Sun, Dec 17, 2017 at 08:18:13PM -0500, Eric Lucas wrote: > =>>> > I always disable the wireless in the (vendor-provided) router. > =>>> > If possible, just configure it to pass-through the external IP to the > =>>> > LAN network interface on the router and then just configure your > =>>> > Buffalo WAN to use that. > =>>> > > =>>> > I've done that for both Comcast and Verizon in years past. > =>>> > > =>>> > Eric > =>>> > > =>>> > On Sun, Dec 17, 2017 at 7:36 PM, Walt Mankowski <waltman@pobox.com> > =>>> wrote: > =>>> > > =>>> > > I've been a Comcast internet customer since 2012. Recently they > =>>> told > =>>> > > me my old modem will longer be supported after January, and a few > =>>> days > =>>> > > ago they sent me a brand new XB3 modem. > =>>> > > > =>>> > > Currently I've got my old modem plugged into a Buffalo WZR-600DHP > =>>> > > AirStation running DD-WRT. I've got a desktop and a laptop plugged > =>>> > > into its RJ-45 ports, and it also handles a bunch of wireless > =>>> devices. > =>>> > > > =>>> > > I'm concerned because this new modem is also a wireless router. If > =>>> I > =>>> > > just replace the old modem with the new one, will everything still > =>>> > > work? Or do I need to consolidate and move all my settings from > =>>> the > =>>> > > Buffalo router onto the Comcast device? Has anyone tried this > =>>> before? > =>>> > > I'm also concerned that if I mess anything up, the old modem will > =>>> have > =>>> > > been deactivated and I won't easily be able to fall back once I > =>>> start. > =>>> > > > =>>> > > Thanks. > =>>> > > > =>>> > > Walt > =>>> > > > =>>> > > ____________________________________________________________ > =>>> > > _______________ > =>>> > > Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- > =>>> > > http://www.phillylinux.org > =>>> > > Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/ > =>>> > > mailman/listinfo/plug-announce > =>>> > > General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/ > =>>> > > mailman/listinfo/plug > =>>> > > > =>>> > > > =>>> > =>>> > ____________________________________________________________ > =>>> _______________ > =>>> > Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- > =>>> http://www.phillylinux.org > =>>> > Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/m > =>>> ailman/listinfo/plug-announce > =>>> > General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/ > =>>> mailman/listinfo/plug > =>>> > =>>> > =>>> ____________________________________________________________ > =>>> _______________ > =>>> Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- > =>>> http://www.phillylinux.org > =>>> Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/m > =>>> ailman/listinfo/plug-announce > =>>> General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/ > =>>> mailman/listinfo/plug > =>>> > =>>> > =>> > =>> ____________________________________________________________ > =>> _______________ > =>> Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- > =>> http://www.phillylinux.org > =>> Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/ > =>> mailman/listinfo/plug-announce > =>> General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/ > =>> mailman/listinfo/plug > =>> > =>> > => > ___________________________________________________________________________ > => Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- > => http://www.phillylinux.org > => Announcements - > => http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce > => General Discussion -- > => http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > => > > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org > Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce > General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug -- "Between subtle shading and the absence of light lies the nuance of iqlusion..." - Kryptos Lee Marzke, lee@marzke.net http://marzke.net/lee/ IT Consultant, VMware, VCenter, SAN storage, infrastructure, SW CM ___________________________________________________________________________ Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug