Re: [PLUG] Switch ISP to CenturyLink

2021-12-31 Thread Paul Heinlein
On Wed, 29 Dec 2021, a...@clueserver.org wrote: IPv6 is supported. I did a short write-up of getting IPv6 working for me on CenturyLink. The first part of the article is general setup on the company-provided Zyxel C3000 router, while the second part is specific to FreeBSD:

Re: [PLUG] Switch ISP to CenturyLink

2021-12-29 Thread Robert Citek
I also have CenturyLink. However, I haven't hosted a box in my house in years ( well over a decade ). I went from static IP on the server(s) in my basement, to DHCP with dynamic DNS, to static IP at a CoLo, and finally to VM instances in the cloud. Cost and convenience were the prime

Re: [PLUG] Switch ISP to CenturyLink

2021-12-29 Thread Russell Senior
Generally, CenturyLink will install two pieces of equipment, and ONT and a "modem/router". The ONT is the optical network termination, and converts the fiber to ethernet. The "modem/router" is really just a specially configured router. You can use your own router instead (I do), primarily because

Re: [PLUG] Switch ISP to CenturyLink

2021-12-29 Thread alan
> I've avoided using the phone company as my ISP for decades, but alas GTT > is going out of business in terms of serving me as an ISP customer, so a > CenturyLink installer will visit me here tomorrow. I suspect this means > that I won't have a static IP address. I have gigabit through