----- Original Message ----- > From: Sean Alexandre <[email protected]> > To: Jonathan Wilkes <[email protected]> > Cc: freedombox list <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, July 2, 2012 9:15 PM > Subject: Re: [Freedombox-discuss] FreedomBox as a home router to replace > Cisco/Linksys > > On Mon, 2 Jul 2012 17:25:48 -0700 (PDT) > Jonathan Wilkes <[email protected]> wrote: > > [snip] >> >> Is it a device that doubles as a dsl modem and wireless router? >> >> (I forgot about those devices.) >> > >> > Yes, it's a device that doubles as a wireless router and, in my >> > case, a cable modem. >> > >> >> How hard was putting it in "bridging mode"? Does Time > Warner >> > give >> >> you the l/p for the device? And what exactly does "bridging > >> > mode" do? >> > >> > It was pretty easy actually. It came with a web admin app, that has >> > a setting for "bridging mode." All I had to do was toggle > the >> > setting. >> > >> > Bridging mode causes it to work at layer 2 instead of layer 3. So it >> > doesn't have an IP address anymore. It passes layer 2 traffic >> > through to my own router, which now has the IP address assignment >> > from Time Warner. >> > >> > I don't know much about cable modems, so don't know what the > layer 2 >> > traffic looks like. Presumably it's based on MAC addresses, or >> > something like a MAC address?? >> > >> > Of course since the device no longer has an IP address, I can't > get >> > back to the web app to untoggle the setting. I'd have to do a hard >> > reset. >> >> That definitely sounds like advanced setup then. > > I'm not seeing that. All a user has to do for bridging > mode is navigate to a browser link and toggle a setting.
Well, I should explain that the audience I have in mind for that statement can me described by the following skit: Coping-Strategy-Guy: Yeah, I know, the gov't watches me browse the internet, blah blah blah. But what do I care, I'm not a criminal, I've got nothing to hide, probably everything I do looks boring to them... Me: You know you can use a FB to start getting some privacy on the net, right? Coping-Guy: FB? What's that? Me: Here, just plug this in. Now click here. Now you're up and running. Suddenly-Cares-About-His-Newfound-Online-Freedom-Guy: Wow look at that, it really works! > > Granted, it's some configuration, but not a "ssh to your box > and modify iptables with vi" :-) > Yes, I know, but my fear is that the "last chance" toggle is representative of the types of user-unfriendly problems people will run into by trying to replace their router with the FB. Anyhow if I have some time I'll try to go through at least a few of the big ISPs using the link someone provided and see what kinds of restrictions there really are. -Jonathan _______________________________________________ Freedombox-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/freedombox-discuss
