Fantastic Lee, thanks SO much…. Like many in this group you are so helpful…
John > On May 25, 2018, at 2:59 PM, Lee Larson <[email protected]> wrote: > > On May 25, 2018, at 11:41 AM, John Robinson <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > >> Did you not tell us that you had TWO router’s, one behind another? > > Over the years I’ve played with many different router setups. Here are the > last three I’ve tried. > > For quite a while, my setup was to plug the cable modem into my Linux server > which served as the router and firewall. The Linux machine had two extra > Ethernet outputs. One of them went to the house Ethernet network and the > other went to an Apple AirPort Extreme which provided the WiFi. > > This made two networks within the house and the Linux machine was the gateway > between the two. It worked quite well and > was very flexible flexible because the networking software under Linux is > almost ridiculously configurable. It is also often ridiculously complicated > and I lost a lot of hair while setting it up. > > I don’t recommend this to anyone, unless you really want to get down and > dirty with iptables. > > Mighty Thor smote my Linux machine, giving me the opportunity to try another > approach. > > > The cable company had just pulled fiber through my neighborhood and offered a > free Arris modem/router/WiFi combo box, if we moved ourselves up to the next > service tier. I got the box and hooked the cable to it. I plugged it into a > three-port managed switch. One port on the switch went to the Ethernet in the > house and another went into the AirPort. > > I spent several evenings configuring the firewall and port mappings on the > Arris. I used the AirPort for WiFi and turned off the radio in the Arris box. > It wasn’t as flexible or secure as the former Linux setup, but it wasn’t too > bad. > > Then, one day, for some reason I no longer remember, the power was cut to the > Arris box for a few minutes. When it came back up, the settings had reverted > to as they were when I got the thing. It turned out this is a feature, not a > bug. The cable company put custom firmware into the machine that made it > revert to their favorite settings whenever power was lost. I’m sure this > saved them a lot of tech support time. Just tell the caller to pull the plug, > count to ten, and plug it back in again. Now they know the state of all the > settings. > > I asked if this “feature” could be disabled. They said “no.” I began > wondering what other “features” they’d built into the firmware. (Ever thought > of back doors?) I immediately went out and bought a Motorola SurfBoard modem > and started using it with the AirPort Extreme as my connection. > > The AirPort Extreme is a nice rock solid simple router that’s great for most > users. It’s a shame Apple has decided to kill the product. It’s also a shame > they didn’t open it up very much for more advanced configuration. I also > wanted the dual network I’d had before for security. > > > A while back I replaced the Airport with a Netgear Nighthawk router. One > reason why I chose the Nighthawk was because it has the capability of > supporting two networks internally. You don’t need two routers to do this any > more. I have my main house network set to a 192.168.0.n range of addresses > and another network set to 10.0.0.n. The second network contains all the IoT > devices such as the Rokus and the Nest thermostat. It’s also the guest > network to which I steer visitors. Devices on the 10.0.0.n network can’t see > anything on the 192.168.0.n network. This helps secure our personal machines > and file servers. > > > There are some really nice home routers coming to market right now and I’m > sure my gadget lust will kick in sooner or later. > > The one that seems really impressive for the price is the Ubiquiti EdgeRouter > X. It’s only $50 on Amazon and provides most of the Linux configuration > options in a GUI interface. > > There are a bunch of mesh-capable WiFi systems, led by Eero. These are the > way to go for anyone with a big house or a small one with lots of brick. > They’re pretty expensive right now, but competition will no doubt quickly > bring the price down. > > L^2 > > --- > Lee Larson > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > Even Napoleon had his Watergate. — Yogi Berra > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > MacGroup mailing list > Posting address: [email protected] > Archive: > <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.mail-2Darchive.com_macgroup-40erdos.math.louisville.edu_&d=DwIFaQ&c=OAG1LQNACBDguGvBeNj18Swhr9TMTjS-x4O_KuapPgY&r=F2GFXrjLFqVo3VwvIlo_XYeEiRRjHv15rxcenz7A21woG2aFGcrzndoSsskxfmOs&m=VtpJtrJCkWnaNAMGCvCB5lDFfAyoPpFdufe8nfZdmoo&s=iiB8CdSLElijTla_Osvoe00H6usY4zdsRod2hlcixOw&e=> > Answers to questions: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup/>
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