I have successfully bypassed the Google Network box and use an old desktop as a server, it supplies the dhcpd, bind9, iptables nat, ipv6, and other services. I tried the gigabit service for a few days and with the qos bits changed had 1g up and down. Without changing the qos your limited to 10M up as it only affects the upstream data. I did have to hook up the network box to get the actual 1G service active but then was able to quickly pull it out (might have just been a coincidence). The server is running Ubuntu Server 14.04.1 LTS. I plan on trying the setup with a Fedora or CentOS box next. I have a pci wireless card in it for playing with hostap but otherwise I'm just using an Apple Airport Extreme in bridged mode.
The links I used for info: Google's Fiber Help https://support.google.com/fiber/faq/3333053?hl=en >From what I have read, some additional routing and iptables mangling has to be done for the TV portion but that is untested by me as I don't have the TV package. Steven Boyd <https://plus.google.com/u/0/112171305173187731575> [email protected] 801-358-8632 On Sat, Oct 25, 2014 at 12:41 PM, John <[email protected]> wrote: > I had a few complaints about the network box. First it's ridiculous that > there's no bandwidth monitor. The wireless is weak. And I wanted to set up > some machines to network boot, but there's no advanced dhcp settings. That, > for me, was the last straw. > -John Fenley > > --- Original Message --- > > From: "John Nielsen" <[email protected]> > Sent: October 24, 2014 9:31 AM > To: "Provo Linux Users Group" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Using your own router on Google Fiber > > On Oct 24, 2014, at 8:06 AM, Dan Stovall <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Fri, Oct 24, 2014 at 1:01 AM, John <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> Just wanted to share this. I was able to bypass the Google network box > >> with a DD-WRT router.I was having trouble because the network box is > >> TERRIBLE. > >> I bought this Buffalo router with dd-wrt pre-installed: > >> > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833162088&cm_re=ddwrt-_-33-162-088-_-Product > >> > >> All I had to do to get it working was turn on tagging on the wan vlan > >> under Setup->VLANsI was then able to get an ip address via dhcp. > >> > >> There's some discussion online about setting the 802.11q p-bit to 2 to > >> enable gigabit speed, but I'm not sure how, and haven't tried to do > this as > >> I'm on the free plan right now. > >> I hope someone finds this useful. > > > > Thanks. I have been so frustrated by the wireless service on google > > fiber. I finally went out and bought a wireless router but I haven't had > > the time to set it up yet. I have been reading about plenty of people > that > > have been struggling to get their configured correctly. Ideally I would > > like my router to replace the wireless service that the google network > box > > provides and have everything else work the same. I have read that many > > people that use their own router lose all the features associated with > > their wireless devices. They can no longer play recorded shows on their > > tablets and phones. Their tablets and phones can no longer function as a > > remote control, and they can no longer send videos playing on their > > wireless devices to their TV's. Have you seen any of these drawbacks? > > John, was it just the wireless you were unhappy about with the Google > network box or did you have other problems? > > I haven't done it yet but I am tentatively planning to disable wireless on > the google box at my dad's house and replace it with a better router. No > serious complaints with it; it's just not in a great spot for the rest of > the house and only does 802.11n @ 300Mbps (2x2 MIMO), and my laptop > supports 802.11ac. > > It's my understanding that as long as you put it in bridge mode (and/or > just don't use the WAN port), using your own access point doesn't change > the network or impact services at all. If that's not the case I'd like to > know about it. > > All of the features Dan mentions require that everything be in the same > Ethernet broadcast domain, so if you were to use an access point as a > router (e.g. by plugging its WAN port into the Google network box) then > you'd be doing double NAT and your wireless devices would be on a different > network from the Google gear. > > Through some hackery involving a TAP VPN and a lot of bridging, I can > actually control my dad's Google TV from my smartphone when I'm at _my_ > house, so with that in mind I don't think that bridging necessarily breaks > anything. Just keep everything on the same network. > > JN > > > /* > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > Don't fear the penguin. > */ > > /* > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > Don't fear the penguin. > */ > /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
