On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 03:00:46PM -0500, Seth Herr wrote: > I can confirm that this is how FIOS CPE works (at least in NY). It will also > require that you make some changes to the firewalling and DHCP on the CPE > itself as outlined here: > http://www.experts-exchange.com/Networking/Broadband/Q_22390536.html > and here: > http://agaricdesign.com/note/how-setup-linksys-router-verizon-fios
Indeed, that was step 1, a long time back, but I am now connected directly to the Optical Network Terminal, the only CPE involved. The Actiontec is out of the loop, and sitting disconnected on a back shelf where I occasionally glare at it. (brief visit to the shelf ... I'm back) I just stuck my tongue out at it. I feel better. However, the MAC address restriction is imposed either by NVRAM in the ONT, or by the Verizon switch at the other end of the fiber, so instructions involving the Actiontec aren't applicable for me. The Actiontec burned more than 10 watts, and ate packets even in bridge mode, which is why I reprovisioned for a direct cat5 connection from the ONT to my laptop firewall. The ALIX OpenWRT replaces the ancient 20W laptop with a smaller 4W solution, and allegedly runs VPN tunnels much faster, so I want to take the laptop out of the path, too. I can power the ALIX off a backup battery for days, and turn fewer salmon into sushi with the local hydropower dams - important considerations here in über-P.C.-green and winter-storm-power-optional Oregon. The ONT still consumes quite a few watts, but it has this fascinating 12V port on the side - perhaps a boat battery plugged into that connection will keep the ONT running for days, too. I may be starting into this too early - perhaps I should be waiting for OpenWRT 8.09 and the addition of a command that can rewrite the parameters built into the ALIX BIOS, or an improvement to the ethernet chip driver. I suspect my next step, when time permits, is to hack some driver code to figure out how the MAC address is (or is not) sent to the VT6105M RhineIII ethernet chip. I've got another CF card loaded with mOnOwall, and another with voyage-linux (both images from yawarra.com.au). I will see if the runtime MAC address change features works with either of those, or if voyage lets me fiddle with the BIOS nvram. Then I can go back to taming OpenWRT. Keith -- Keith Lofstrom [email protected] Voice (503)-520-1993 KLIC --- Keith Lofstrom Integrated Circuits --- "Your Ideas in Silicon" Design Contracting in Bipolar and CMOS - Analog, Digital, and Scan ICs --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ The Personal Telco Project - http://www.personaltelco.net/ Donate to PTP: http://www.personaltelco.net/donate Archives: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.network.wireless.portland.general/ Etiquette: http://www.personaltelco.net/index.cgi/MailingListEtiquette List information: http://lists.personaltelco.net To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
