[GTALUG] [GTALUG-Announce] Membership Dues
With the agm coming up, now is a great time to renew membership and make a small twenty dollar contribution to the organization. For those looking forward to the chance to wind their way through the Interac E-Transfer process again here is my summary of how it works. (Actually I forget each time so the novelty never wears off -- luckily it is easy.) Log in to your bank and look for "Interac e-Transfers" you may need to go to the "Transfers" page and then you will see this option. Select "email method" and use the email address: members...@gtalug.org Putting your name in the message can be helpful as the notification I get can sometimes be a touch obtuse. Thank you to those who have already contributed! (I know who you are. Ha ha) Thank you, Warren --- GTALUG Announce mailing list annou...@gtalug.org https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/announce--- Post to this mailing list talk@gtalug.org Unsubscribe from this mailing list https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk
Re: [GTALUG] Forced off DSL by Bell
| From: James Knott via talk | It can even do | routing protocols, such as OSPF and BGP, which can be used between large | networks. I have a globally assigned /24. Historically I've had ISPs that were willing to advertise my /24. I've always connected via DSL on copper. Daydreaming: I wonder if I can rent a box at a hosting facility that lets my box get into the route-advertising game. If so, it would be nice to have two such providers for resilience. Then I could tunnel traffic to my home over Bell's fiber. I have no ASN but I imagine that can be fixed. Why daydreaming? Because this is probably impractical. --- Post to this mailing list talk@gtalug.org Unsubscribe from this mailing list https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk
Re: [GTALUG] Forced off DSL by Bell
On 2022-11-22 17:51, Alvin Starr via talk wrote: > voip.ms has a bazillion features but so many choices makes it the kind of service you would not want to give your mother. I wouldn't expect non-techs to configure IVR, ring groups, voice mail, hunt groups, But setting up a single-line ATA using none of those features gives equivalent service to POTS, for 1/10 the cost. I did set that up for my parents, and it's been the one piece of tech that's never required Bob's Tech Support. For people wanting turnkey VoIP systems there are services like Ooma, and ISPs like Teksavvy and Rogers offer their own VoIP service, with their considerable markup. We had a VoIP User Group in Kitchener-Waterloo https://kwvoip.ca, set up with the expected attendance of VoIP tech enthusiasts. But the VoIP tech enthusiasts had their own VoIP consulting businesses, mostly unwilling to share tips and tricks, and the remainder of the attendees were people just looking for cheaper phone service; once they found out about Ooma or Google Phone they never came back. --Bob. On 2022-11-22 17:51, Alvin Starr via talk wrote: On 2022-11-22 16:47, Michael Galea via talk wrote: On 2022-11-21 22:30, Alvin Starr via talk wrote: On 2022-11-21 16:13, Michael Galea via talk wrote: Hi, Bell notified me that they will soon be shutting down my copper telephone service, no options. My DSL to TekSavvy will go with it. Joy. I run my own NAT/mail/vpn server firewall and I want to keep it. Apparently, others have been able connect to Bell by turning on PPPoE pass through on the Bell (HH4000) modem. Has anyone on the list gone this route? Is Bell still dreadful, even on fibre? Am I crazy to look at Rogers? PS: I pay ~$40/Mo for landline, which looks to increase to $52 after the change! Robbers! If they drop the copper then you will need some kind of VOIP adapter which is not such a big deal but if you lose power then your VOIP adapter will not work unless it has some kind of battery backup. One thing that was a feature of copper lines was that it provided power to run the phone from the central office or remote so that in the case of an emergency you would still have service. A number of years ago I started moving my phone services to a VOIP provider and now even my home phone is a VOIP service. If I am spending over $10/month for 3 phone lines I would be surprised. Ok, I just have to ask. - Who is the VoIP provider? voip.ms - Who assigns you the telephone numbers, and can you transfer an existing number to them? voip.ms can alocate phone numbers in just about every area code in North America and I believe some in Europe. They will also port existing numbers from the existing carriers. There is some paperwork required to prove you own the phone number. - Does your provider support location identification information (I have heard it called E911)? The only reason I keep a landline is for emergency dispatch, and that argument gets weaker now that my CO powered line will be replaced with locally powered gear. They do support e911. That all being said, voip.ms has a bazillion features but so many choices makes it the kind of service you would not want to give your mother. Take a walk through their web site and feel free to ask any questions. It has been fairly reliable for years but at one point my VOIP provider was mostly offline for about a week because of a DOS attack. On the other hand I lost my land line phone from Bell for 2 weeks because of some idiot with a back hoe. My next step is to port my mobile number. -- Bob Jonkman Phone: +1-519-635-9413 SOBAC Microcomputer Services http://sobac.com/sobac/ Software --- Office & Business Automation --- Consulting GnuPG Fngrprnt:04F7 742B 8F54 C40A E115 26C2 B912 89B0 D2CC E5EA --- Post to this mailing list talk@gtalug.org Unsubscribe from this mailing list https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk
Re: [GTALUG] Forced off DSL by Bell
On 2022-11-26 12:33, Scott Allen via talk wrote: No router? pfSense is a router. And firewall. --- Post to this mailing list talk@gtalug.org Unsubscribe from this mailing list https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk
Re: [GTALUG] Forced off DSL by Bell
On 2022-11-26 12:14, o1bigtenor wrote: That's what I have here. I have a Qotom mini PC, with i5 CPU, 4 GB RAM 64 GB SSD and 4 1 GB Ethernet ports. I run pfSense on it and have a managed 8 port Cisco switch. Works very well. No router? I just described it. A computer, running pfSense is my firewall/router and it's far more capable than any consumer router you're likely to buy. I have it configured with my main LAN, a VLAN for guest WiFi, test LAN and a connection to my Cisco router. I also have a DNS resolver and NTP server on it and that's just getting started on what it's capable of. It can even do routing protocols, such as OSPF and BGP, which can be used between large networks. In addition to a single IPv4 address, which uses NAT for LAN, I have a /56 IPv6 prefix, which I can split into 256 /64s, each of which contain 2^64 addresses. I also have OpenVPN running. https://www.pfsense.org/ --- Post to this mailing list talk@gtalug.org Unsubscribe from this mailing list https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk
Re: [GTALUG] Forced off DSL by Bell
On Sat, 26 Nov 2022 at 12:15, o1bigtenor via talk wrote: > No router? pfSense is a router. -- Scott --- Post to this mailing list talk@gtalug.org Unsubscribe from this mailing list https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk
Re: [GTALUG] Forced off DSL by Bell
On Sat, Nov 26, 2022 at 6:13 AM James Knott via talk wrote: > > On 2022-11-26 06:53, o1bigtenor via talk wrote: > > I'm in a similar situation - - - they're dragging in fiber out in the > > country. > > Its being worked on at this point so I'm not connected yet but soon I hope. > > I checked yesterday and saw 8 Gb was available here. I checked the > price and decided against it. > > > > Lennart - - - you're talking about connecting direct to your firewall > > (likely an > > appliance). I've acquired a mini pc (like the intel nucs), a second mini pc > > that I will be dropping likely pfsense (firewall) on and also a managed > > switch. > > That's what I have here. I have a Qotom mini PC, with i5 CPU, 4 GB RAM > 64 GB SSD and 4 1 GB Ethernet ports. I run pfSense on it and have a > managed 8 port Cisco switch. Works very well. > No router? TIA --- Post to this mailing list talk@gtalug.org Unsubscribe from this mailing list https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk
Re: [GTALUG] Forced off DSL by Bell
On 2022-11-26 06:53, o1bigtenor via talk wrote: I'm in a similar situation - - - they're dragging in fiber out in the country. Its being worked on at this point so I'm not connected yet but soon I hope. I checked yesterday and saw 8 Gb was available here. I checked the price and decided against it. Lennart - - - you're talking about connecting direct to your firewall (likely an appliance). I've acquired a mini pc (like the intel nucs), a second mini pc that I will be dropping likely pfsense (firewall) on and also a managed switch. That's what I have here. I have a Qotom mini PC, with i5 CPU, 4 GB RAM 64 GB SSD and 4 1 GB Ethernet ports. I run pfSense on it and have a managed 8 port Cisco switch. Works very well. --- Post to this mailing list talk@gtalug.org Unsubscribe from this mailing list https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk
Re: [GTALUG] Forced off DSL by Bell
On Fri, Nov 25, 2022 at 1:29 PM Lennart Sorensen via talk wrote: > > On Fri, Nov 25, 2022 at 01:36:04PM -0500, James Knott via talk wrote: > > I use a separate firewall, pfSense, and proper access point. I have the > > modem configured for bridge mode. It's very easy to do. It's in the > > settings. > > I guess I will find out eventually what their equipment consists of. > I have read that a Nokia XS-020X-A ONT is involved in addition to rogers > normally also providing a router/AP as well. > > At least looking up one of the houses I know is occupied already in the > development, rogers is offering up to 2.5Gbit symetric FTTH service for > $125/month or something like that. Bell says they don't have info on > service to that location at this time. > > And I did find some posts from people that said they just connected > their own firewall directly to the ONT set to DHCP and it just worked > so hopefully it's that simple. > Greetings I'm in a similar situation - - - they're dragging in fiber out in the country. Its being worked on at this point so I'm not connected yet but soon I hope. Lennart - - - you're talking about connecting direct to your firewall (likely an appliance). I've acquired a mini pc (like the intel nucs), a second mini pc that I will be dropping likely pfsense (firewall) on and also a managed switch. I got this equipment idea from reading recommendations for businesses. Besides less equipment - - - - is there any other advantages to only running a firewall and then your home lan? TIA --- Post to this mailing list talk@gtalug.org Unsubscribe from this mailing list https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk
