It's perhaps worth noting here, that if you FIOS home service (as opposed to business), running a server is technically a violation of the TOS.
Nick Justin Walker wrote: > You can get around the DHCP problem by simply setting your 'server' > machines to static IPs sufficiently high in the range that they won't > get messed with (IE 192.168.1.200 and 201). However, you will > definitely need to get access to the router to open ports. > I don't think it's at all unreasonable to ask for login access to your > router. They may be unwilling to open ports - many ISPs block them > from their end, but it never hurts to ask. > > - Justin > > Charles Cranston wrote: >> I've had two friends move in with me this weekend (long story, they >> lost their lease suddenly and unexpectedly) into a 4 bedroom >> single-family house in Burtonsville. They had Verizon networking and >> were adamant about bringing it with them, and I was none too happy >> with Comcast networking and video (lots of problems, another story), >> so I was not that unhappy when we snipped the Comcast wires and >> brought in FIOS. >> >> There is an ONT (Optical Network Terminal) which is connected to a >> branched coaxial cable that feeds the three set-top video boxes and >> one modem-router-switch-wireless-access-point unit. The router will >> service DHCP to all my wireless machines and the two "server" >> (desktop) machines I have plugged into their switch. >> >> However, under Comcast I had access to the router (I owned the modem >> and a Linksys BEF4W11 something like that). I had it serve DHCP >> addresses starting at 64 (192.168.1.64 and up) and reserved lower >> addresses for my server machines, I had the Macintosh on 192.168.1.2 >> and the Linux machine on 192.168.1.3 and everything was well. >> >> I don't have access to the FIOS configuration setup. My friends are >> not technical people, so they don't know what I'm talking about, and >> the service is not in my name, so it's not clear how I ask Verizon >> about changing this situation. Does anybody have any experience with >> Verizon FIOS networks with hardware like this? Is i reasonable for >> me to ask for access to the router setup? I'd like to reserve a >> small number of fixed IP addresses at the bottom, and open at least >> one port from the outside world (I had 3 before, one for X, one for >> FTP, and one for a Macintosh remote-management-access protocol, >> and I'd like to at least have that third one reinstated)?
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