[126744] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: FIOS Router
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Randy McAnally)
Fri May 28 09:13:55 2010
From: "Randy McAnally" <rsm@fast-serv.com>
To: Brielle Bruns <bruns@2mbit.com>,nanog@nanog.org
Date: Fri, 28 May 2010 09:12:56 -0400
In-Reply-To: <4BFE9F6D.7090002@2mbit.com>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
---------- Original Message -----------
From: Brielle Bruns <bruns@2mbit.com>
> See the response I just posted, but in all likely, he's being
> hampered by the fact the handoff from the ONT is 100BT ethernet and
> OpenRG (which bolts on top of a Linux OS and 'replaces' the
> functionality of iptables and such).
I really meant a real Linux server (or desktop box loaded with CentOS, Deb,
ect) with some basic IPtables rules and dual NIC. I never intended to use any
kind of appliance or router device loaded with 'brand x' Linux.
A 100bT hand-off should have NO issues reaching ~98Mbps without packet loss;
just a little extra latency as you start filling buffers.
Since the first day our FiOS was installed, we switched out the cruddy Dlink
router (later swapped with Actiontec) with a Linux box running CentOS and a
simple iptables script. I later added a Atheros-based wifi card with HostAP
and madwifi to create an AP from the same box.
Linux/Wifi is not for all of course, but the dual-nic and IPtables part pretty
much anyone can do...you could just as easily hang a small wifi router off the
box.
-R
