On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 4:12 PM, Keith Lofstrom <[email protected]> wrote:
> > 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 > > > > Ahh, my apologies, I the only thing I could suggest is that you may be able to have verizon change it's provisioning for the MAC of the ALIX board. I have no particular experience with setting the MAC on this chipset but I wish you the best of luck and I'll chime in if I come across anything that may assist you. -- Seth Herr UNICEF Youth Section, Division of Communication 3 UN Plaza, New York, NY 10017 Tel: 212.326.7323 Fax: 212.326.7768 Mobile: 917.734.0163 [email protected] unite for children --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
