Re: [PLUG] Seeking opinion on new century link 1G install

On 2017-03-28 06:55, Michael wrote: > On 2017-03-27 21:15, John Jason Jordan wrote: > >> Today I got a postcard in the mail from CenturyLink saying that I >> needed to go to their website to claim my prepaid VISA card bonus. I >> did, and they're sending me a VISA card worth $200. No one at the

Re: [PLUG] Seeking opinion on new century link 1G install

On 2017-03-27 21:15, John Jason Jordan wrote: > Today I got a postcard in the mail from CenturyLink saying that I > needed to go to their website to claim my prepaid VISA card bonus. I > did, and they're sending me a VISA card worth $200. No one at the > 'store' or here said anything about this,

Re: [PLUG] Seeking opinion on new century link 1G install

On Wed, 15 Mar 2017 16:56:32 -0700 Russell Senior dijo: >Nope, no additional hardware. It plugs into the ethernet run that >comes from the optical network terminal thing they probably attached >to the side of your house. It just replaces the device they are >renting

Re: [PLUG] Seeking opinion on new century link 1G install

> "John" == John Jason Jordan writes: >> It's not terribly likely that the VLAN on the WAN port is supported >> by the stock firmware of any off-the-shelf router. It isn't clear >> why CenturyLink even does that, except to try to lock you in to their >> hardware.

Re: [PLUG] Seeking opinion on new century link 1G install

On Thu, 09 Mar 2017 21:08:09 -0800 Russell Senior dijo: >John> From what Russell et al. have said here, and from what I can see >John> myself, it appears that the 'modem' is not a modem as we normally >John> think of a modem, rather, it appears to function more as a

Re: [PLUG] Seeking opinion on new century link 1G install

> "John" == John Jason Jordan writes: John> From what Russell et al. have said here, and from what I can see John> myself, it appears that the 'modem' is not a modem as we normally John> think of a modem, rather, it appears to function more as a John> router. I haven't used

Re: [PLUG] Seeking opinion on new century link 1G install

On Tue, 07 Mar 2017 23:26:44 -0800 Russell Senior dijo: >John> The bill was actually $86.76 because I signed up for their $9.99 >John> a month modem rental, intending to return it and buy my own as >John> soon as I can figure out what to buy. The paperwork says their

Re: [PLUG] Seeking opinion on new century link 1G install

> "John" == John Jason Jordan writes: John> On Tue, 07 Mar 2017 19:17:24 -0800 Russell Senior John> dijo: >>> "John" == John Jason Jordan writes: >> John> The bill was actually $86.76 because I signed up for their $9.99 a

Re: [PLUG] Seeking opinion on new century link 1G install

> > > I thought all computers, printers and other devices were all going > through the Netgear. How can something that is 192.168.0.1 (the CL > modem) be working on the same network as 192.168.1.x ? > > simple: the device with IP address 192.168.1.1 has a default gateway defined of 192.168.0.1.

Re: [PLUG] Seeking opinion on new century link 1G install

On Tue, 7 Mar 2017 22:17:36 -0800 Larry Brigman dijo: >On Tue, Mar 7, 2017 at 9:48 PM, John Jason Jordan >wrote: >> I neglected to say that the CenturyLink modem connects to my Netgear >> 6250 gigabit router, and from the Netgear to a couple switches

Re: [PLUG] Seeking opinion on new century link 1G install

On Tue, Mar 7, 2017 at 9:48 PM, John Jason Jordan wrote: > > > I neglected to say that the CenturyLink modem connects to my Netgear > 6250 gigabit router, and from the Netgear to a couple switches that > then connect to my computers, laser printers, and other devices. In >

Re: [PLUG] Seeking opinion on new century link 1G install

On Thu, 2 Mar 2017 00:03:51 -0800 Bill Barry dijo: >> Still can't get the desktop to see the internet. :( >You could at least temporarily set the network up on the desktop to >use DHCP and see if that fixes the problems. If you later want to >switch it back to static ip

Re: [PLUG] Seeking opinion on new century link 1G install

On Wed, 1 Mar 2017 10:03:12 -0800 John Jason Jordan dijo: >On Tue, 28 Feb 2017 20:50:01 -0800 >wes dijo: > >>You should remove the Netgear from the network. Once you do that, set >>your laptop back to 192.168.0.x and everything should work again. > >That is not

Re: [PLUG] Seeking opinion on new century link 1G install

On Tue, 28 Feb 2017 20:50:01 -0800 wes dijo: >You should remove the Netgear from the network. Once you do that, set >your laptop back to 192.168.0.x and everything should work again. That is not clear to me. If I remove the Netgear from the network, nothing will go anywhere.

Re: [PLUG] Seeking opinion on new century link 1G install

On Tue, Feb 28, 2017 at 8:13 PM, John Jason Jordan wrote: > With the command line I succeeded in > setting the desktop to 192.168.1.1, which succeeded in getting it to > see other devices on my own network, but it still can't get to the > internet. > Did you change only the

Re: [PLUG] Seeking opinion on new century link 1G install

You should remove the Netgear from the network. Once you do that, set your laptop back to 192.168.0.x and everything should work again. -wes On Tue, Feb 28, 2017 at 8:13 PM, John Jason Jordan wrote: > On Thu, 23 Feb 2017 15:24:39 -0800 > John Jason Jordan dijo:

Re: [PLUG] Seeking opinion on new century link 1G install

On Thu, 23 Feb 2017 15:24:39 -0800 John Jason Jordan dijo: >Alea jacta est. Today I went to the 'store' in Hollywood and signed up. >(It's not a store, there's no merchandise for sale there, but I didn't >argue with them.) The 1 GB service is $70 a month, plus 3.99 for a

Re: [PLUG] Seeking opinion on new century link 1G install

joh...@gmx.com said: > The 1 GB service is $70 a month, plus 3.99 for a 'recovery fee,' whatever that > is, and installation is free. And I opted to lease the modem for the time > being, so the total comes to $83.97, less $9.99 after I get my own modem. > Installation is Tuesday 2/28. Is that a

Re: [PLUG] Seeking opinion on new century link 1G install

On Sat, 28 Jan 2017 21:52:14 -0800 John Jason Jordan dijo: >On Sat, 28 Jan 2017 20:46:13 -0800 >Michael Rasmussen dijo: > >>All in all I'm very happy with the switch from Comcast to >>CenturyLink. If you live in Portland and go to the CL store to place

Re: [PLUG] Seeking opinion on new century link 1G install

On Sat, 28 Jan 2017 20:46:13 -0800 Michael Rasmussen dijo: >All in all I'm very happy with the switch from Comcast to CenturyLink. >If you live in Portland and go to the CL store to place your order you >can currently get free installation, free setup, and a screaming

Re: [PLUG] Seeking opinion on new century link 1G install

Lots of snippage. On 2017-01-27 14:53, RParr wrote: > 1) Speed is way better than my old line BUT it is not as fast as > advertised. > Using a variety of speed tests I get... As Russel pointed out, only run speed tests over wired connections. WiFi will be a bottleneck. iperf3 is a solid test

Re: [PLUG] Seeking opinion on new century link 1G install

> "RParr" == RParr writes: RParr> Located in NE Portland. I have a Century Link DSL business line RParr> (static IPs, etc.). I've had this line for over 10yrs. It's RParr> dead slow and getting worse. I also have a Comcast business RParr> line. RParr> I recently

[PLUG] Seeking opinion on new century link 1G install

Located in NE Portland. I have a Century Link DSL business line (static IPs, etc.). I've had this line for over 10yrs. It's dead slow and getting worse. I also have a Comcast business line. I recently installed Century Link 1G fibre. It's up. It's working. I have my statics configured