[Novalug] [OT] FiOS -- home-based servers?

[Terence Johnson]

I had FIOS hooked up this week, and am getting pretty good connect rates
(5Mbps+ and ~2Mbps, depending on downloader website).  When I do a manual
FTP from my Cox member.cox.net account), I get 4.64Mbps down, and 1.2Mbpsup).

Before signing the bottom line for FIOS, I asked the sales and "tech help"
about blocked ports, esp 80.  They said that no inbound ports were blocked.
I wrote down their names too ;)  However, this is not true.  Bottom line,
inbound port 80 is blocked, and outbound port25 is blocked.

There are a couple more things worth mentioning.  There are lots of nice
options inside the Actiontec router, however after many experiments and
finally asking online "live-chat" tech-support, some of the features don't
work (disabled for my service).  Since I signed up to the $99 package, I
have DHCP service (not static IP, not sure what the price difference is, but
more for sure).  Port forwarding does not work with DHCP service(i.e. $99
plan).  BUT, DMZ does work, and I verified this... Port 80 does not go
through, but all the others seem to (ports 22 and 443 are the most important
to me).

So, to summarize my FIOS service so far (DHCP option):
xfer rates: 4.5-5Mbps Down, ~1.2-2Mbps up
Blocked ports: inbound(80), outbound(25)
Port forwarding does NOT work
DMZ Works!  However, it is "unsupported"  (i.e. tech-support won't answer
specific questions)
Router has lots of goodies... filtering, parental control, transfer
statistics. Haven't tested most yet.
Every TV set-top box in house has an IP address
To watch SD or HD at each TV, a set-top box will be needed.
They re-use all coax for TV when possible. They will run new if you want
them to

This is the router they're using:
http://www.actiontec.com/products/broadband/4port_wireless_broadband_router/

So, for 200 channels (plus 38 HD channels), local phone, internet for $99,
it's not bad.  But when you start adding extra boxes, etc. I think it might
be a little better deal than Cox. Esp. with the extra HD channels.


Terence

On 5/22/07, Paul D. Bain <paulbain at starpower.net> wrote:
>
> ---- Original message ----
> >Date: Tue, 22 May 2007 08:01:27 -0400
> >From: gregory pryzby <greg at pryzby.org>
> >Subject: [Novalug] [OT] FiOS
> >To: "Northern Virginia Linux User's Group" <novalug at calypso.tux.org>
> >
> >Ah... after some tweaking and 'fixing' my network I am getting some
> >nice speeds...
> >
> >5107 kbps down
> >1834 kpbs up
> >
> >Gotta love the up ;)
>
>     "FiOS" means that Verizon is your ISP, correct? I have not had the
> time to investigate their policy on home-based servers on their new FiOS
> network. Do you know anything about such policy? Do they permit servers at
> all? In terms of reliability, does it represent a viable alternative to T-1
> service? I presume that FiOS is highly reliable. Is that correct?
>
> --Paul Bain
>
> >Went with triple play 99 for phone, internet and tv. I was surprised
> >that 'on demand' had free content.
> >
> >Guess I will start installing the floor I promised so I can upgrade my
> >tv to this century ;)
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