On Thu, 9 May 2019 at 07:21, Bob Goodwin <bobgood...@fastmail.us> wrote:
> > > On 05/07/19 20:17, Tony Su wrote: > > I've posted several times over the past 8 months or so about the > > equipment I've been using on Cox and Spectrum, I don't even have to > > tell the ISP what equipment I'm using... I just tell them I'm using my > > own equipment on the Service Order, then hook up my own equipment. As > > long as the equipment id compatible with their system, everything > > happens more or less automaticatlly… The equipment is discovered, > > recogniziaed, identified and then authorized firmware updates are > > installed automatically (by the ISP). If all goes well, somewhere > > between 20 t0 90 minutes after initial hookup, the system should be > > working. > > > > You need to identify your equipment if you want help with your > > different options. Nowadays, I think most SOHO residential gateways > > come with web-based Administration. You may need to use a wired > > connection instead of a wireless. > . > Everything I have read says Viasat's equipment must be used. Twenty > years ago I might have experimented anyway but that's not something I > can do now. The main difference I see is that their combination modem > and router [Viasat RG1100] provides power to operate the radio equipment > at the antenna, power over coax, 48 vdc I think it said. It also > contains a voip adapter for the telephone, before this "system upgrade" > two months ago that was separate. > > Until that time, for thirteen years, all I needed was their modem and > the rest I provided. I will attach a sketch of what I have to work with > now. I did determine that their router/modem could be put into a bridged > mode but I could not get an internet connection with it and after a > visit from their "technician" it was decided I could not use that mode? > > Presently it appears that the best solution is to NAT the WAN data to my > router. I was experimenting with that approach yesterday, but I am still > uncertain about the DD-WRT router configuration, still trying to come up > with the right questions to ask for help here. The > viasat equipment provides wifi that others have been using with poor > results on their iPhones, etc, I am using one of the wired ethernet > ports leaving a second port for connection to a separate router. > > I want to turn down their wifi signal and use only my wifi router which > will still leave their phone adapter functioning. I hope that explains > things well enough to be understood. What I need most now is a good > instruction for setting up the NAT stuff with my LAN ip changed to > 192.168.0.xx which I think will make it easier for me to follow. > > Any further suggestions appreciated, > > It appears you want to use your router as a wireless access point <https://wiki.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Wireless_access_point> In the figure on the above page, modem and router are the Viasat box and you want to use your old router as the AP. DD-WRT supports this, but it is unusual in consumer routers. You can find lots of material for the college dorm room use case, e.g.: 5 tips for setting up your dorm room wireless router <https://www.smallnetbuilder.com/basics/wireless-basics/32187-5-tips-for-setting-up-your-dorm-room-wireless-router> > Bob > > -- > Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA > http://www.qrz.com/db/W2BOD > box83 FEDORA-29/64bit LINUX XFCE Fastmail POP3 > > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org > To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org > Fedora Code of Conduct: https://getfedora.org/code-of-conduct.html > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > List Archives: > https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org > -- George N. White III
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