[NTLUG:Discuss] FIOS

[Greg Edwards]

Has anyone connected their Linux server to Verizon FIOS?

My question is what device options are available?  Verizon sells a 
wireless router but claims that it has to be connected to a Windows 
box.  I haven't been able to find any info on exactly how they connect 
up.  Is there a modem like DSL on the house side of the FIOS box?  Or 
does the FIOS circuit connect directly through cat 5 or coax?

For me there are some problems with their option.  First I do not want 
a Windows box for my firewall or router.  Second I do not want to be 
wireless.  I don't think I want my firewall running on a device, if 
that's the purpose of their router.  I'm happy with the configuration 
that I have now where my modem is connected directly to my Linux box 
over 1 nic which is my firewall and routes to my internal network.

TIA,
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Greg Edwards
http://greg.edwards-tx.us