[TriLUG] ATT gigabit internet quick review

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On Sun, 4 Dec 2016 22:00:22 +0000
"Rogers, Matthew via TriLUG" <trilug at trilug.org> wrote:
> You can set a device in dmz plus mode which is basically a bridge
> mode.  I do this and run my own router and domain controller with
> dhcp/DNS etc.
> 

For normal users though, ATT forcing only their own DNS servers means
that the ATT service is not an "Internet" but an "Intranet"  as ATT
also answers for non registered (or not yet registered) domains, they
can also decide to answer anything in any way they choose and normal
users would not know. 

For example they could answer questions for insert-name-here.com as
att.com, or just say "not found" - normal users would be clueless. 

When providers interfere and control the Internet egress to this degree
- it is no longer an 'internet' (its like the Intranet in China where
users also have to do some interesting routing to be able to have
some temporary privacy)

Main reason I am asking is that Brighthouse (Time Warner) is now also
ATT and T Warner supplies actual/real Internet, so wondering if that is
gonna change with the next router update, etc.


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> On Dec 3, 2016, at 7:11 AM, Joseph Mack NA3T via TriLUG
> <trilug at trilug.org<mailto:trilug at trilug.org>> wrote:
> 
> On Fri, 2 Dec 2016, Scott Miller via TriLUG wrote:
> 
> The modem/router device is a Pace 5268AC. The firmware is a custom ATT
> firmware which locks things down quite a bit. There is no bridge mode.
> 
> is this no bridge mode, or bridge not supported? ie it's technically
> possible and they do provide it but if you get into trouble they're
> not going to help you.
> 
> I'm currently with Frontier and have bridge mode because I found the
> right techie one day. However no-one I can find now at Frontier will
> acknowledge that it's possible.
> 
> Joe
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