Hey all-
Running an AT&T Uverse NVG589 modem/router on with that functions only as a gateway, with my Netgear WNDR 3700 V2 handling the wifi duties in the house. Checking the Broadband Status of the AT&T equipment, I see this:
Do I need to be concerned about the number of FEC errors listed? Dunno enough about this understand what, if anything this number means. Any help with this (or any of the figures shown) would be much appreciated. TIA.
-Jeff
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Cause for concern?
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Tech downgraded my internet profile and talked about fiber coming to my area
For the last couple of months, I had been having random connectivity problems. I would lose internet or have extemely slow connection speeds on hard wired devices. The tech came by my house today, checked the NID outside and determinded that I was too far away from the CO for the Internet 18 profile, which I've had since installation back in September, to work reliably. My house is 5400ft away from the CO, and for Internet 18 to work well, I'd need to be at least 600 feet closer. So, he lowered my service to Internet 10. Which helped remove the bufferbloat and the extremely high pings I was getting when downloading, however I still get bad bufferbloat on upload. My max dowbload speeds are now at 1.5Mb/s compared to 1.9Mb/s on Internet 18.
On another note, he was telling me that neighborhoods in Brownsville and Harlingen already have fiber, although he didnt mention their speeds. He did say that, by 2020, AT&T is supposed to be fully switched over to fiber. So, hopefully, there'll be some competition for Spectrum in the RGV in the near future.
August 2017
April 2018
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Script to check ATT Fiber coverage
I got the inspiration from the Century Link forum for mapping availability of ATT Fiber in a particular area.
The idea is to grab a box on google maps using two addresses (NE and SW) then get a list of addresses and pass that on to the ATT Fiber availability webpage. Well I spent a day learning Python and another porting the code to AT&T and here is result
https://www.easymapmaker.com/map/13bc08adc1c47818afd6437933d7ce4d
Please see my github page here for the scripts
https://github.com/enkur/ATT-Fiber-Check
Next task would be to do something like this
https://github.com/mtdoyle/CLSpeedPhantomJS/blob/master/README.md
This can cull through large addresses and create a super detailed plots like this
https://www.easymapmaker.com/map/cl_speed_1-15-2015
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Is there an IPv6 issue in the Chicago area?
I'm not getting any IPv6 connections today. I am (supposedly) on native IPv6. This had been working.
My computers are still being assigned IPv6 addresses. But any connection attempt ends in a network unreachable (if it cannot drop back to IPv4).
Is anyone else seeing this?
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Software Version 1.5.12
A couple of days ago, rebooted my 210, noticed the software version is now 1.5.12.
Does anyone know if there are any improvements, enhancement in this update. So far I have not noticed any difference.
Just curious.
Thanks
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AT&T Residential Gateway Bypass - True bridge mode!
I have previously been able to get the program, with modifications to work with service with DSL using a VDR-301N modem. However I have recently discovered since ATT inadvertently switched me to a 55 profile that this modem will not sync where the uverse modem - a nvg599 - will. Is there a third party modem that will work with this profile?
I was able to get the profile switched back to 32/5 and the VDR-301N has resumed working. For future upgrades though I would like to get a modem that would support the uverse 55 profile.
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Will AT&T eventually end data caps for their lower speed FTTP plans?
The 1TB limit will soon be inadequate as customers are cutting the cord and opting for streaming media as well as digital game downloads. Not to mention, the competition has no caps for their FTTP service.
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Thinking about getting At&t fiber?
:) I live in Orange County California and I live in a area where they have fiber now for a few months. I have a couple of questions for you pros.
1. Will I be able to use my own router with the cheap modem router that they will provide. ( My router is an ASUS AC-RT3100 )
2. How would I be able to use my own router, will the tech that comes out know how to put there device in bridge mode or will I have to call tech support for this to be done.
3. Will I have any issues if I use my own router, Will I be getting the actual speeds of gigabyte fiber?
I have a few gamers here in my house hold so that is why I want to upgrade my internet to fiber.
Thanks in advance guys.
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ATT TrueBridge Mode for for Ubiquity Security Gateway (USG)
So, I have taken the plunge and replaced my PFSense firewall with a Ubiquity USG. This is an affordable device, around $110 on Amazon, and is the perfect companion to Ubiquiti Unifi wireless access points and its controller if you happen to use any. For the same reason as "rockstar" did with his PFSense thread, I decided to open up a separate topic for those searching for information, without having to go through the "True Bypass" monster thread.
During my research before purchasing, I came across this gem:
https://blog.taylorsmith.xyz/att-uverse-modem-bypass-unifi-usg/
It explains in clear steps what you have to do. The most difficult portion is the trimming of the .json file somewhere halfway. I spent a good 20 minutes on it, and the examples that were given on the site above were of good help.
Remember: when you start following the guide above, you will eventually disconnect from the internet, so make sure you have all the sites open you want open, and have all the files you need before proceeding. Make sure you read every step, don't skip any.
PROS:
Latency decrease. As if the gigapower itself wasn't good enough, a ping to 8.8.8.8 has changed from 3-4ms to a solid 2ms. If you are further away from bigger datacenters, the latency decrease can actually be noticeable.
Speed: Speedtests are the same, really.... 930/930 to 940/940, the maximum you can push through gigabit. No change.
DPI: This is with deep packet inspection enabled on the USG, so you can really keep check to see where your data is going. This is actually a cool feature, it shows you exactly how much hundreds of applications take in data, ranging from Facebook to P2P/Torrent to Netflix to OneDrive to Speedtest.net to Gmail to online games, you name it, and all displayed in a userfriendly and accessible way.
CONS:
No decent IPv6 support yet. Ubiquiti is working on it, and current firmware has "alpha" support for it, but it will be coming soon. If you need IPv6 NOW, don't use this.... if you can wait a few months till Ubiquiti really has their IPv6 ironed out, we may be able to get it to work in a similar fashion. It may actually work now, I just haven't gotten around to really testing it yet.
NEUTRAL:
I have static IP's. I have them mostly "just because", for the geekness of it, to run servers etc.... but the reality is I managed to consolidate all those back to the one DHCP IP for now (which never changes anyways), so I can take my sweet time figuring out how to get them to work. I'm sure its not that hard, just will take some digging.
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Question about MTU with native ipv6
Edit: After doing some more resarch I think this is normal. If I understand correctly with ipv6 the MTU adjusts automatically using "Path MTU Discovery". Which I'm assuming is why it changed back by its self when I tried to force it to 1500. So I guess its working as it should since like I said I have no ipv6 issues at all. I would just delete this thread but unless I'm missing it I don't see a way to. Still wouldn't mind getting info from someone that knows how it works lol.
Hey guys. I just noticed that the MTU setting on my PC for ipv6 is 1472, and 1500 for ipv4. Is this ok/normal? I remember ipv6rd using 1472, but I've had dual stack native ipv6 for well over a month now.
I don't have or notice any issues. IPV6 works perfectly fine I just don't know if this is normal or not or if it even matters. I did try changing it to 1500 using this command in the command prompt
netsh interface ipv6 set subinterface "Ethernet" mtu=1500 store=persistent
And it did change to 1500, but a few mins later when I checked it again it was back to 1472.
Just curious what you guys think.
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ATT Fiber, Sophos UTM instead of gateway
First off this is something I'm trying to achieve. At the moment it's a huge work in progress.
The end goal is to be able to use the eap proxy (https://github.com/kangtastic/eap_proxy) on the utm box itself to authenticate the ONT to the gateway. The utm should then receive the public IP and manage all traffic between WAN and LAN.
This is roughly models after this thread - https://www.dslreports.com/forum/r31900599-ATT-TrueBridge-Mode-for-for-Ubiquity-Security-Gateway-USG
So far the first limitation is utm does not allow vlan 0 to be defined in the UI. This is not entirely a deal breaker as it's possible to define it in the shell. My wan port is on eth1.
# vconfig add eth1 0
This defines interface eth1.0 to vlan 0 .
I think the next step would be to configure it for dhcp.
Then the interface for the ONT gateway needs to be defined similarly. Lets say that's on eth2.0 .
The proxy would handles the eap authentication. Things get more interesting from here. The utm already has wan configured at eth1. Somehow eth1 and eth1.0 needs to be bridged so traffic can pass.
That's as far as I get with the framework on how to make this work. Thoughts, suggestions, maybe someone has already implemented this in a different way?
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Self Install for Fiber?
I won’t get into details, but ended up cancelling AT&T Fiber a few months back. I sent my gateway back, but didn’t touch the ONT (except to unplug it). Except for unplugging the gateway and sending it back, nothing has been touched, including the fiber coming into my house. I just “re-ordered” it today and it gave me the option of a self install, which I took.
Will I have issues just plugging everything back in and firing up the gateway? I think they have me setup to be activated in about 1 week.
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Which modem (was AT&T Residential Gateway Bypass)
I have previously been able to get the program, with modifications to work with service with DSL using a VDR-301N modem. However I have recently discovered since ATT inadvertently switched me to a 55 profile that this modem will not sync where the uverse modem - a nvg599 - will. Is there a third party modem that will work with this profile?
I was able to get the profile switched back to 32/5 and the VDR-301N has resumed working. For future upgrades though I would like to get a modem that would support the uverse 55 profile.
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Problem setting up IP camera with access from the web
(Initially posted on the ATT DSL forum since I wasn't sure which category is correct for ATT Internet 10: http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r31943207-General-Problem-setting-up-IP-camera-with-access-from-the-web)
I have IP security cameras that I want to connect to from the internet via browser.
In the past on Comcast cable with dynamic IP, I setup DDNS, configured my FW rules and port-forwarding and all was good.
With my ATT Internet 10 plan, I can't get any incoming request to work, as a matter of fact, I can't even ping my WAN IP.
Called ATT tech support and they said I need to switch to static IP(s).
Is this true? Does ATT somehow block inbound requests prior to them hitting my gateway for dynamic IPs?
It seems to make sense because despite the option in my NVG589 GW to allow inbound traffic, it still requires specifying a public IP and public DHCP.
Thanks in advance!
GS
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[General] Problem setting up IP camera with access from the web
I have IP security cameras that I want to connect to from the internet via browser.
In the past on Comcast cable with dynamic IP, I setup DDNS, configured my FW rules and port-forwarding and all was good.
With my ATT Internet 10 plan, I can't get any incoming request to work, as a matter of fact, I can't even ping my WAN IP.
Called ATT tech support and they said I need to switch to static IP(s).
Is this true? Does ATT somehow block inbound requests prior to them hitting my gateway?
Thanks in advance!
GS
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Wireless Box Issues
Since I rarely watch TV, I've been getting complaints that the downstairs one with the wireless U-verse receiver has been pixelating and last night cut off on a channel giving suggestions to reboot the box, change channels, etc. Apparently changing the channel fixed the issue.
There is a firewall (construction) between the Wireless Access Point and receiver. I have seen the signal strength go as low as 1 bar but after cleaning up the wiring over the weekend (which involved me unplugging the wireless access point), I've seen full strength. Does it sound like we'll need to go with a hardwired box since the signal fluctuates so much?
The upstairs DVR that is hardwired directly into the Wireless Gateway seems pretty solid.
Thanks!
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ATT TrueBridge Mode for PFSense/OPNSense/FreeBSD
This is intended to be an FYI for PFSense users (or OPNSense or FreeBSD users). In the monstrosity that is the "The AT&T Residential Gateway Bypass - True Bridge mode!" thread, a number of people have asked about bypassing the ATT RG using PFSense. Previously the answer was that all solutions were Linux only. This is no longer the case. A few of us die-hard BSD users have finally managed to bypass the ATT RG in no small part due to the efforts of users here on the DSLReports forums. (Why? Because we can!)
If you're a PFSense user, visit this thread for instructions on how to bypass the ATT RG.
https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=111043.0
The solution is also portable to OPNSense, FreeBSD, or Ubuntu Linux. Any operating system that implements the Netgraph framework can probably reuse the shell scripts with limited modifications.
Hope this helps the PFSense users of the forum who wanted to bypass the gateway. Also, thanks for the all of the hardwork and efforts of those who have gone before. We couldn't have done it without you!
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Software Version 1.5.12
A couple of days ago, rebooted my 210, noticed the software version is now 1.5.12.
Does anyone know if there are any improvements, enhancement in this update. So far I have not noticed any difference.
Just curious.
Thanks
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AT&T Smart Wi-Fi Extender (AirTies) finally available
I know most probably wont care, but I thought it couldn't hurt to share that I found out the mesh Wi-Fi solution AT&T has been planning to offer for months is finally available. I stumbled on the product page accidentally. https://www.att.com/accessories/specialty-items/att-smart-wifi-extender.html#sku=sku8150271
They sell it directly on the AT&T site for $35 as the "AT&T Smart Wi-Fi Extender", but its just a AirTies 4920 (3x3 5Ghz / 2x2 2.4 Ghz, two Ethernet ports) http://www.airties.com.tr/datasheets/Air4920_EN.pdf which a few other ISP's make use of as well (such as frontier).
It's only compatible with the Pace 5268AC and BGW 210. I'm thinking about grabbing one, not because the coverage from my 210 is bad, but the $35 price seems a cheap fee to get a mesh network setup and have a really strong signal through the entire house. Probably even outback down by the pool since I can connect to my 210 there its just a bit flaky. So I'm thinking what the hell, and I'm curious to see how it works. If I order one I'll post info and my experience.
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New BGW 210-700 Firmware 1.5.11
My BGW 210-700 just rebooted when it came up It had updated to firmware version: 1.5.11 it was 1.3.12. Before.
Also the network type changed from interleaved to Lightspeed although that could just be a coincidence,
I haven’t really noticed anything different yet.
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