I have a 3600HGV which I bought from AT&T years ago. Since then, I have been using leased gateways. I am cleaning up old stuffs and I wonder if there is any reason I should still keep the 3600HGV around? Are there still any use out of it?
I suppose the 12V 3A PSU is still useful. Otherwise, it just looks like a gigantic 4 port switch to me (I'm not even sure if the DHCP server can be disabled)
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3600HGV - should I throw it away?
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So what am I looking at?
Having a new house built. Have U-verse fiber now but the new area only shows 10mb internet with DirecTV as the video source. There seems to be the same block of these pedestals set up per lot. The markings didn't designate fiber of any kind but I was hoping with a new development that either ATT or Comcast would be smart and plan for the future. The project manager for the neighborhood has no idea what is being laid down, unfortunately.
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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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AT&T fiber - " custom" installation questions
So AT&T fiber is finally available to me, and now that it is looking like their fiber contractor will repair the damage to the neighborhood sprinklers that was done during the install[1], I am warming to the idea of getting it.
My neighbor who got it told me they drilled through a wall near a power outlet and mounted the NID on the outside of the hole, and the ONT and RG on the inside of the hole. It ended up in their kitchen somewhere.
I, having my network gear all in one place, and the house wired with Cat5e, do not want to do that. I want to replace the telephone NID (if you call it that) with the fiber one, pull fiber (or reuse the Cat5e) through the house to the networking closet, mount the ONT and RG in one or both of those places, and connect the RG to to my router in the network closet (I'll forego discussion of the bypass here).
The fiber entry point is at the opposite end of the house from the network closet, so the fiber would have to be pulled 75-100' up two floors and through the attic. I am willing to do this work.
In general, I am wondering how flexible the AT&T techs are with installation. I see a few options:
1. Install the NID where my telephone NID is. To incur the least labor for me, I'd mount a weatherproof (IP67/NEMA 4X) box outside near the NID, run power to it and have the tech install the ONT in it. Then I'd use the existing Cat5E to get back to the RG in the network closet.
1a. Same as (1) but put the ONT inside. This is not an enticing option for me, as the tech would have to drill through the wall, and hang the ONT on a living-room wall.
2. Install the NID where my telephone NID is. Use the existing Cat5E as a pulling aid to pull the fiber back to the networking closet, where the ONT and RG would be located.
a. Could I do this fiber pulling myself, before the tech arrived? Are the fiber type and connector types
known? Would the AT&T tech do the installation with customer-installed interior fiber?
b. If (a) is not possible, will the AT&T tech let me pull their fiber, or assist in same? I am willing to do the
attic climbing.
Any comments on experience with doing something similar, or input from AT&T techs, etc. are welcome.
Thanks in advance.
[1] AT&T was zero help with that damage, and their 3rd-party claims handler and AT&T's own landline support sent me down several dead ends when I was trying to resolve it. A story for another time.
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What is this?
I realize this may not totally fit in this forum, but it was the closest place I could think of to ask. I saw these AT&T antennas/transmitters in downtown Indianapolis today, and thought I'd post their pictures I took to ask if anyone knows what they are.
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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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[AT&T Fiber] Get Fiber Extended?
So where I live they just pulled fiber within 4 poles (~500ft from where they stopped and thankfully have a splice canister) to the pole that feeds my and 7 neighbors, how can we get AT&T to extend the fiber a bit? They put a new cabinet in that the engineer I spoke with that said it was massive overkill and had tons of capacity. I talked to all the neighbors and they are willing to chip in to cover the cost of getting fiber pulled. Can anyone help me here?
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Help with Client's U-Verse Gateway Statistics
Hello, everyone:
I have a new client who wants me to troubleshoot their newly-installed U-Verse installation. They have U-Verse Voice (Unlimited) and U-Verse Internet (6.0 Mbps). In looking at their gateway, I see their maximum possible rate being 5100 kbps (down) and the gateway syncing at 4716 kbps (down), not 6.0 Mbps. Since I am not well-versed in the broadband statistics that AT&T's gateways put out, I thought I would post the gateway statistics here and see what others thought about them. I am curious to know how the SN Margin, Line Attenuation, Output Power, etc. will affect their Internet service. Specifically, what should they expect to get and are these good statistics, for the real-world download rate of 4.x Mbps? In other words, is this a healthy line? Here are their statistics, right after a complete gateway power-cycling/cold-boot:
Line State: Up
Downstream Sync Rate (kbps): 4716
Upstream Sync Rate (kbps): 766
Downstream Max Attainable Rate (kbps): 5100
Upstream Max Attainable Rate (kbps): 1175
Modulation: ADSL2
Data Path: Interleaved
SN Margin (dB) (Downstream/Upstream): 6.1/16.4
Line Attenuation (dB) (Downstream/Upstream): 37.0/21.4
Output Power(dBm) (Downstream/Upstream): 19.0/12.0
Errored Seconds (Downstream/Upstream): 0/0
Loss of Signal (Downstream/Upstream): 0/0
Loss of Frame (Downstream/Upstream): 0/0
FEC Errors (Downstream/Upstream): 0/0
CRC Errors (Downstream/Upstream): 0/0
All insight is greatly appreciated; thank you!
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Using a static IP from Comcast on with my AT&T Uverse RG
Okay, I got a block of 5 static IP's with my business internet service from Comcast. So my question is if I provision my DMZ box with one of the static IP's and put it in the DMZ, will it work? This is to allow remote access to my home lan for files.
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[AT&T Fiber] business fiber but not residential fiber at resiudential addy
I was poking around att today and saw some changes to the website so I decided to check for fiber. now 1st image shows only 2 options for my address but the 2nd ( if I check, this is a business address ) shows 3, one being att fiber.. im wondering why it shows up under business and not residential being both same address
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[AT&T Fiber] 300 Mbps Fiber
I was just checking a random address for fiber tiers. To my surprise, the tiers changed from 50,100,1000 Mbps to 100,300,1000 Mbps. Sweet! :)
Well it looks like 1000 went up $10.
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5031NV Firmware
What is the newest firmware for the 5031NV modem. My NVG589 went out and they sent me the 5031NV. It has FW 10.5.1.525917-att
Thanks Alabama
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NVG510 - Passthrough etc. stopped working
We have two locations with the NVG510 gateway, both allowing remote DVR access to monitor our security cameras.
The DVR IP address is assigned as the Default Server on both Gateways - which I understand is equivalent to putting the DVR device in the DMZ.
This has been working flawlessly for the past two years.
Both Gateways stopped allowing the connection today, which could be related to the recent firmware update?
Both Gateways have Firmware 9.1.0h9d61
Since this occurred, I have also tried the other possible ways to make it work:
-- Using Passthrough instead of Default Server
-- Using NAT/Gaming section with the correct IP address and port numbers
Nothing works.
The only other thing I checked was the Firewall logs, and I noticed my own Comcast IP in the logs about the time I tried to connect to the DVR.
Under the "Reason" column it just says "Generic Discards"
Any ideas - should I post to AT&T Direct?
Thanks - Sam
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[AT&T Fiber] BGW210-700 VS Pace 5268AC/ Wi-Fi
The topic is the question. For those of you who have had both and with the recent firmware what has the best output for wifi use ?? Also any other pros or cons to either gateway ? I am on the 100/100 gpon fiber plan.
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[AT&T Fiber] At&t fiber buffer bloat question and help
Hey guys so I recently got Fiber 1 gigabit up and down. So I have been noticing that when I run a speed test on here I get a D or F grade on the BB. I have the Pace 5268A and use my own Asus RT-ac3100 router, now I have not had any issues there with this combo working. On my ac3100 I can use the QOS features if I like, so I ran some tests using the bandwidth limiter.
I set my rig to get 100 down and 100 up, ran a few tests and was getting A's across the board. I started to increase the speeds, 200,300, etc. etc. Well as soon as I set my limit to over 300 that's when I started to see D and F's on my score. My ping running these tests stayed at a 8 to 10 ping, no matter what speeds I use. The other thing I noticed that the BB indicater would only go in the red when it was testing the upload.
I am wondering if this is normal for having fiber and if there is a way to fix this with out using the bandwidth limiter on my ac3100.
Thanks for your feedback in advance.
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[AT&T Fiber] Disconnects
After flawless 100/100 BGW210-700 connectivity since January I have been having an unacceptably high number of disconnects, as many as twice a week.
Here is a log from the most recent disconnect but I have no clue what it means:
2018-06-12T08:52:59.971089-07:00 L3 CWMP[3784]: DSLF_GetPortIndex(), Not able to get the objlist
Last message 'CWMP[3784]: DSLF_Get' repeated 2 times, suppressed by syslog-ng on dsldevice
2018-06-12T08:53:00.000000-07:00 L3 syslog: [ERR ][wsp_sendto:88]WSP sendto failed,error no: 2, No such file or directory
2018-06-12T08:53:00.000000-07:00 L3 syslog: [ERR ][wsp_client_send_recv:58]Failed to send WSP request
2018-06-12T08:53:16.019069-07:00 L2 kernel: eth4 (Ext switch port: 3) (Logical Port: 11) Link UP 1000 mbps full duplex
2018-06-12T08:53:16.083854-07:00 L3 ENET[996]: enport_netif_callback(), LAN: Port lan-4 is UP. (eth4) speed 1000 duplex full
2018-06-12T08:53:16.997144-07:00 L2 kernel: eth2 (Ext switch port: 1) (Logical Port: 9) Link UP 100 mbps full duplex
2018-06-12T08:53:17.061673-07:00 L3 ENET[996]: enport_netif_callback(), LAN: Port lan-2 is UP. (eth2) speed 100 duplex full
Has anybody else had similar? Anything we can do for increased reliability? I have IPv6 enabled FWIW.
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AT&T gets to buy Time Warner in legal win over Justice Departme
Daenerys Targaryen, Superman and Harry Potter are all headed to AT&T after all.
AT&T won the right to complete its $85 billion takeover of Time Warner, which includes various media properties such as DC Entertainment and HBO, after US District Judge Richard Leon on Tuesday declined the Justice Department's request to block the deal.
The merger, which combines one of the largest communications network providers with a major player in the entertainment market, is poised to shake up the media world. It may immediately trigger another deal between Comcast and Fox, which already has an agreement to sell its entertainment assets to Walt Disney. The deals come at a time when traditional media and internet service providers see online giants like Google and Facebook as the key competitive threat.
For AT&T, the ruling marks a huge win in its bid to transform itself into a media powerhouse. It's already purchased satellite TV provider DirecTV for nearly $49 billion.
https://www.cnet.com/news/at-t-gets-to-buy-time-warner-in-legal-win-over-justice-department/?ftag=COS-05-10-aaa0a&linkId=52924397
https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2018/06/12/t-and-time-warner-deal-gets-green-light-more-m-could-follow/693873002/
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Is U-Verse TV For Real?
Just canceled DTV today and wanted to see what UVTV had to offer since they only require a 1 year committment. While chatting with a UVTV rep, he stated that there is a $10 monthly charge per receiver outside of the DVR with a $49 one time fee per wireless receiver. I asked if there was a wired receiver option and he said yes, but that would be an additional $99 charge to have someone come out and install it. He said that was non-negotiable. I guess they don't want any more UVTV customers. Living in NW Indiana (Chicago Market) we have few low-cost options where I live. (Dish, DTV/UVTV, Comcast).
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[VDSL] Slow browsing and Spotify buffering in Chicago
I posted last week about the bad level3 routing in Chicago. Last night my Spotify was buffering and my connection overall stinks.
Is anyone from AT&T looking at the routing issues in Chicago?
Line stats are attached.
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How is Comcast still voted worst company in America?
When AT&T is basically 100% outsourced support now, and Comcast is far, far less?
AT&T has the better technology here (Fiber). The "support" almost makes me want to switch to dial-up.
But then I would need an AT&T landline. :(
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