Comments on: My Verizon FiOS Experience http://www.venik4.com/2008/08/my-verizon-fios-experience/ World politics: gripes, grumbles, and occasional analysis Wed, 11 Jan 2012 14:55:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: anonymous http://www.venik4.com/2008/08/my-verizon-fios-experience/comment-page-1/#comment-8 anonymous Tue, 19 Aug 2008 01:23:13 +0000 http://www.venik4.com/?p=66#comment-8 I just got FIOS, and before I even purchased it, I spoke to a tech person and they told me that no ports are blocked so I just had to wait for the service. When It finally came I was trying to access my webserver, but like you could not. I contacted tech support and they said that no ports are blocked and could not understand why I could not access my servere. So i decided to look up more information and double check my router, and sure enought I came up on your blog... Thank goodness, it was dated recently.... I contacted Verizon Tech again after seeing this and they are saying the same thing you said, they do block it. 2 tech support people say they don't block anything and 1 is now saying they do... That is REALLY messed up. I just got FIOS, and before I even purchased it, I spoke to a tech person and they told me that no ports are blocked so I just had to wait for the service. When It finally came I was trying to access my webserver, but like you could not. I contacted tech support and they said that no ports are blocked and could not understand why I could not access my servere. So i decided to look up more information and double check my router, and sure enought I came up on your blog… Thank goodness, it was dated recently…. I contacted Verizon Tech again after seeing this and they are saying the same thing you said, they do block it. 2 tech support people say they don’t block anything and 1 is now saying they do… That is REALLY messed up.

]]> By: venik4 http://www.venik4.com/2008/08/my-verizon-fios-experience/comment-page-1/#comment-7 venik4 Mon, 11 Aug 2008 22:14:48 +0000 http://www.venik4.com/?p=66#comment-7 Go to your router configuration (192.168.1.1, default login: admin password: password1) and click on the Globe icon (Broadband connection). Then click on the Broadband Connection Coax-> Settings and enter your static IP, default gateway, subnet mask, and static DNS servers. Verizon should have sent you the necessary info. Then go to Firewall Settings and add either a static NAT with port forwarding for All protocols to the hardware firewall on your local network. Or enable port forwarding for specific services to the corresponding servers on your network. Make sure you are not using DMZ if you are using static NAT. What I have on my home network is a hardware firewall: a small PC with three network cards running the free SmoothWall firewall. I configured static NAT forwarding all ports from the Verizon router to the firewall. Go to your router configuration (192.168.1.1, default login: admin password: password1) and click on the Globe icon (Broadband connection). Then click on the Broadband Connection Coax-> Settings and enter your static IP, default gateway, subnet mask, and static DNS servers. Verizon should have sent you the necessary info.

Then go to Firewall Settings and add either a static NAT with port forwarding for All protocols to the hardware firewall on your local network. Or enable port forwarding for specific services to the corresponding servers on your network. Make sure you are not using DMZ if you are using static NAT.

What I have on my home network is a hardware firewall: a small PC with three network cards running the free SmoothWall firewall. I configured static NAT forwarding all ports from the Verizon router to the firewall.

]]> By: anonymous http://www.venik4.com/2008/08/my-verizon-fios-experience/comment-page-1/#comment-6 anonymous Mon, 11 Aug 2008 21:18:29 +0000 http://www.venik4.com/?p=66#comment-6 Hi Vinik, I got Fios installed with a staic ip last week, and I am having trouble getting my network and server operational. I have tried the port forwarding, dmz stuff etc. no luck. Can you send me some pointers or even better the steps you took to get your network and server operational. Basically I want to access the server remotely too, like you do. You can send information to balaji@myway.com Thank you, -Balaji. Hi Vinik,

I got Fios installed with a staic ip last week, and I am having trouble getting my network and server operational. I have tried the port forwarding, dmz stuff etc. no luck.

Can you send me some pointers or even better the steps you took to get your network and server operational. Basically I want to access the server remotely too, like you do.

You can send information to balaji@myway.com

Thank you,
-Balaji.

]]> By: venik4 http://www.venik4.com/2008/08/my-verizon-fios-experience/comment-page-1/#comment-5 venik4 Mon, 11 Aug 2008 01:02:33 +0000 http://www.venik4.com/?p=66#comment-5 A friend of mine works for a company, which is one of Verizon's biggest customers. His experience dealing with Verizon's business network support is not much better than what I had to go through to get my network fixed. I get an impression that Verizon might have tried to expand too much and too fast and is simply running out of manpower. A friend of mine works for a company, which is one of Verizon’s biggest customers. His experience dealing with Verizon’s business network support is not much better than what I had to go through to get my network fixed. I get an impression that Verizon might have tried to expand too much and too fast and is simply running out of manpower.

]]> By: anonymous http://www.venik4.com/2008/08/my-verizon-fios-experience/comment-page-1/#comment-4 anonymous Mon, 11 Aug 2008 00:21:36 +0000 http://www.venik4.com/?p=66#comment-4 Went through much the same thing myself with Verizon. From what I hear your experience is very common with almost every business these days, but Verizon seems especially disorganized to me. Went through much the same thing myself with Verizon. From what I hear your experience is very common with almost every business these days, but Verizon seems especially disorganized to me.

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