I Owned a Nighthawk Router/Modem combo, The way that Netgear handled that
is that the modem was hard-wired to a bridge on the router side. and
technically you could see it as a separate device in the router configs if
you rooted around enough. but the modem side was just a modem.
On Mon, May 4, 2020 at 11:03 AM Michael Butash via PLUG-discuss <
plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:
> Cox modems *are* bridges first and foremost typically, unless you get a
> bundled router/modem, which is only what CenturyLink sells. If you got a
> "router/modem" combo, just buy a modem-only device for a dumb bridge and
> simple ethernet for a public ip. I recommend staying with an arris cable
> modem, originally motorola, they basically developed cable modem docsis,
> and are always the best.
>
> I moved from Cox to CL when Cox started adding a usage cap, and that was
> new to me to get my Fortinet firewall online with CL and their DSL doing
> PPPOE. I've seen the router/cable modem combo boxes later, but never owned
> one as I always have my own router/firewall.
>
> -mb
>
>
> On Mon, May 4, 2020 at 8:36 AM Donald Mac McCarthy <mac@oscontext.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Will Cox allow for a bridge/virtual bridge mode? Xfinity does, which
>> allows you to put in a firewall, and use the modem only as a gateway,
>> therefore preventing a double NAT situation. Never lived in a Cox area
>> before, and currently ride CL fiber.
>>
>> Mac
>>
>> Michael Butash via PLUG-discuss wrote on 5/3/20 2:00 PM:
>>
>> Cox modems will learn and allow only 1 mac at a time (unless business is
>> set to allow more, but not on residential). If switching out firewalls, I
>> 99% of time reboot the modem first and foremost.
>>
>> -mb
>>
>> On Sun, May 3, 2020 at 12:08 PM Snyder, Alexander J via PLUG-discuss <
>> plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:
>>
>>> I got it working.
>>>
>>> I assigned the SFP+ port as my LAN and assigned it the 10.x.x.x/16
>>> network. Then I had to call COX and list the WAN Mac address with them.
>>> Upon doing so I was able to reach external sites, and all downstream
>>> devices started coming alive!
>>>
>>> Thanks for all the suggestions and help!
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Alexander
>>>
>>> Sent from my Galaxy S10+
>>>
>>> On Sun, May 3, 2020, 03:14 Herminio Hernandez, Jr. via PLUG-discuss <
>>> plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Can you login to the FW via the LAN interface? Can you ping the FW
>>>> LAN interface? Check the routing and NAT policy on the FW. All outbound
>>>> traffic should NAT to the FW WAN interface and there should be a default (
>>>> 0.0.0.0/0) route to the internet.
>>>>
>>>> On Sat, May 2, 2020 at 7:27 PM Seabass via PLUG-discuss <
>>>> plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I'm with Mac, I think it is not the firewall, but if you have the
>>>>> ability to plug it into a display with a keyboard, you can use that for
>>>>> configuration and modify a different device at the same time.
>>>>>
>>>>> Makes it easier to troubleshoot by giving you the ability to configure
>>>>> your pfSense ports at the same time.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Message: 2
>>>>> Date: Sat, 2 May 2020 09:04:35 -0700
>>>>> From: Donald Mac McCarthy <mac@oscontext.com>
>>>>> To: "Snyder, Alexander J via PLUG-discuss"
>>>>> <plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org>
>>>>> Subject: Re: pfSense + Ubiquity
>>>>> Message-ID: <18adfa38-3e72-7b0a-e31a-1ddf175d717f@oscontext.com>
>>>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
>>>>>
>>>>> I can help - but I am unavailable to do so until tomorrow.
>>>>>
>>>>> Make sure there are not any thing other than default VLANs on the
>>>>> interfaces to start with. Ubiquiti is famous for not havinght eSFP+
>>>>> ports active in the default configuration, and I believe the switch has
>>>>> all the ports to shutdown on default config as well.
>>>>>
>>>>> I think it is the switch not passing traffic through - no the firewall.
>>>>>
>>>>> Mac
>>>>> Snyder, Alexander J via PLUG-discuss wrote on 5/2/20 8:53 AM:
>>>>> > Does anyone out there have experience with pfSence and Ubiquity
>>>>> switches?
>>>>> >
>>>>> > I have zero with either but that didn't stop me from buying both ....
>>>>> > how hard could it be?! LOL.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > I bought a Negate XG-1537-1U. I bought a Unifi Pro 24 PoE switch.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > I can configure the FW immediately after
>>>>> > firstboot/restore-default-configs, but only if i set the LAN
>>>>> interface
>>>>> > to be the cable that goes directly to my laptop. That's great, but
>>>>> > that does shit for the downstream switch.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > I have a 10GB SFP+ Port that I want to configure as the downstream
>>>>> > port to ubiquity, but any configuration other than mentioned above
>>>>> > fails .... and I'm now on my 12th "Reset To Factory Defaults" ... any
>>>>> > help on this would be greatly appreciated!
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Thanks,
>>>>> > Alexander
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Sent from my Galaxy S10+
>>>>> >
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