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Re: When can I JUST use TM internet modem as ONLY a modem, in BRIDGE mode, with NO NAT, NO firewall, and frankly NO Wifi.
I agree with what you’re saying. Work from home/remote is becoming a standard, for better or for worse, and we’re already running into issues with that. This is particularly the case with some users in the sticks who want to work off of Hughes Net satellite internet. To state the obvious: most of them end up coming on-site in the end lol I will likely end up back with Spectrum, at least for some period. The reality for now is that I only need a temporary, cheaper, hold-over until I move here in the next couple of months. I wanted to give Spectrum the middle finger as long as possible due to price gouging since they’re the only “Real” ISP that can service over 50mpbs to my current address. Hopefully the other ISP in my area will have fiber availability to my new condo here soon and I can pit them against each other finally.28Views0likes0CommentsRe: When can I JUST use TM internet modem as ONLY a modem, in BRIDGE mode, with NO NAT, NO firewall, and frankly NO Wifi.
I just ordered the 5G home Internet hoping I too would be able to dump Spectrum. From the great information above, particularly regarding carrier grade NAT, I see I would have to totally revamp how I think about “internet facing” when it comes to my Pfsense WAN interface. I’ve depended on having a public IP on that box for IPSec purposes as well as some port forwarding. This will be a long and tricky road to finding ways that I can satisfy all my needs around this new architecture. This is especially the case since we (the customer) have no power in the upper layers. I hate working on my home internet because of this. Once you’ve been spoiled in the professional networking world where you can control everything from the public facing BGP routes of a company to a local workstation’s RFC1918 address, it sucks to get stuck back into the “consumer” box. It sure would be nice to have that kind of power with my own home internet! I guess we’re just going to have to collect our knowledge and work together to find new ways of accomplishing our goals within the bounds of new carrier tech which we cannot control. 😔34Views1like0Comments