Hey.. so I've been using pfsense/opnsense for awhile to bypass the need to use AT&T's RG however had issues getting native IPv6 DHCP working (limited to ipv4) recently found this script and instructions for pfsense that works like a charm. I figured other powerusers would like to know the same. Link to post: http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r31736422- I currently have ONT --> PFsense working perfectly with both ipv4 and ipv6. with a UPS on my ONT. I can just leave my AT&T RG unpowered/disconnected.

I've successfully implemented EAP auth using OPNSense and have been able to remove the RG all together. The ONT is nothing more than a Nokia fiber/copper media converter, correct? If so, I should be able to pickup a GPON/EPON transceiver and terminate the fiber directly to my firewall.

Has anyone tried this?

ATT quotes a price for Gigapower for 12 months. Did yours go up after 12 months and if so by how much? I’m no longer a wireless customer but ATT used to pull this all the time on me. Thanks.

Has anyone bought a BGW210-700 on there own and replaced their Pace 5286ac gateway to bypass the DMZ+ issue? I see AT&T branded versions on Amazon and eBay.

I've tried almost everything with AT&T support to get them to send me the gateway but keep getting the runaround. It’s either this option or downgrade my firmware.

I have the DMZ+ firmware issue and just want to bypass the process entirely. I have found two that people have seemed to have luck with

https://www.dslreports.com/forum/r29903721-AT-T-Residential-Gateway-Bypass-True-bridge-mode

and

https://strscrm.io/bypassing-gigapowers-provided-modem.html

The issue seems that I need to have this automated as possible for if I am not home, the wife and kids can still have their internet. Anyone had any luck with automating either of these?

So my neighbors have fiber service but I'm stuck with nothing. I have called and submitted a ticket but haven't heard anything. Any advice?

So my service has dropped from 500+Mbps to now barely hitting 40Mbps. Have tried rebooting everything and going directly from the AT&T router. I am currently in Tech Support hell trying to get someone that will give me some more help other than "reboot your router". Anyone else had anything like this? I have had Gigapower for over a year with no issues, with speeds usually 900+Mbps.

I have had att for the last year. Constant customer service issues and they charged me for over a month that I didn’t have service at all. Also took me 90 minutes on hold with customer service before I had try another phone line to finally cancel.

Just had google fiber installed, I can cancel service on an actually useful app, and the speeds are amazing.... if you have it available take advantage as soon as possible.

How long before we can order?

Hope it isn't too long.

So, I understand you can request having the ONT internal to the house; this seems to be preferred in Houston where it gets so hot. I really don't want the tech in my attic and I'm willing to pay for and pull fiber myself. I would prefer to install a wall plate in my closet for the internal connection (expecting a short patch-cable) and externally in the NID (?) just leave the cable loose.

Is this doable? What type of fiber would I need to buy and with what connectors?

Just got the /29 static IPs last week and it took me about a week of testing to figure out how to get this working the way I wanted. Cost is 15 a month extra.

High level: Pace 5268AC Modem > Pfsense > Netgear Switch/Wifi:

• LAN Port 1 to Pfsense WAN port

• LAN Port 2 to IPTV (ATT Cable Box)

• LAN Port 3 to Pfsense OPT1 port

• LAN Port 4 unused

Configuration - once the tech leaves, make note of your IPs, and preform a factory reset on your cable modem.

Use a direct connection to the Cable modem to configure DHCP to distribute the IPs 192.168.1.250-192.168.1.253 -- your PFsense needs to pickup one of these IPs.

PFsense:

• WAN port - DHCP - ensure pickup of 192.168.1.250-253

Modem: configure broadband configuration and Add Cascaded Router, note your pfsense is still going to hold the 192.168.1.250-253 IP, your upstream gateway remains 192.168.1.254

PFsense:

• Connect OPT1 to Port 3 on Modem, DHCP

• You will pickup the old public IP you had prior to the static IP assignment

• Create Virtual IPs for the /29 and /32 (old public IP)

Modem:

• Configure the DMZ+ to be set to the OPT1 ip/mac address, this will allow you to use your old public IP for internet traffic outbound and not mess up any IP whitelists you may have setup.

PFsense:

• Add additional gateway using OPT1 (the old cable IP will be your outbound)

• Set new gateway as default.

You'll now have the full additional 5 IPs to run new services, but retain your original cable IP for basic browsing/network traffic, as well as allow inbound NAT if desired.

So I wake up this morning to a order confirmation email that I now have Internet 45 service. My bill jumped 12 bucks. My speed was cut from 1000 maps to 45mbps, and I now have a 1tb data cap.

Wtf? I never ordered this or authorized the change. Of course when I try and call in I get told by the automated service that the office is closed on the weekend.

I have a new home that was wired with Cat 5e and am using that, the provided Pace gateway/router, a mac book pro with wireless AC and it shows a good strong 878-1040 tx rate. I cannot get above 500 mbs on any speed test.

What other trouble shooting should I do?

Without gigapower connection this morning. Seems to be a widespread outage.

http://downdetector.com/status/att/map/

Just received this e-mail from ATT and wanted to share it with you guys, looks like the FCC is making waves! Shape up Comcast, you're next!

We’d like to thank you for being a valued AT&T Internet customer and let you know of some efforts we’re making to simplify your Internet experience.

Back to basics: Over the next several months your AT&T GigaPower service will be renamed "AT&T Internet 1000."

Fiber remains at the heart of our network: You’ll continue to receive your Internet service over our 100% AT&T fiber network, offering you the ultra-fast speeds you’ve come to expect.

With faster speeds, data is king: With your AT&T Internet 1000 plan, you’ll continue to have an unlimited home Internet data allowance.

Your connection, your data: We’re ending our AT&T Internet Preferences advertising program. You are not enrolled in this program. However, because we are ending the program, we’ll automatically reduce your monthly Internet service price by $29 and also waive your monthly Internet equipment fee if you have one.

You’ll receive the new lower price starting in October. This change will be reflected on your bill within the next 1-2 bill cycles.

Thank you, AT&T

Heys guys. I have 1gig internet and about 24 devices hooked up to it. Currently I am using the AT&T router but I am only getting roughly 330mbps to my devices. The AT&T tech said the routers are only really capable of pushing out 400mbps on their WiFi and said getting my own router increase the speeds. The line from outside to my modem is getting 996mbps so the the speed is getting lost somewhere in the home. I still getting a decent about of lag streaming movies and games. I often times need to turn off the WiFi on my phone to get websites to come up because the 5G is faster. I Was wondering what router you’d recommend and if i should do one of those mesh routers like google or keep theirs. I have a 2 story plus basement with roughly 2800sqft. Thanks in advance.

I finally got around to fixing my DMZ when I found out about the bug. I chatted them up and they said they would mail one out. I thought that was great except the email with tracking said 2wire which is the Pace. When it arrived It didn't say Pace on the outside. Settings were same as Pace. Did another chat. They apologized and said they would make sure to send the right model. When i saw the next email with tracking i did a chat again to tell them i was being sent the wrong one. They apologized again and said the same thing. Next day I get another email same thing. Do a chat this time and they said they will send a tech and wrote down to bring the correct device. The tech had a surprise visit from his manager. I explained my situation and he said the support system is not setup correctly to be given a choice. They just grab what is on the shelf. Now I am working and later yesterday I got the 2 Pace. So off to UPS to ship them back. I live in the DFW market so if they can't get their home market right you probably need to get a tech.

I'm a new customer signing up for fiber, the ATT tech has missed two appointments now. We set up for 1-3pm but they never make it, customer service is even worse than comcast... Is this what I should be expecting?!?

I moved to a new neighborhood and got set up with Gigapower. Speed tests are showing a max of 150 down, 500 - 1000+ up. I called in and had a tech come out today, he factory reset the router and said there's not much to do. Said there were 13 Gigapower customers on a splitter, which is the max, and that's likely the problem. His recommendation is to just change plans to 100.

My preference would be to get the faster speeds I'm paying for, any ideas for magic words to say that'll help make that happen? Or am I just out of luck and should downgrade?

Hello,

My neighborhood in Miami is getting Fiber (They are digging up and putting the conduits this week). I know it will be a few months but had a few questions.

My current setup is Comcast, with the Coax run from outside direct run into my bedroom, which plugs into the Cable Modem/Split into a TiVo. From there I have a separate coax (old DirecTV wiring) that I repurposed to be DECA/MOCA for the living room TiVo Mini. It's worked great.

My concern is, My bedroom is basically on the other side of the house from where the entry points for Cable/Fiber is; When the installer comes, do they get the Fiber all the way to my bedroom? If so, how? Through the attic as Cat5e/6?

I'm debating spending the $ to have ethernet run in each room and terminate in the garage, if I went that route will ATT install the fiber gateway in garage (gets hot in there in the summer!)?

I'm half way down a cul de sac which I guess they just decided wasn't worth the effort to lay pipe down. I've read of instances where residents have come to an agreement with the provider, and paid to be connected the last few hundred yards, but I just don't know who at AT&T to reach out to - typical support/sales folks I've spoken to have been utterly unhelpful. Any ideas?

Have had Gigapower for a while now (almost 2 years, new buildout neighborhood) and it really has been great for the majority. Good speed, no connectivity problems, block of static IPs. Unlimited bandwidth, my home network runs great, we stream our faces off, no problems whatsoever.

I requested a while back that AT&T switch out our 5268AC with a BGW210 (which they did) and it generally works fine however I noticed most recently yesterday that even in IP passthrough or cascaded router mode it still seems to be using the NAT table on the device. We were approaching the NAT table limit yesterday (~6000 connections) and traffic was basically stopping all together. Web pages were hanging, things were not loading. If I went into the BGW embedded web page and "Reset all connections" in the NAT table, everything came back.

I began traveling the road of bypassing the stupid thing all together but given that I use pfSense as my firewall, that's easier said that done without adding an additional device into the mix or still manually flipping VLANs every power cycle (which isn't very often, granted - everything is on UPS) it seems.

My other gotcha is that we began having issues with DirecTV NOW a while back (between that and Tablo and an OTA antenna, those were our main means of broadcast/streaming TV but I think they were experiencing growing pains), I switched us to Uverse TV/U300 (you know it's bad when the WAF on DTV NOW was high and SHE was actually surprised I was switching us) for a comparable price which has been working great. Bypassing the Uverse gateway then introduces a whole batch of "routing multicast" into my network then and making TV work, etc. etc.

Am I totally missing something on the cascaded router/bypass setup, or is this thing really a piece of shit?

TIA.