kepo-ing Zz85

I signed up for the value plan of $68 for internet, home and mobile lines each month. Below is my first day experiences plus the changes that affected me.

So finally, MIO was scheduled to arrive today, and the home telephone line got cut off for its conversion into digital voice. I took off the whole day especially for this (actually plus other events planned but got canceled due to wet weather). A mio personnel was supposed to be here at the given time slot, but he was extremely late. I had to go out, and later I had to provide him my singnet login details over the phone.

The most significant change will be the “MIO Box” or actually a 2wire 2700HGV-2 router with a customised/restricted singtel/mio firmware. Not too bad actually, supports ADSL2, 4 ethernet ports, usb connection, line, VoIP, 802.11g, except maybe its bigger and runs warmer. I soon know the restrictions of the router, or maybe its firmware. I know I can update the firmware to unlock more features, but I resisted the temptation of such risks even though I thought I’m capable of doing it.

So hit http://gateway.2wire.net/ or 192.168.1.254 to log into the router. I differences and adaptations I had to do from my previous router- the netgear dg24m are-

* Different router address/subnet. I attempted to configure the 2wire router to retain my old subnet but it refuses. Time to redesign my home network.

* Navigation and settings are shown in an easier, more “user friendly” style, icons and such, but seems its a different way of configuration compared to usual routers and advance configurations seems to be lacking.

* Doesn’t allow me to add a static route, or add another network, which means, to allow another router to work together. The solution? Reconfiguring my linux router into a linux bridge with an interface (aka firewalled bridge). See my next post for details.

* Doesn’t provide updating of dynamic dns services like DYNDNS.org. I decided to install ddclient on my linux server in this case.

* Doesn’t seem to support uPNP for port mappings and such.

* It should support port forwarding (described with a different term on the 2wire router) but I haven’t seem to be able to get it to work.

I stop here with this list about the MIO Box temporary.

At for its unlimited voice call service, I have yet to find out where the bad interfaces I hear during calls come from. 1) MIO Line 2) Old Sanyo Analog cordless phones 3) new philips DECT phones

So much for now.