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This is likely due to incompetence, not malice. FWIW, it’s possible to bypass AT&T’s router: https://github.com/jaysoffian/eap_proxy https://github.com/jaysof
by js2 9y ago
This is likely due to incompetence, not malice.
FWIW, it’s possible to bypass AT&T’s router:
https://github.com/jaysoffian/eap_proxy https://github.com/jaysoffian/eap_proxy
That said, I tried 1.1.1.1 and found I had to switch back to Google DNS since Cloudflare intentionally doesn’t support EDNS Client Subnet which was causing my AppleTV’s to have trouble loading content.
- djsumdog 9y agoI've been meaning to try eap_proxy for a while. I've seen it mentioned several times. My ATT router doesn't get in my way enough to bother with it yet, but it still pisses me off they won't let me use a 10.x range at home. Also I've heard that their routers report your entire network topology back when they phone home.
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- IshKebab 9y agoCan you not just put the router in bridge mode and use a different sane one? In the UK Virgin forces you to use their moderately shit modem/router, but even that lets you use bridge mode.
- ben1040 9y agoThe AT&T gateway doesn't offer a bridge mode. The best you get is a "passthrough" mode where a router behind it will get assigned the public-facing IP so it doesn't ultimately behave like double-NAT, but the gateway still maintains an internal NAT table for everything going across. You can't just use your own VDSL modem or plug your own router into the fiber ONT, as AT&T uses 802.1x auth and the key is burned into the gateway hardware.
- ReverseCold 9y agoI don't know much about networking, but I do have that router. Can you please explain what this does/why someone would want this?
- js2 9y agoIt allows you to completely bypass AT&T's router, so you can use your own router talking directly to the ONT. The AT&T router is then necessary only to authenticate to the ONT. So the proxy, running on your own router, sends authentication packets (and their responses) from the ONT to the AT&T router, but otherwise the AT&T router isn't handling any packets.
- Spivak 9y agoThe other person answered the what, the why is because you have a cool router and/or you don't like limited NAT tables.
- xienze 9y agoI’m thinking incompetence too. If they really wanted to block it they’d do it upstream, not at the router firmware level.