See http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r30708210-AT-T-Residential-Gateway-Bypass-True-bridge-mode http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r30708210-AT-T-Residential-G...

See http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r30708210-AT-T-Residential-Gateway-Bypass-True-bridge-mode http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r30708210-AT-T-Residential-G... You can also do essentially the same thing with a userspace 802.1x proxy like this one: https://github.com/SeanMollet/1x_prox https://github.com/SeanMollet/1x_prox Bypassing the router ensures that stupid router firmware does not do stupid things to my packets, such as special handling of public IPs.