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Living in France too, what I ended up doing is setting my ISP (SFR) router in DMZ mode and forward everything to my own OPNSense router. Since I did that, I nev
by daifukusan 4y ago
Living in France too, what I ended up doing is setting my ISP (SFR) router in DMZ mode and forward everything to my own OPNSense router. Since I did that, I never had to interact with the ISP router again. I only need to use my router to manage my network.
Then, on OPNSense you may choose your DNS and it bypasses the one on the ISP router. Problem solved !
- Fatnino 4y agoJust be aware that sometimes your isp will "helpfully" blow away all the configuration you set on their box in your home remotely from their end. Had that happen to me a few times before I caught on to what was happening. So after that I set their box to dmz mode and all my real configurations are on my own box. If they do it again it's just one thing I have to set back. But they don't seem to be doing it as much now. Probably because their underprovisioned hardware is still able to keep up with a simple dmz setup but anything more complicated and it falls over.
- zahma 4y agoI’ll give this a try. That’s a neat workaround.
- JustFinishedBSG 4y agoMost ISPs in France had their connection details reverse-engineered. lafibre.info/
- zahma 4y agoThat’s what I used, but it requires creating VLAN configurations, or it did when I tried this a couple years ago. I had to get help and just don’t have time to futz around with it anymore.
- wil421 4y agoWe do similar things in the US. AT&T doesn’t allow you to use you own modem and neither does Comcast on certain plans. Most allow a “bridge” mode but I’ve had to do with a DMZ before.
- t344344 4y agoThis + your router needs ability to reset power to ISP router. If ping is too long, or network speed is low.