Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: John Ames Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Minor Update - ATT Wireless Internet - SOME Issues Solved Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2025 08:44:20 -0700 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 24 Message-ID: <20250728084420.00001730@gmail.com> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2025 15:44:25 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="c88d6486de99d30d073b405d344aea75"; logging-data="2304624"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18ztOH7WU+my52gzgSR2XrUIYNMtU6/8XA=" Cancel-Lock: sha1:tjMMpHZzVSY9Ye9IY9q6rLriXP4= X-Newsreader: Claws Mail 4.3.0 (GTK 3.24.42; x86_64-w64-mingw32) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:70019 On Sun, 27 Jul 2025 03:11:54 -0400 c186282 wrote: > Anyway, note previous post, all of my IOT devices seem to have > magically come back on line, despite the router base address being > different (and apparently un-resettable - my old was 192.168.0.3 > for historic reasons, new is locked to .0.254 The new-improved router > is, naturally, more STUPID than its precedessor) and I see that > getting WORSE AND WORSE over time. > > REMAINING weird issue - stuff plugged into the hardwire ports on the > new router do NOT appear in its wireless universe. Never seen that > before. No obvious way, or advice, about how to combine the > universes. I have some devices I WANT to be hardwire for > speed/security reasons. I learned some years ago that it's just never worth it trying to set up a sane network configuration on the provider's modem/router - I use it strictly as a pipe to the Internet and hang my own router off of that for the local network. Doesn't mean *never* having to touch the telco's router config - some providers do shameless man-in-the-middle stuff now in the name of "security" unless you turn that off - but it does mean I can configure my home network any damn way I want.