[SGVLUG] ATT U-Verse mode bridge mode with own router?

[Tux Lab]

I use an ATT combo modem/router.  I turn off the wifi feature then run
pfsense (on ta HP t5735) behind the ATT modem/router.   pfsense has
openvpn and allows me to connect to it remotely.   I have static IP
and the ATT modem/router is configured to pass the external IP
directly to the pfsense router.

I was having file corruption issues running regular pfsense on a 32gb
usb drive and just switched to an embedded version of pfsense
installed on a new internal 4gb ide flash drive.

On Mon, Aug 15, 2016 at 9:56 PM, Jess Bermudes <jbermudes at gmail.com> wrote:
> While we're on the topic of routers...
>
> I'm using DSL Extreme's resold U-Verse package and they require me to use
> ATT's combo modem/router. Looking around the config and reading blogs on the
> web it seems that this 2Wire/Pace modem does not support a true bridge mode
> but instead offers something called DMZplus. There are reports that some
> other customers are given Motorola modem/routers that support something
> supposedly closer to bridge mode called "IP Passthrough".
>
> Does anyone have any experience with putting your own router behind theirs
> and what the difference is between those modes and a true bridge mode? What
> am I losing by not having access to a true bridge mode? Should I try to ask
> ATT tech support to give me the Motorola modem?
>
>  - Jess