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Re: [PLUG] Speakeasy Worldcom-to-Covad nightmare
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I don't know what future there is for DSL. I borrowed a cable modem -
called comcast and was running within 15 minutes. Most of that time
being from me plugging in the wires. If I was Joe User, I would never
bother with DSL when Cable modem is so easy to setup.
Since there is no termination penalty - I'll run this for a while and
see if Caovad can get their shit together. Otherwise, I guess I'll stay
on it and move my servers to no-standard ports.
On Wed, 2003-07-23 at 18:30, eric@lucii.org wrote:
> My Linux box (e-smith) works just fine on Comcast.
>
> Secret? When the cable modem powers up it reads the first MAC address
> it sees (your Linux box) and won't talk to any other MAC address.
>
> If you connect another computer to the cable modem you should power the
> cable modem down for 1 to 2 minutes so it goes "dumb" and accepts a new
> MAC address.
>
> Comcast telephone help person told me that!
>
> It's never failed me since :-D
>
>
> I use dyndns.org so non-static IP is irrelevant.
> The detection of servers is probably not a routine thing... it's time
> consuming, irritates the customers, and produces little tangible
> benefit. Now if the customer is constantly saturating the connection with
> traffic to their XXX picture site then they are waving a red flag... and I
> suspect the bull will arrive shortly. For "normal" users we just fly
> under the radar.
>
>
> Eric
>
>
> On Wed, Jul 23, 2003 at 02:40:01PM -0400, LeRoy Cressy wrote:
> > My mother has Comcast out in Downingtown. At times the loop gets full
> > and the speed is simular to dialup. I tried connecting a Linux box as a
> > firewall, but all traffic was halted. It seemed that when the saw a
> > Linux system with a dhcp client it would not assign an IP address. So I
> > bought a Belkin router and connected her Linux box and her Windows box.
> >
> > The Belkin router allows port forwarding so I can ssh into the Linux Box
> >
> > Comcast and Verizon do not allow any servers and they will not give you
> > a static IP
> >
> > I hope that Speakeasy doesn't do the same to me. Thankfully there is no
> > Covad in Juniata Park.
> >
> > There are other ISP's other than Speakeasy in the area that will give
> > you a static IP along with allowing you to run your own servers.
> >
> > For the switch over you might want to install the new ISP on a second line.
> >
> > W. Chris Shank wrote:
> > > Speakeasy switched my circuit form WorldCom to Covad at teh beginning of
> > > the month. After a 2 day outage during the switchover - I was fine for
> > > abuot 8 days then I went dark 2 weeks ago tomorrow, and been that way
> > > ever since. Trying to figure out what is happening between Covad and
> > > Verizon is like watching 10 year siblings fight over who gets to sit in
> > > the front seat. It looks like I will be moving to a cable modem
> > > (reluctantly) - but before I do - I want to know if anyone else
> > > experienced a similar nightmare during their switch?
> > >
> > > Also - I figure if I had been with Verizon directly this issue would
> > > have gotten fixed quickly. Anyone with Verizon? How do you like it? Do
> > > you have any trouble remotely connecting to your machines? Server's are
> > > a no-no I guess, what about multiple machines sharing the line?
> > >
> > > I'd really like to continue to host my own server - but if I have to I
> > > can give that up. remotely connecting to machines is really important
> > > for me though - can I do this with a cable modem? I'm already setup with
> > > DynDNS, but I seem to recall that Comcast blocks all upstream
> > > connections.
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> > --
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> > Phone: 215-535-4037 > ^ <
> >
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> >
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> >
> > Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life:
> > no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. (John 14:6)
> >
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W. Chris Shank
ACE Technology Group, LLC
http://www.acetechgroup.com
(610) 647-1055
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