[NTLUG:Discuss] ...a little more on AT&T as it stands...

[Chris Cox]

It works with my Linksys Cable/DSL router.  I don't think they have any 
way of
"blocking" things like MASQ or NAT.

Swapan Sarkar wrote:

>Do you know if AT&T is able to block MASQ/NAT traffic
>at it's DHCP server ? I am trying to access the net
>from my subnet and it is not allowing me but it allows
>the firewall server to connect to the net. So now I
>have to set all my browsers in internal network to go
>through the proxy.
>Without it, it brings up a page describing how to set
>the network address and other settings whenever I try
>to visit any site.
>
>-swapan
>
>-----------------------------------------------------
>We have several people effected adversely by the AT&T
>"no static IP" 
>rule, and so our help desk, and security people are
>taking it seriously.
>Our help desk got a response from AT&T this afternoon
>that indicated 
>that AT&T "may" think about "other service" after the
>network is stable 
>- ETA late January, first part of February, 2002. 
>Right now they are 
>just happy that it works (that is, wherever it works -
>some places 
>around the country it doesn't work at all yet).  They
>said that the 
>Dallas area went "really well" - so you can imagine
>what that means for 
>some other areas.
>Our help desk manager was on hold and online to AT&T,
>at the same time 
>today, and he said his hold time today (in two
>segments) equaled about 1 
>1/2 hours, and his queue number on line was 700+ in
>the morning, and 
>well over 1000 in the afternoon.  He said he talked to
>the highest 
>supervisor he could, who in response to a request for
>a name, or number, 
>of someone higher to talk to, said he could only give
>out a PO box 
>address, and nothing else.No proof that isn't smoke,
>but there you have it.
>