[NTLUG:Discuss] High Speed service(s)

[Kenneth Loafman]

I'm on attbi/Comcast as well and I don't see any signs of them changing 
IP's at all.  I think they shortened the lease, but if you have your 
router and modem backed up with a UPS, the router will renew the lease 
forever, just don't power off the router or the modem.

I run a remote backup every night to a system at my house and I talk to 
that system frequently from work, so I'd know immediately if there was a 
change of IPs.  I'm sure it has not changed in over a year since my 
/etc/hosts has not changed in at least that long.

The newer modems LinkSys modems support both local and remote config, 
but I always turn off remote config to keep out pests.

...Ken


Chris Cox wrote:
> Another thing about attbi (comcast) is when they
> are setting you up... I'd tell them that your USB
> doesn't function right, that you are planning to
> use Linux.  Then you'll likely get a "real"
> cable modem and you'll get a cheapo NIC also...
> always a useful thing to have even if you already
> have a NIC.  Worked for me.  I just know that
> nowadays it's popular for them to give you a
> USB based cable modem... several of my friends
> have them and have had numerous issues.
> 
> My modem is the SB3100 (which I'm sure they
> probably don't install anymore).  Never had
> a problem with it.
> 
> Since it is a "real" modem, it is plugged right
> into my LinkSys DSL/Cable Router which is
> configured to get an address via DHCP (technically
> @home has always supported dhcp for their
> routable address, but it pretty much never
> changed... not so with the new attbi/comcast).  I
> think they force a change daily :-)
> 
> I can http://192.168.100.1 and view the modem config,
> status and to can restart the cable modem from there
> as well... which is kind of nice.  Not sure about
> any of their newer modems.
> 
> DSL is not available, nor is it likely to be
> available (until someone figures out how DSL can
> make money... not that anyone has figured it out
> exactly with Cable.. it just carries more than
> data today so that helps a bit) for a while.
> I'm in far North Frisco.
> 
> 
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