On 10/20/2010 7:26 AM, Edward Ned Harvey wrote: >> From: Carl Alexander [mailto:[email protected]] >> >> Um. I can only assume from this that your friend is renting his >> router from Comcast, rather than using one of his own? Because >> the normal thing for computer-proficient people to do is to >> buy a WRT54GL and run their NAT off that. Which will happily > > So, you buy your own cable modem? Last I checked, you couldn't connect a > Coax to a WRT54G. Other than that ... The coax comes into the house, > connects to this comcast supplied router, which has a wifi antenna and some > wired data ports... Serves up 5 IP addresses. It's got a public IP on the > coax side, and that's it. > > Maybe you have to specify, "I want a dumb cable modem so I can run my own > router" so they don't give you a crippled router cable modem? >
I believe you ARE permitted to provide your own DOCSIS modem, and there are several off-the-shelf models that combine the router and modem that can do more than the Comcast-provided one does. What are the TOS for the residential service? Do they only support a max of 5 devices? That might be why they've lobotomized their modem/gateway units. -Brian _______________________________________________ bblisa mailing list [email protected] http://www.bblisa.org/mailman/listinfo/bblisa
