>>>>> "Brian" == Brian O'Neill <[email protected]> writes:
Brian> 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? >> Brian> I believe you ARE permitted to provide your own DOCSIS modem, Brian> and there are several off-the-shelf models that combine the Brian> router and modem that can do more than the Comcast-provided one Brian> does. I'm on Charter, but I bought my own Cablemodem. Just do the math on the rental cost vs. time and you'll see how quickly it pays off. Brian> What are the TOS for the residential service? Do they only Brian> support a max of 5 devices? That might be why they've Brian> lobotomized their modem/gateway units. To paraphrase a famous guy: "No-one will ever need more than 5 IP addresses in their house!". John _______________________________________________ bblisa mailing list [email protected] http://www.bblisa.org/mailman/listinfo/bblisa
