On Fri, 11 Nov 2005, Joe S wrote:
> >> SBC equipment with an OpenBSD box. Get the WAN IP from SBC's tech, or
> > this is trivial to do. I run SBC static and use OpenBSD for PPPoE and pf.
>
> This *should* be simple, but it's not. SBC no longer provides WAN IPs
> for home users that want static.
>
Huh? Ever heard of traceroute?
> You get a a single block of "sticky" IPs. According to SBC Tier 2
> support, I can't do what I want without the Netopia.
>
Of course they're going to say that - that's the script provided.
> Perhaps a bridging PF box is the way to go...
>
Could be, but some of the 'routeers' they provide are so brain dead that
they would be completely useless for normal operations.
Lee
