Can you add your own wireless router/firewall device as the client? That way you only disclose that intermediate RFC 1918 address space with the single IP. Your real network then remains private. On Jul 8, 2011 3:36 AM, "Bert Van Kets" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I want your opinion on the following situation: > > I recently moved to a new house and as I arranged to have my cable > connection moved, I took up the opportunity to change to a faster > connection (40 Mbps up, 2Mbps down). The technician installed the > modem/Router/Wifi AP/switch and let me know I'd have to go to the ISPs > web site to configure the thing. Shivers went down my spine .... > > Due to a technical failure on their part I have only been able to > configure the wireless bit of the box and have not been able to > configure the router part. I have been told that it should be possible > to set up DHCP, the internal IP range and set up port forwarding. > What bothers me tremendously is that I have to give my internal network > configuration to my ISP. Not only do they own my configuration, but the > configuration of every customer who has that product type (router and > Wifi setup). Great source of info ... :-/ > I am stuck for a year, but once the contract is over I will move to > another provider. I have more reasons not to trust my ISP than to trust > them. They have proven several times to be an administrative nightmare, > not only in invoicing but also in technical configurations. > > What do you guys think about this? > > Bert > _______________________________________________ > Pauldotcom mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom > Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com
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