Re: Cable Internet, 012, and what's between it...

2003-12-11 Thread Ilya Konstantinov
On Wed, Dec 10, 2003 at 11:13:06PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Guy Teverovsky wrote: Hint: cable modem MAC address which can be easily tracked. And forged, therefore proving nothing, as far as I can tell. Constructing your own cable modem or burning a new ROM for an existing cable modem

Re: Cable Internet, 012, and what's between it...

2003-12-11 Thread linux-il
Well, we are getting close into hypothesis territory. I suppose there is some truth in your assumptions, but I'm not sure a proper court of law (rememeber where this discussion startted) would take it at face-value that since a packet appeared to arrive from a particular MAC address then it

Re: Cable Internet, 012, and what's between it...

2003-12-10 Thread shlomi
Michael Sternberg wrote: RE: Cable Internet, 012, and what's between it... From: Michael Sternberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Dan Fruehauf Sent: Tue, December 09, 2003 11:08 PM

Re: Cable Internet, 012, and what's between it...

2003-12-10 Thread Nadav Har'El
On Wed, Dec 10, 2003, Shachar Shemesh wrote about Re: Cable Internet, 012, and what's between it...: Lastly, reconsider whether you really want to use DHCP to connect. This means your username and password are not checked, and you are authenticated based on. your network card's MAC

Re: Cable Internet, 012, and what's between it...

2003-12-10 Thread Shachar Shemesh
Nadav Har'El wrote: On Wed, Dec 10, 2003, Shachar Shemesh wrote about Re: Cable Internet, 012, and what's between it...: Lastly, reconsider whether you really want to use DHCP to connect. This means your username and password are not checked, and you are authenticated based on. your

RE: Cable Internet, 012, and what's between it...

2003-12-10 Thread YBEN
Hi, From some contact I had with the cable companies I know that: 1. All of them are in the progress of switching to some sort of dialup connection - Over cable it will be pptp or l2tp. 2. The dialup connection has not been done in any way to help the customers. It is only to help the ISPs to

Re: Cable Internet, 012, and what's between it...

2003-12-10 Thread Micha Feigin
On Tue, Dec 09, 2003 at 11:07:37PM +0200, Dan Fruehauf wrote: Recently (actually today) i acquired a broadband cable connection through the new (and pretty tempting) deal of AZTV and 012.net. i'm not going to promote their sales, but in short, you pay them, and they give you broadband

Re: Cable Internet, 012, and what's between it...

2003-12-10 Thread Tzafrir Cohen
On Wed, Dec 10, 2003 at 11:31:47AM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, From some contact I had with the cable companies I know that: 1. All of them are in the progress of switching to some sort of dialup connection - Over cable it will be pptp or l2tp. 2. The dialup connection has not been

RE: Cable Internet, 012, and what's between it...

2003-12-10 Thread YBEN
-Yaacov -Original Message- From: Tzafrir Cohen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wed, December 10, 2003 13:20 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Linux-IL mailing list Subject: Re: Cable Internet, 012, and what's between it... On Wed, Dec 10, 2003 at 11:31:47AM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, From

Re: Cable Internet, 012, and what's between it...

2003-12-10 Thread Shachar Shemesh
Micha Feigin wrote: Even one of their supervisors agreed that their customer support is terrible. They often don't have a choice. Every so often you hit someone who will tell you so. Don't try to carry it further - the man may lose his job. Anyway, if you can tell what modem it is, maybe it

Re: Cable Internet, 012, and what's between it...

2003-12-10 Thread Ehud Karni
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, 9 Dec 2003 23:07:37 +0200, Dan Fruehauf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Recently (actually today) i acquired a broadband cable connection through the new (and pretty tempting) deal of AZTV and 012.net. i'm not going to promote their sales, but in

Re: Cable Internet, 012, and what's between it...

2003-12-10 Thread Yoni Rabkin Katzenell
On Wed, Dec 10, 2003 at 01:38:39PM +0200, Shachar Shemesh wrote: Micha Feigin wrote: Even one of their supervisors agreed that their customer support is terrible. They often don't have a choice. Every so often you hit someone who will tell you so. Don't try to carry it further - the

RE: Cable Internet, 012, and what's between it...

2003-12-10 Thread Baruch Shpirer
: Cable Internet, 012, and what's between it... -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, 9 Dec 2003 23:07:37 +0200, Dan Fruehauf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Recently (actually today) i acquired a broadband cable connection through the new (and pretty tempting) deal of AZTV and 012

Re: Cable Internet, 012, and what's between it...

2003-12-10 Thread Alex Chudnovsky
On Wednesday 10 December 2003 11:31, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, 6. Another option is to get a xDSL router. It will do all the dialup NAT FW work for you. This way the changes in your home network are minors. It may not work. Be very careful when you purchase such router. The stores are

Re: Cable Internet, 012, and what's between it...

2003-12-10 Thread Ehud Karni
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, 10 Dec 2003 20:56:12 +0200, Alex Chudnovsky [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wednesday 10 December 2003 11:31, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, 6. Another option is to get a xDSL router. It will do all the dialup NAT FW work for you. This

Re: Cable Internet, 012, and what's between it...

2003-12-10 Thread Alex Chudnovsky
On Wednesday 10 December 2003 21:59, Ehud Karni wrote: On Wed, 10 Dec 2003 20:56:12 +0200, Alex Chudnovsky [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It may not work. Be very careful when you purchase such router. The stores are full with Edimax routers that DO NOT WORK with cable Internet Israeli edition

Re: Cable Internet, 012, and what's between it...

2003-12-10 Thread Guy Teverovsky
On Wed, 2003-12-10 at 00:33, Shaul Karl wrote: On Tue, Dec 09, 2003 at 11:07:37PM +0200, Dan Fruehauf wrote: move to another ISP, Netvision Probably. (in short - because they told me they can fix me a static ip and i wouldnt have to add any $$). I want

RE: Cable Internet, 012, and what's between it...

2003-12-10 Thread Guy Teverovsky
On Wed, 2003-12-10 at 08:27, Michael Sternberg wrote: -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Dan Fruehauf Sent: Tue, December 09, 2003 11:08 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Cable Internet, 012, and what's between it... ... ...

Re: Cable Internet, 012, and what's between it...

2003-12-10 Thread Guy Teverovsky
On Wed, 2003-12-10 at 10:00, Shachar Shemesh wrote: [snip] When you connect to the internet, you get an IP. The IP is marked, at the ISP's side, as belonging to you. If that IP address does something bad, it's your door the police are going to be knocking down on. Now, how possible is

Re: Cable Internet, 012, and what's between it...

2003-12-10 Thread linux-il
Guy Teverovsky wrote: Hint: cable modem MAC address which can be easily tracked. And forged, therefore proving nothing, as far as I can tell. --Amos = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the

Re: Cable Internet, 012, and what's between it...

2003-12-10 Thread Alex Chudnovsky
On Wednesday 10 December 2003 22:53, Ehud Karni wrote: On Wed, 10 Dec 2003 22:15:02 +0200, Alex Chudnovsky [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a regular 6104. May you tell me how you configured your router to use BOTH DHCP and PPTP? I've encountered only the option of using either this or

Re: Cable Internet, 012, and what's between it...

2003-12-10 Thread Alex Chudnovsky
On Wednesday 10 December 2003 22:53, Ehud Karni wrote: On Wed, 10 Dec 2003 22:15:02 +0200, Alex Chudnovsky [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a regular 6104. May you tell me how you configured your router to use BOTH DHCP and PPTP? I've encountered only the option of using either this or

Re: Cable Internet, 012, and what's between it...

2003-12-10 Thread Guy Teverovsky
On Wed, 2003-12-10 at 22:15, Alex Chudnovsky wrote: [snip] I have a regular 6104. May you tell me how you configured your router to use BOTH DHCP and PPTP? I've encountered only the option of using either this or that. You can't. What you can do is to call your Cable company and ask for

Re: Cable Internet, 012, and what's between it...

2003-12-10 Thread Ilya Konstantinov
On Tue, Dec 09, 2003 at 11:07:37PM +0200, Dan Fruehauf wrote: In order to make sure i could connect through linux, i called 012 support line, and asked about their method of connection. I was told that the authentication is done via DHCP, using the cable modem. forgetting to ask for AFAIK,

Re: Cable Internet, 012, and what's between it...

2003-12-10 Thread Dan Fruehauf
On Wednesday 10 December 2003 23:38, Ilya Konstantinov wrote: On Tue, Dec 09, 2003 at 11:07:37PM +0200, Dan Fruehauf wrote: In order to make sure i could connect through linux, i called 012 support line, and asked about their method of connection. I was told that the authentication is done

Re: Cable Internet, 012, and what's between it...

2003-12-10 Thread Alex Chudnovsky
On Wednesday 10 December 2003 23:25, Guy Teverovsky wrote: On Wed, 2003-12-10 at 22:15, Alex Chudnovsky wrote: [snip] I have a regular 6104. May you tell me how you configured your router to use BOTH DHCP and PPTP? I've encountered only the option of using either this or that. You

Re: Cable Internet, 012, and what's between it...

2003-12-10 Thread Alex Chudnovsky
On Wednesday 10 December 2003 23:38, Ilya Konstantinov wrote: On Tue, Dec 09, 2003 at 11:07:37PM +0200, Dan Fruehauf wrote: In order to make sure i could connect through linux, i called 012 support line, and asked about their method of connection. I was told that the authentication is done

Re: Cable Internet, 012, and what's between it...

2003-12-10 Thread Alex Chudnovsky
On Thursday 11 December 2003 00:08, Dan Fruehauf wrote: but what made me sign with netvision was the fact that they supported linux, and some people knew their linux, ofcourse they told me that slackware is not supported, yada yada yada. i took some 30 minutes for thinking, and asking some

Re: Cable Internet, 012, and what's between it...

2003-12-10 Thread Shaul Karl
On Thu, Dec 11, 2003 at 12:08:12AM +0200, Dan Fruehauf wrote: but what made me sign with netvision was the fact that they supported linux, and some people knew their linux, ofcourse they told me that slackware is not supported, yada yada yada. According to my one or at most 2 short

Re: Cable Internet, 012, and what's between it...

2003-12-09 Thread Aaron
My point is, that as members of this list, and linux users as well, beware of the evil 012, and the way they treat linux users. Tomorrow i'll probably disconnect from 012 and move to another ISP, Netvision Probably. (in short - because they told me they can fix me a static ip and i

Re: Cable Internet, 012, and what's between it...

2003-12-09 Thread Ez-Aton
You could use pptp dialer. Should work. You might consider checking http://www.iarc/org/~ezaton/cables and read a lecture I wrote there. The lecture (as well as the explenations) are relevant to Actcom, but you could find that by changing only a little bit, you can connect to any other ISP in

Re: Cable Internet, 012, and what's between it...

2003-12-09 Thread Alex Chudnovsky
I use bezeqint, cause they let me horat keva, everyone else seems to use credit cards only. Something new... I've succeeded to continue using horaat keva for around 6.5 years, my ISP being Netvision. And it was a no brainer with linux, the price ain't so great though. And cable is quicker

Re: Cable Internet, 012, and what's between it...

2003-12-09 Thread Shachar Shemesh
Dan Fruehauf wrote: Recently (actually today) i acquired a broadband cable connection through the new (and pretty tempting) deal of AZTV and 012.net. i'm not going to promote their sales, but in short, you pay them, and they give you broadband internet access, in a low price. In order to make

Re: Cable Internet, 012, and what's between it...

2003-12-09 Thread Oded Arbel
On Tuesday 09 December 2003 23:07, Dan Fruehauf wrote: Recently (actually today) i acquired a broadband cable connection through the new (and pretty tempting) deal of AZTV and 012.net. While writing this email, i didnt disconnect from 012, but i'm willing to, mainly because one of the

Re: Cable Internet, 012, and what's between it...

2003-12-09 Thread Shaul Karl
On Tue, Dec 09, 2003 at 11:07:37PM +0200, Dan Fruehauf wrote: move to another ISP, Netvision Probably. (in short - because they told me they can fix me a static ip and i wouldnt have to add any $$). I want to know if this is the case. I hope that I am not the

Re: Cable Internet, 012, and what's between it...

2003-12-09 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
Dan Fruehauf wrote: My point is, that as members of this list, and linux users as well, beware of the evil 012, and the way they treat linux users. Tomorrow i'll probably disconnect from 012 and move to another ISP, Netvision Probably. (in short - because they told me they can fix me a

RE: Cable Internet, 012, and what's between it...

2003-12-09 Thread Michael Sternberg
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Dan Fruehauf Sent: Tue, December 09, 2003 11:08 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Cable Internet, 012, and what's between it... ... ... beware of the evil 012 ... ... Strange. I'm connected to 012 via