Following up on the follow-ups: One change I have noticed from Comcast is that I really do get a different IP address every time I reboot the cable modem. My Adelphia setup was relatively static (although I had other Adelphia cable modems which also changed IPs on every reboot).
I have my TrixBox server currently working on Comcast now, and I'm able to make VoIP calls out with VoicePulse. My problem was with my cheap crap router, a DLink DI604 which, even though it says that my box was in the DMZ was still somehow blocking ports 5060 and 4569. I swapped this out to an old Linksys BEFSX41 and the problem was solved. So it wasn't Comcast. Voicepulse tech support was very helpful and so far call quality seems to be really good. The only issue right now is that Voicepulse can't provide an inbound number in the local Burlington calling area because apparently Verizon has lock on them. Seems weird, I'm going to call the PSB and ask about this. I took a detour in thinking that I might set up a router box but then got really bogged down in looking at the whole IPTABLES thing. I also note that since some of the Linksys routers run Linux, there are alternative open-source downloadable FLASH versions of the router software that can be installed. Can anyone suggest an approach to take in either automating IPTables, or going the third-party flash route? I'd like to be able to have a little Linux-based router box that I could be sure was doing what I want it to do, but I kinda glazed over when I started looking at raw IPTABLES. -- Larry -----Original Message----- From: Vermont Area Group of Unix Enthusiasts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rubin Bennett Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 5:52 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: comcast anyone? Follow up to my own post... I finally got my last customer back online today (yes, that's 12 days out of service!!!). It was a municipality, and they had a "School" or comp(lementary) account as dictated by state law, and apparently the "Rate Code" that the modem was configured for wasn't configured in their billing system, so the modem could get online and the PC could get an IP address, but no traffic was moving anywhere. I called in (yet another) favor from my friend at the headend (I totally owe him beers!) and in about an hour it was online (but not before I spent 3 hours holding and arguing with their call center droids about what the source of the problem was). Yep, all in all, a distinctly frustrating experience... I think ComCastic has taken on a meaning that their marketing department never intended it to have!!! (Car dies in the middle of nowhere and it's going to be an hour before a wrecker shows up... now that's just frigging ComCastic!) -Rubin
