>>>>> "John" == John Creegan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Sorry, I haven't been paying a lot of attention to this thread, so I apologize
if I ask/suggest something that's already been discussed.
John> I've had some success using zebedee as well, but only for certain users
John> (read "through certain ISP's"). For instance, I have set up users to
John> connect using zebedee out of the box quite quickly using Roadrunner's
John> "one-way" product (modem out, cable in) but their "two-way" product
John> (cable in, cable out) does not allow a zebedee connection.
I've used Zebedee over my RoadRunner connection ("two-way" as you describe it)
with no problems. But for reasons of getting through various (non RoadRunner)
firewalls involved I had to change the default port it uses. Have you tried a
couple of random ports to see if they aren't just blocking the default Zebedee
port for some reason?
John> This leads me to believe it's a firewalling issue at the ISP. I've
John> spoken with the ISP about this a few times asking that they make the
John> 2-way firewall identical to the 1-way firewall at the default zebedee
John> port (I specified the port I wanted them to look at) and finally was
John> flatly told by the Supervisor there that Roadrunner does not support
John> tunneling and that they would NOT be supportive in this regard.
Seems like a really stupid policy as there are (as we all know, obviously)
very good reasons for using secure tunnels over the Internet for certain
things. Did they give you any reasoning for this attitude?
John> As a matter of fact, for a moment I thought they were going to cancel my
John> subscription to their service for pushing to get this change made.
Ridiculous. I can't wait until they get a little more widespread competition
from DSL, satellite, etc. Knock them down a peg or two (hopefully price wise
as well). :)
And I wish they'd change those really stupid television and radio adds that
they've been running lately too...those alone are enough to make me want to
bug my telco more to get them to hurry up w/ their DSL service rollout. :)
John> Since then, I've been hunting around trying different SSH products
John> without success so I'm not holding out much hope that I'm gonna get a
John> secure tunnel using any SSH product through Roadrunner. The same goes
John> for Qwest, too. Except for satellite, that's the limit of the
John> high-speed internet market for me.
John> I'm looking for agreement/disagreement regarding my conclusion that I
John> appear to be dealing with a firewalling issue with the ISP. If
John> agreement, am I doomed in my effort to get a secure tunnel working? If
John> disagreement, what did I miss?
They can't be blocking every port that you might want to use since the more
they block the less useful they become to their customers (eg: online games
use a bunch of different ports to do their connections). You know that they
let port 80 through for web access, at the very least, so you could try using
that for zebedee communications (as a test case if not practical for actual
usage).
Chuck
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Charles K. Hines <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Principal Scientist at ReQuest Technologies Inc (http://www.ReQuestTech.com/)
Martial Arts Instructor [Modern Arnis and Balintawak Escrima]
"Go back to sleep, Chuck. You're just havin' a nightmare
-- of course, we ARE still in Hell." (Gary Larson)
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