[CALUG] modems for Linux

[James Ewing Cottrell 3rd]

Actually, if you have have a staic host *name* and that name is entered 
into Dynamic DHCP, then you can simply set up a CNAME from whatever 
domain you want to. For example, at one time my computer name was 
(something like) "pcs123456pcp.nrockv01.md.comcast.net" no matter what 
my address was. So I would merely setup somethings like:

	www.rootboy.net	IN CNAME pcs123456pcp.nrockv01.md.comcast.net.

and my webserver would always be in the "same" location.

JIM

Eldon Ziegler wrote:
> The reason that was given was that the TV guide came out the RF feed on
> the router. Without their router you lost the TV guide.
> 
> However, I soon found that a static IP address is not available with
> "residential" service; I had to switch to "business" service to get a
> static IP address. Actually, I got five static IP addresses. The
> downside is that you can't have TV with business service. Since I no
> longer have TV there might not be a reason to stick with their router
> but I haven't pursued that yet. I too found the router interface to be
> clunky and non-intuitive.
> 
> On Thu, 2006-08-17 at 06:51 -0400, CardinalZin at verizon.net wrote:
> 
>>Eldon,
>>   Why would you have to use their router?
>>They just bring ethernet inside and run it to the router.
>>As I recall, they won't replace the router if it dies,
>>so that kinda implies that there's nothing special about it.
>>I do know that I seriously dislike the many-tiered menu
>>system that hide all the freaking settings.
>>
>>
>>>>>Cardinal Zin  <<<
>>
>>Every shot counts. The three-foot putt is just as important as
>>the 300-yard drive.
>>--Henry Cotton (1907-1987)
>>
>>Too late, Eldon Ziegler wished to retract:
>>
>>
>>>With Verizon's fiber service you have to use their router. It's not a
>>>bad one but I was accustomed to my Linux router. The 15 down / 2 up Mbps
>>>speed is great though.
>>>
>>>On Thu, 2006-08-17 at 00:54 -0400, Kelly Price wrote:
>>>
>>>>On 8/17/06, Keith <pdragon at pdragon.net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>Every cable/dsl modem from regular commercial providers (Comcast, Cox,
>>>>>Verizon, Speakeasy, etc) I've come across works fine just plugged straight
>>>>>into the lan jack. No cross-over cable or drivers needed, Linux or Windows.
>>>>>This is, of course, not recommended. Better to have a hardware
>>>>>router/firewall between you and the net, even if it is only one computer.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Add Fiber Optics for that.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>If you've got an old PC laying around not doing anything, you can download
>>>>>IPCop <http://www.ipcop.org> and make your own router. Did that myself with
>>>>>an old Pentium II system almost a year ago and it works better than any
>>>>>commercial router I've ever used.
>>>>
>>>>In a pinch, Slackware on an old Pentium 1 laptop and two ethernet
>>>>PC-Cards works.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
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