Re: Comcast Cable Modem Installation Experience

["Kevin Kitts" <kkitts @ his . com>]

Just curious, does the cable/dsl router that you installed provide firewall
services? I've heard from several people that since these ip addresses
remain static that they've noticed a lot of people trying to crack into
their computers via the cable modem connection.

Kevin


----- Original Message -----
From: <bbarr@vitalspring.com>
To: Kevin Kitts <kkitts@his.com>
Cc: <ma-linux@tux.org>
Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2001 11:21 AM
Subject: Re: Comcast Cable Modem Installation Experience


> I had Comcast install the cable modem to a win98 box. As soon as the
> installer was out the door, I plugged in a Linksys cable/dsl router to
> the cable modem.
>
> Comcast gives you a non-expiring dhcp lease, with is essentially the same
> as a static ip address. Your ip address is mapped to the cable modem's MAC
> address in @home's database.
>
> I had the router set up in 10 minutes and my Win and Linux boxes get dhcp
> addresses from the router - the Mac gets a static address on my lan. I
> picked up a 1-port router for $80 at an online auction; I went with a 1
> port model because I already had a hub.
>
>
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