Re: Comcast Cable Modem Installation Experience

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

Hm... not sure if I should admit this in public - but I ran vpn software
over it last night and did not have a problem... ;-)

Kevin
----- Original Message -----
From: Seward, Mark A <Mark.Seward@qwest.com>
To: <bbarr@vitalspring.com>; Kevin Kitts <kkitts@his.com>
Cc: <ma-linux@tux.org>
Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2001 11:37 AM
Subject: RE: Comcast Cable Modem Installation Experience


> It will be interesting to see it Comcast allows encrypted traffic.  Don't
> think they do.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bbarr@vitalspring.com [mailto:bbarr@vitalspring.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2001 11:22 AM
> To: Kevin Kitts
> Cc: ma-linux@tux.org
> 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.
>
>