Re: [SLUG] Cable internet

[Rodos <rodos@nospam.haywood.org>]

That is exactly what I am doing. I have a 64k ISDN which runs services
and commerical stuff. I also have cable for big/cheap bandwidth for my
own use. Everyones happy and it costs me less than when I had 128k.

ObLinux: Whats the best thing to hold it all together, Linux!

Rodos

Peter McCarthy wrote:
> 
> Thanx Andrew
> 
> I really do need a fixed address as I am hosting web pages and run my own local
> mail server, but what I am thingking is if I run my 64k pipe AND the cable I can
> give speed + fixed address.
> My plan is to use the fixed address off one pipe to host web pages and receive
> email, but use my default route to the cable modem for sending of mail and
> downloads web surfing ?
> I think this would work or an I flopping it in the wind ?
> 
> Thanx
> 
> PMc
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andrew Reilly [mailto:areilly@nospam.nsw.bigpond.net.au]
> Sent: Monday, April 03, 2000 2:51 PM
> To: Peter McCarthy
> Cc: Linux Sydney (E-mail)
> Subject: Re: [SLUG] Cable internet
> 
> On Mon, Apr 03, 2000 at 02:16:34PM +1000, Peter McCarthy wrote:
> > I remeber recently hearing some discussion about connecting a linux box to a
> > cable internet connection.  Is this correct ?
> 
> Yes, there has been some discussion about it.
> 
> > Can it be done ?
> 
> Yes.
> 
> > I believe that
> > Telstra won't give fixed IP addresses with cable connections, does anyone know
> > if this is still the case ?
> 
> Yes they won't give fixed IP addresses, and yes it is still the
> case, but that doesn't (necessarily) preclude connection from Linux
> (or other unsupported systems) that have DHCP client programs.
> 
> The IP leases seem to be six-hourly, but they seem to be renewed
> without change continuously, as long as you stay connected and
> don't change ethernet cards.  In my experience, they only change
> when some network re-orgnaisation takes place, which seems to happen
> three or so times per year.  So you can use a dynamic DNS service
> to give you a resolvable name that will work most of the time, but
> you won't ever get a reverse-lookup to produce the same name.
> 
> > Does optus have a similar service that will give
> > fixed IP's ?
> 
> Yes they have a similar service that won't give fixed IPs.
> 
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> Andrew
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