[PLUG] ATT cable modem reccommendations

[Sean Whitney]

Any cable modem that is docsis 1.0-1.1 should be good to go, Motorola, RCA, 
3Com, Com21.

As to doing NAT, this is kind of a confusing issue, however on their web page 
they have instructions and sell linksys devices that will facilitate NAT, so 
it must be ok.

Sean 

You probably  
On Friday 05 April 2002 16:32, you hammered at the keyboard:
> launi wrote:
> > Which cable modems are compliant with ATT specifications and are Linux
> > frendly?
>
> AT&T provided me with an RCA Model DCM235. I have it connected to a
> Netgear RT314 router and have 2 Linux and 3 Windows machines connected
> to it. The router is running as a DHCP server on the private side and a
> DHCP client on the AT&T side. The same sort of thing is done by others
> on this list with a Linux floppy firewall machine serving as the router.
>
> Mine works fine. No complaints from AT&T.
>
> > I'm helping a friend set up a network and I'm using my network as an
> > example with the exception that I have DSL and a ISP that says
> > private networks are cool and ATT that uses cable modems and says private
> > networks are not.
>
> You may be confusing AT&T's rule against running a server over their
> network with having your own private network that shares access to the
> Internet through their network. I don't think they care how many
> machines connect through their modem as long as the bandwidth consumed
> is reasonable. On the other hand, AT&T rewrites their rules from time to
> time, so what they are saying now may be different from what they said
> when I got started. Back then, when it was @home, they provided a web
> page or two that gave instructions on how to set up a home network.
>
> > He is willing to pay for connecting his kids computers to the modem when
> > he gets things configured, but wants to test things first.
>
> I recall that one of the options used to be having more than one IP
> address, and that you paid extra for that. Again, as long as the
> bandwidth consumed is reasonable, they probably don't care.

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