[PLUG] ATT cable modem reccommendations

Robbert van Andel robbert at vafam.com
Sat Apr 6 04:10:18 UTC 2002


I use the Motorola 4200 Surfboard connected to a linksys router.  No
problems on my side.  I set Linux to completely dynamic IP settings and
it works great. 

-----Original Message-----
From: plug-admin at lists.pdxlinux.org
[mailto:plug-admin at lists.pdxlinux.org] On Behalf Of Richard Steffens
Sent: Friday, April 05, 2002 4:33 PM
To: plug at lists.pdxlinux.org
Subject: Re: [PLUG] ATT cable modem reccommendations

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.

-- 
Regards,

Dick Steffens
"Quando Omni Flunkus Moritati"
http://rsteff.home.attbi.com/

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