[PLUG] ATT cable modem reccommendations

[Robbert van Andel]

What is a nat protocol?  Just curious.

-----Original Message-----
From: plug-admin at lists.pdxlinux.org
[mailto:plug-admin at lists.pdxlinux.org] On Behalf Of dgc at easystreet.com
Sent: Friday, April 05, 2002 9:10 PM
To: plug at lists.pdxlinux.org
Subject: Re: [PLUG] ATT cable modem reccommendations 

With AT&T BI, at least at the moment, there isn't a problem running nat,
etc.
The problem might come later, after Comcast's purchase of AT&T Broadband
goes
through.

There were news stories in EE Times, etc. a couple of months ago about
cable
companies complaining that people using routers, nat protocols, etc. to
connect
multiple computers to one cable outlet were "stealing" service.  They
wanted
everybody running more than one system to register them and pay an
additional
fee.

AT&T was not part of that group.

dgc

> >
> > 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.
> >


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