Roadrunner

Jerry Feldman gaf at blu.org
Fri May 25 15:30:15 EDT 2001


I've had my cable modem for over 4.5 years. I have a LanCity supplied by 
AT&T BB. 
AT&T BB uses standard dhcp to supply you with your IP address. My 
SuSE Linux works out of the box with DHCLIENT. I currently use a 
Linksys router because I have up to 6 computers in the house which 
might be online at any one time (3 Linux, 3 Windows). I used to have 
several good FAQs specific to Mediaone, but those URLs no longer 
work. They do not block any ports except possibly those associated with 
netbuei. I run Apache as well as sendmail. I specifically turn off telnet, 
ftp, talk and a few more. 
On 25 May 2001, at 15:07, William Warren wrote:

> Thanks for reading this.
> 
> I've just gotten the last, no-denying-it denial of ADSL service for
> my house, so I've signed up for RoadRunner.
> 
> I'm going to search the archives, but I've some questions that might
> not be there.  All advice welcome, of course.
> 
> 1. What cable modems will work with RoadRunner? The AT&T salesman gave
> me a 
> list of manufacturers, but said he didn't have any model numbers, so I
> need 
> any info I can get.  Since they charge $10 less/month if I
> supply the modem, this is really important to me.
> 
> 2. Is there a FAQ or HOWTO specific to the MediaOne/AT&T setup? I'm
> going to put a Linux firewall in front of the RR modem, and I want to
> get it 
> right the first time.
> 
> 3. Do they block any ports? I'm going to have a VPN for work-at-home, so
> 
> this is a big concern to me.
> 
> 4. What are the actual speeds users can expect?
> 
> Again, all suggestions welcome. Thank you.
> 
> 
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