On Mon, 1 Nov 2010, Rob Taylor wrote:
> I'm on comcast and have used my own cable modem and router for years. > When my modem died I took theirs, since they told me that they were > going to charge me a monthly fee regardless of whether I rented their > modem or had my own. I'd check into that. When I returned my modem, I explicitly confirmed that they would take the $5/mo. lease charge off my bill. I won't know until next month if that's actually true, but two separate Comcast people confirmed it for me. Dave > I can see why providers may ship their own devices with some presets, so > as to have less configurations to deal with when people call in, but 5 > ip's does seem really low. > > I mean, I know people who have > > Tivo > VoIP > Wii > PS3 > roku box > airport express > > And that's not including their pc's or phones. > > rgt > > On 11/1/2010 7:48 AM, Joe McDonagh wrote: >> On 10/19/2010 10:42 PM, Edward Ned Harvey wrote: >>> >>> Because of recent conversations on this list about comcast versus >>> world, I feel compelled to tell this story: >>> >>> I have a friend, who is very computer proficient. He called me up to >>> talk about an IP address conflict on his home network. He told me he >>> has comcast, and he has access to login to the comcast router, and the >>> router is configured to give out IP addresses via DHCP, and the >>> dynamic range is from 192.168.0.10 to 192.168.0.14. So they only give >>> you 5 IP addresses, and if you try to connect a 6th computer, you >>> can't. You get an IP conflict, and somebody gets booted off the network. >>> >>> I told him, "Well, why don't you just change the dynamic range?" He >>> said you can't. He said he spent hours on the phone with comcast, and >>> they told him "Call netgear." I couldn't believe him. So he >>> initiated a screen sharing session, and showed me. We considered >>> flashing a nonstandard firmware onto the comcast router ... which >>> seemed risky ... I suggested maybe looking up the factory reset for >>> the router. He said he already did that, and it just resets to >>> Comcast factory condition. >>> >>> He's got a home server, a printer, two laptops, and two desktops. He >>> can't use them all at the same time. Nevermind, god forbid, he should >>> have anything like vonage, or a PDA, or a couple of teenage children >>> with computers. >>> >>> We concluded there's only one possible solution: He needs to buy >>> another router, and hook the outside of his new router to the inside >>> of the comcast router. >>> >>> We concluded there is one, and precisely one, possible reason for >>> comcast to be stingy with the 192.168.x.x IP addresses. They're just >>> being d**ks and there is no other possible explanation. >>> >>> Oh - Get this - While all his other computers and stuff were on, and >>> his laptop had an IP conflict which was preventing him from starting >>> his screen sharing session ... I suggested that he just assign >>> himself a static IP address, 192.168.0.15. He did this. He could >>> ping the gateway. But he could not ping outside the gateway. So in >>> addition to the dynamic range being pathetically small, they also >>> apply a filter to prevent you from using any static IP outside of the >>> dynamic range. D**ks. >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> bblisa mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://www.bblisa.org/mailman/listinfo/bblisa >> I've been using Comcast for years north of Boston and it simply doesn't >> work like this where I live. You don't even have to use one bit of >> Comcast equipment on your line; I've had my own motorola surfboard for >> years, and put whatever I want behind it (dd-wrt, soekris, linksys). >> >> Frankly I don't even understand how they would accomplish this since >> they don't control the internal LAN. They might control the firmware on >> their router, but just replace it since it's probably garbage anyways. >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> bblisa mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://www.bblisa.org/mailman/listinfo/bblisa > > _______________________________________________ > bblisa mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.bblisa.org/mailman/listinfo/bblisa > _______________________________________________ bblisa mailing list [email protected] http://www.bblisa.org/mailman/listinfo/bblisa
