>>>>> "E-A" == Elaine -HFB- Ashton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
E-A> Also, if you use what was RoadRunner, then Mediaone, then ATT and E-A> now I don't even know what it's called you get a /29 or a /30 E-A> iirc with the 'home networking' package...but I don't remember if E-A> that's still available or not since I think it has been nearly 5 E-A> years now that I've had cable modem accessr,but with that you get E-A> a small range of IPs that are yours and they can, as I recall, E-A> attach the MAC to one of those IPs which sure beats IP roulette i don't think those multiple att cable IP's are static. their entire network is DHCP. all that allows you is up to 3 different IP addresses (at $10 more for each extra one) off of one cable modem, not a /30 type block. you could then have 3 servers on the net all exposing the same port number if desired. with the normal setup you can only have one box for any given port. a linksys doesn't help here as incoming port mapping also works only with one external ip address. uri -- Uri Guttman ------ [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------- http://www.stemsystems.com -- Stem is an Open Source Network Development Toolkit and Application Suite - ----- Stem and Perl Development, Systems Architecture, Design and Coding ---- Search or Offer Perl Jobs ---------------------------- http://jobs.perl.org
