Well, it won't kill him to be off of the VPN for a while (uses POP3 for email) so if/when it hits him, we'll worry about it then. Don't you love cable modem tech support people?
-----Original Message----- From: Clark, Steve [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, February 18, 2002 9:14 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Exchange Server in a Cable Environment If you're bored, try calling their tech support and ask about static IP's. The guy tells me THEY do VPN (he didn't know what a VPN was so I explained it to him). Even after explaining to him the VPN with static IP, he reaffirmed that Comcast does NOT do static IP's - even with the "professional" service offering. Horse, water, shotgun - he'll drink. You may want to recommend to your salesweasel to get off Comcast (sux) and look at DSL if he wants to continue using VPN and such. Steve Clark Clark Systems Support, LLC AVIEN Charter Member "Who's watching your network?" www.clarksupport.com 301-610-9584 voice 240-465-0323 Efax The data furnished in connection with this document is deemed by Clark Systems Support, LLC., to contain proprietary and privileged information and shall not be disclosed or used for the benefit of others without the prior written permission of Clark Systems Support, LLC. -----Original Message----- From: Allen Crawford [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, February 18, 2002 9:09 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Exchange Server in a Cable Environment Right. I've heard the same bad news about Comcast. We use VPN through cable modems here, and I think at least one of our sales guys is in a Comcast area, so I guess we'll find out if/when they cut it huh? :) -----Original Message----- From: Clark, Steve [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, February 18, 2002 9:06 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Exchange Server in a Cable Environment Depending on your location - my experience is with @home purchased by Comcast (bad to worse), you lose the static IP in favor of their DHCP. In order to get a static, you pay triple for the same services. Rumor mill for Comcast (sux) is that they will soon cut VPN and other services that are not considered residential. Steve Clark Clark Systems Support, LLC AVIEN Charter Member "Who's watching your network?" www.clarksupport.com 301-610-9584 voice 240-465-0323 Efax The data furnished in connection with this document is deemed by Clark Systems Support, LLC., to contain proprietary and privileged information and shall not be disclosed or used for the benefit of others without the prior written permission of Clark Systems Support, LLC. -----Original Message----- From: Allen Crawford [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, February 18, 2002 8:59 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Exchange Server in a Cable Environment I'm not sure how the rest of the cable modems work, but with @home (obviously this doesn't matter much now) you basically get a static IP anyway. Sure it uses DHCP, but does that matter when it never expires? With our new cable company's service (just got switched to Insight yesterday) it appears that the DHCP is based on the MAC address (@home used the hostname apparently). So I'm guessing that as long as I don't switch my Ethernet interface I'll have the same IP address. But I'm going to play with that first. I'm also going to shut everything off when I go on vacation in March to see if it expires and gives me a new one. Anyway, what I'm saying is that you may be able to just use the IP you have now as if it was static. Just test it out first and see how often it changes. That's what I do, although I have no mail server running. Just a web/FTP server to play with. Although my friend, who's with the same ISP, does have Exchange running just fine. -----Original Message----- From: ARAE NETWORKS [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Saturday, February 16, 2002 12:07 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Exchange Server in a Cable Environment I want to setup a Home Office and I have a Cable Modem which they tell me cannot guarantee a static IP address. Our mail records are hosted by an ISP. Is there a way for me to setup an Exchange 5.5 or 2000 server to receive and send mail in this configuration? Where and what do I have to configure in order to have this work correctly? JR _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
