OK. I could be misinterpreting. I was under the assumption that the builder is buying cable service from a provider (wholesale) then supplying his development.
If he is playing the whole cable provider scenario, starting with the whole 'head end', then it probably gets a little more simple. Still a bit of a cost associated with being the head-end. I would imagine that using LEAF router to interface between backbone and higher-speed cable modem (1000mbps?) to keep up with the 'subscribers' cable modems makes sense to me. If, however, he IS buying cable signal from another supplier, he would have to make some sort of arrangement to integrate with their internet service, or block the sub-low band (where the data is) and supply his own. OK. I'm rambling about something I am not totally familiar with and haven't really investigated...... :-) Cheers..... ======================================= Work: http://www.olgclotteries.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] 888-345-7568 ext 2205 Personal: http://www.mullan.ca [EMAIL PROTECTED] MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ======================================= "S Mohan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "John Mullan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Sent by: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: ceforge.net Subject: RE: [leaf-user] Cable Connections 12/10/2002 06:29 AM There must be some place where the provider converts to ethernet to connect to the Internet. Atleast before the router. Why not plug this in at that point? Am I missing something trivial here? Mohan -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of John Mullan Sent: 10 December 2002 16:39 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [leaf-user] Cable Connections Far from being an expert, I'm going to say 'no' right off the bat. An educated guess would say that, yes, you could take the cable signal, connect to a modem and then to your box. But you would have to separate the 'sub-low' from the rest of the cable signals, re-inject them back onto a common wire and then it gets messy. You would have to make some arrangement where you have a separate wire to each household from your central location. If there is equipment ready to do this, it would probably be of prohibitive cost. If it is a condo/apartment complex, better to run CAT5 to each residence and use an ethernet switch. Am I in left field here? -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2002 2:42 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [leaf-user] Cable Connections Hey, I have a possible client that's building a housing development & is providing cable service to all of the houses... I'm guessing the answer to my question is going to be no, but considering my knowledge of cable I figured I'd ask anyways... Is there a way to set up a leaf box at the central location from where the cable service is being provided to the houses? I'm guessing this would entail converting the cable internet so the firewall could deal with it & then converting it back to cable before sending it out to individual houses. I've been using Bering, but if there's already support for doing this in another distro I'm willing to learn :) Patrick ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf ------------------------------------------------------------------------ leaf-user mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user SR FAQ: http://leaf-project.org/pub/doc/docmanager/docid_1891.html ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf ------------------------------------------------------------------------ leaf-user mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user SR FAQ: http://leaf-project.org/pub/doc/docmanager/docid_1891.html ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf ------------------------------------------------------------------------ leaf-user mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user SR FAQ: http://leaf-project.org/pub/doc/docmanager/docid_1891.html ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf ------------------------------------------------------------------------ leaf-user mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user SR FAQ: http://leaf-project.org/pub/doc/docmanager/docid_1891.html
