Thanks everyone for your responses.  Sounds like this will prove to be a 
good DSL ISP.  I always get concerned when things look to simple - kinda 
like Windows.

Thanks again.

Darrell A. Escola wrote:

> I am currently using Telocity/DirecTVDSL for my home internet connection.
> 
> The DSL Modem provided by Telocity does not appear to be configurable from
> the user side, but allows the user to run any desired servers - I am running
> qmail, apache, apache-ssl.  I now have a dedicated firewall, running
> iptables, DNAT to :25 :80 :110 :443, SNAT from my private network to my
> public IP.
> 
> My firewall logged a lot of connection attempts to :137 and :139 from the
> internet - until I changed from LDROP to DROP - you may want to restrict
> access to these ports if you know the valid source addresses.
> 
> Since my domain name is resolved by register.com's nameservers, I have
> blocked all TCP/UDP access to :53 from the internet.
> 
> My dhcp client for the NIC connected to the Telocity modem attempts to
> overwrite my /etc/resolv.conf, deleting reference to my private DNS server,
> so I set the immutable bit on that file to prevent change (chattr +i).
> 
> I think DirecTVDSL has an "upgrade" service available for $10/month that
> includes a 4 port router/firewall with 4 IP addresses, but I have
> accomplished all I wanted to do with 1 IP and my private network.
> 
> Darrell
> 
> On Tue, Feb 26, 2002 at 10:24:19AM -0600, John Schmerold wrote:
> 
>>I have a client that is planning on using Direct TV DSL so that he may 
>>obtain single static IP for $50 per month.
>>
>>Service looks slick for typical residential or branch office use, 
>>however he needs remote offices to attach to a Samba share & wants his 
>>office to benefit from a netfilter based firewall.
>>
>>Anyone doing this?  Any tips on configuring the modem/router provided by 
>> DirectTV to facilitate these functions?
>>
>>TIA for helping me avoid real word bruises.
>>
>>
>>
> 



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