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. >> >> >> >
