In Response to "Paul C. Lawler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, from 6/26/02 4:49 PM:
> It is my understanding that the Time Warner Cable contract does not even > allow you to set up a "private" LAN (wired or wireless) which shares your > connection, since they want to charge you per IP address. My contract > states that I may not configure any connection with 2 NICs in a PC. I suppose you've had service for a long time? I just recently moved to a new apartment where TWC was the best option for service and while their new literature doesn't condone the use of a router, they do make specific mention of the fact that you to set up your own LAN. They will not, however, support you unless you unplug your LAN and connect a single computer to the cable modem (which is essentially the same as using a router). > Not that any of this has stopped me... but if Time Warner is monitoring > this newsgroup, I am not an attorney and this does not constitute legal > advice, and I am not suitable for any purpose, including the one for which > I was intended. Nor am I a lawyer, but I know enough about legal theory to reason that the worst they can do to you is turn off your pipe. That, admittedly, sucks, but there's plenty of competition in the consumer ISP market that if they start shutting people off for connecting more than one PC through a router, smart folks like us will simply stop buying from them. My problem with this whole debacle is that if they say you're allowed to share your connection in a LAN configuration, and I pay for the extra IP addresses, why can't my LAN have a publicly accessible wireless access point? By my logic, a public AP is no different than if a friend came over and wanted to plug their laptop into my LAN to check their email. I would double check the RoadRunner AUP to see if a) any specific mention of wireless is made, and b) what their current LAN policies are. Remember that AUPs can evolve and the contract you initially signed may not be in force anymore. - AB -- Aaron Stanley, CISSP Information Security Consultant Computer Horizons Corporation ** Company name provided for identification ** purposes only. Opinions reflected in this message ** are those of the sender and not the affiliated ** organization(s) -- NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ Un/Subscribe: http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless/ Archives: http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/
