Re: [expert] Comcast @home
The problems were not that they did it but that they did it wrong. ie there was no route on their network from 12.234.65. to 12.234.64.xxx when I was on the first subnet, I couldn't see the second. I took be 4 hours of talking to people from my friends house (online chat) to get to someone who understood what I, in my inept way, was trying to tell them. Once they did create a path... it all worked fine. James On Fri, 21 Dec 2001 15:39:58 -0600 "J. Craig Woods" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At 11:24 AM 12/21/2001 -0800, James Sparenberg wrote: > >Jerry, > > The only hassle was teaching the weenies at ATT that the reason I and > > even windwoze users were having trouble was because they had the gateway > > and your IP number on two seperate subnets. Yes I know this is doable but > > doing it creates more problems than it is worth. > > > >James > > James, just out of curiosity, what was your problem with gateway and IP > address on different subnets? I set networks up to work this way a lot. It > gives you some security flexibility with respect to some other issues, such > as NIDS implementations. > > > J. Craig Woods > UNIX/NT SA > -Art is the illusion of spontaneity- > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Comcast @home
James, After banging my head at it for about an hour I picked up the phone only to find out the date on my letter was incorrect, From what the phone tech told me I now go live on the 27th. So I will try again then. On Fri, 2001-12-21 at 14:24, James Sparenberg wrote: > Jerry, > From one who made the switch about 2 weeks ago from ATT@home to ATT@play *grin* I >can say. Ignore most of what they tell you. It was straight forward DHCP for us >here. The only hassle was teaching the weenies at ATT that the reason I and even >windwoze users were having trouble was because they had the gateway and your IP >number on two seperate subnets. Yes I know this is doable but doing it creates more >problems than it is worth. Install the dhcp packages, set your external nic to use >dhcp and wait for the light to appear on the modem. It worked here. hope it works >there as well. > > James > > On 21 Dec 2001 11:09:05 -0500 > Jerry Sternesky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Any other comcast @home users out there. Have you received your package > > yet about switching to the new network, with the failure of @home. Mine > > is a cd that run windows only software and wants to set outlook express > > as the default mailer. Since I use linux I can't run this > > > > When I tried going out to the support page I got this error message > > about plugin only supported in windows, MAC version not available. No > > information to read, it would be nice if the put a text version out > > there. > > > > Anyway, I was wondering if anyone has made transition yet and how it > > went. I will be on the phone with them later, since I use a linksys > > router behind the cable modem. Given MS's huge investment in the AT&T > > comcast deal I am wondering if this will fast become a windows only > > segment of the internet, if so I would rather switch only once and make > > it to dsl instead. > > > > Anyone have a heads up on this? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Jerry > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Comcast @home
At 11:24 AM 12/21/2001 -0800, James Sparenberg wrote: >Jerry, > The only hassle was teaching the weenies at ATT that the reason I and > even windwoze users were having trouble was because they had the gateway > and your IP number on two seperate subnets. Yes I know this is doable but > doing it creates more problems than it is worth. > >James James, just out of curiosity, what was your problem with gateway and IP address on different subnets? I set networks up to work this way a lot. It gives you some security flexibility with respect to some other issues, such as NIDS implementations. J. Craig Woods UNIX/NT SA -Art is the illusion of spontaneity- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Comcast @home
Jerry, From one who made the switch about 2 weeks ago from ATT@home to ATT@play *grin* I can say. Ignore most of what they tell you. It was straight forward DHCP for us here. The only hassle was teaching the weenies at ATT that the reason I and even windwoze users were having trouble was because they had the gateway and your IP number on two seperate subnets. Yes I know this is doable but doing it creates more problems than it is worth. Install the dhcp packages, set your external nic to use dhcp and wait for the light to appear on the modem. It worked here. hope it works there as well. James On 21 Dec 2001 11:09:05 -0500 Jerry Sternesky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Any other comcast @home users out there. Have you received your package > yet about switching to the new network, with the failure of @home. Mine > is a cd that run windows only software and wants to set outlook express > as the default mailer. Since I use linux I can't run this > > When I tried going out to the support page I got this error message > about plugin only supported in windows, MAC version not available. No > information to read, it would be nice if the put a text version out > there. > > Anyway, I was wondering if anyone has made transition yet and how it > went. I will be on the phone with them later, since I use a linksys > router behind the cable modem. Given MS's huge investment in the AT&T > comcast deal I am wondering if this will fast become a windows only > segment of the internet, if so I would rather switch only once and make > it to dsl instead. > > Anyone have a heads up on this? > > Thanks, > > Jerry > > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
