[ale] Need Cable Modem Recommendation

[Jim Kinney]

Yep. It's all it's good for.

On Jul 18, 2016 2:53 PM, "Jerald Sheets" <questy at gmail.com> wrote:

> The only thing I use their modem for is to hand me an IP.  After that, I
> do everything else on a Linux box behind it.
>
> Firewalling, VPN, port forwarding, you name it.  I’d much rather the modem
> just be a dumb box and do all the rest myself.
>
> —j
>
>
> On Jul 18, 2016, at 11:18 AM, Chris Fowler <cfowler at outpostsentinel.com>
> wrote:
>
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> *From: *"DJ-Pfulio" <DJPfulio at jdpfu.com>
> *To: *ale at ale.org
> *Sent: *Sunday, July 17, 2016 10:46:15 PM
> *Subject: *Re: [ale] Need Cable Modem Recommendation
>
> On 07/17/2016 05:32 PM, dev null zero two wrote:
> > iirc you can BYOM if you have a static IP.
>
> This has not been my experience.  They forced me to use their
> modem/router.  They do the BGP and manage the static subnet.  Been on
> biz comcast since 2010.
>
>
> They wanted $14.95/mon for their equipment.  I just told them I would
> provide my own and did not need a static IP.
>
> It has been my experience that their modems lack features.   At my office
> we installed biz in 2012.  That modem is nothing more than a bridge that
> services up DHCP and provides 4 static IPs.  No logging.  No way to see
> link quality, etc.
>
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