[LUNI] Re: Cablemodem Discussion (Was: DHCP host name - COMCAST - cable modem)

[Larry Garfield]

Gregg Sperling wrote:
> Yes, it is intended.  According to one of the field techs (a guy with 
> whom I recently spoke and apparently had a clue) they said that people 
> were NAT'ing their one IP address, so it didn't matter anyways.  They'd 
> rather have the "unknowing" people just directly connect their computers 
> to the cablemodem without going through the trouble of setting up one of 
> the Linksys boxes (or worse, a secure Linux firewall) so they could 
> track the individual computer usage, and "investigate their connected 
> machines as necessary."   I asked him to elaborate on the last comment, 
> he just smiled and chuckled. 

Hm.  Since I just got Comcast this month (only service in my area), this 
is very good stuff to know. :-)  I'm glad I AM using a NAT, though, if 
they want to "investigate their connected machines as necessary."

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