Qwest DSL to Cox@Home

I use COX and I purchased a modem at Fries. They are stupid devices, so then
I hooked my firewall (Linux boxed) to it and all was well. I do ipmasq and a
good set of firewall rules and off to the races.

Why would you want to use a router to do ipmasq, and a different box
providing the firewall? Having ipmasq and firewall on different boxes is
really a headache.

Davidm

> -----Original Message-----
> From: julian@catchen.org [mailto:julian@catchen.org]
> Sent: Monday, June 11, 2001 3:09 PM
> To: plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us
> Subject: Qwest DSL to Cox@Home
>
>
> All,
>
> Soon, I will be moving from South Chandler to the Northwest
> corner of Mesa.
> Having moved to Chandler from Pennsylvania, it was the first
> time I have ever
> had a fast internet connection using Qwest DSL. I am moving
> in about two weeks
> and so naturally, one of my requirements for a new place to
> live was a fat
> network pipe (dial-up never again!).
>
> Unfortunatley, I didn't have much luck finding a new place
> that also had DSL, so
> I am settling for Cox Cable and was looking for a little
> advice to aid in the
> switch over:
>
> 1) Is it worth renting a modem from Cox? It seems that a
> modem would quickly
> pay for itself at $15/month.
>
> 2) Any recommendations for a good Cox-compatible modem? I
> would like to get
> one that does DHCP like my current Cisco 675, so that I can
> run my several
> linux boxen on one IP.
>
> 3) Anyone looking to get Qwest DSL and need the hardware? If
> so, I would be
> willing to sell you my Cisco 675 for pretty cheap. This
> external modem/router
> allows you to plug the phone line in one port and 10baset in
> the other. I have
> mine hooked up to a HUB connecting several machines. I
> bought it for $150 and
> it works great. Make me an offer if interested.
>
> Thanks,
>
> julian
>
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