here here 9and I thought I was the only one that didn't have problems with
cox.net).
I use a single IP here and network 6 machines behind the homebrew NAT
(pentium 225 w/mandrake and IPTABLES). that little pentium handles shell
accounts, webhosting, opennap and ircd without too many problems.
as lstated below in the original senders note, converting over was a snap
(though the e-mail server had to have the password reset because of small
glitches in the conversion).
in the meantime, the cox.net service here has been ok for the most part (save
for the 29 hour outage in mail service caused by a malfunctioning NT server).
meanwhile... back at the ranch.
Technomage
On Monday 28 January 2002 15:11, you wrote: > I have been worried about my service with cox after reading all the horror
> stories online here. However, I decided to try and convert over and did
> things a bit different. Maybe this will help some of you, or err, maybe
> not.
>
> I never used the toolbox. Just throw that puppy away. You don't need it.
> I just simply went to cox site, entered my code, changed my password and
> logged in. I then verified all my email addresses to be sure they were
> setup.
>
> While I was at it, I decided to add yet one more machine to my list. They
> don't have that option available yet so i called cox and added the new
> machine. When my bill arrived I noticed I had a $15.00 charge for
> administration fees. I called cox and asked what that was about. They
> told me that there is a fee for adding an additional computer plus the
> $6.95 for each computer. Okay since my bill is now $64 bucks, I bought
> from myself (I sell hardware) an 4 port SMC Barricade router and dropped
> the ips for the other two computers leaving only my current ip address.
>
> I installed the Barricade and the machines run behind the router firewall.
> Now ever since converting over which as been about 2 weeks now. I have not
> had one sec of downtime. My systems have been up, running and ready to go.
>
> I run a dual boot system on this computer and windows me is working fine,
> and I have swtiched back and forth from redhat and mandrake atleast 5 times
> the past couple of weeks to see how things work and everything is fine no
> matter which linux distro I use.
>
> Bottom line I guess is if anyone needs help or has a question please feel
> free to ask. I promise I won't bill you unless I have to come out. But
> maybe we can help solve some of your problems with some things that I have
> done or perhaps done differently.
>
> The main thing here though is just don't use that toolbox. Throw quickly
> into the trash after you get your activation code. Sorry for the long
> wind....
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