[Tfug] DynDNS howto

[christopher floess]

Well Andrew is able to get the web interface to his modem
trhough on cox service. Who else has cox and can configure
their modem through a web interface?



On 8/26/07, Matt  Jacob <matt.jacob at gmail.com> wrote:
> Cable is different. Cox owns the lines, they deliver the signal to
> your modem, and everything flows through them. They run the show.
>
> With DSL, you can have one company delivering the signal to your house
> (e.g. Qwest) and another company providing Internet services (e.g.
> MSN). I believe it has something to do with the FCC regulation of the
> telephone industry. Or maybe not. I really don't know why it is how it
> is, but there's my educated guess.
>
> Matt
>
> On 8/26/07, christopher floess <skeptikos at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 8/26/07, Predrag Punosevac <punosevac72 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > I don't know if this would help you but my IP provider is MSN. The
> > > Quest is just providing the physical connection.
> >
> > How did you find out about this info? Because I always just see
> > adds for high-speed internet offered by Qwest (as well as cox)
> > but no mention of a third party provider.
> >
> > > I think that the same is true with Cox and that your actual internet
> > > provider is somebody else. I would not be surprised to learn that it
> > > is MSN as well.
> >
> > I find it pretty bothersome that I could take up
> > cox on their offer of high-speed internet with out knowing that I'm
> > also establishing a agreement with a third party.
> >
> > I guess I just need to learn how to read my cox bill
> >
> > >
> > > On 8/26/07, christopher floess <skeptikos at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > Sorry, this was a general statement.  Apparently some ISP's do not want
> > > > > you to run server applications and block certain ports.
> > > > >
> > > > > I was saying that Qwest does not block ports, at least if you are using
> > > > > one of their partner ISP's that do not restrict your usage.
> > > >
> > > > Funny, I thought Qwest was the ISP. I guess they may have rights
> > > > to the phone line, and just direct the traffic to the ISP, who takes
> > > > care of things like dns, ip addresses, port blocking, etc. I think
> > > > the person on the list who works for simply bits might best be
> > > > able to clear this up. I'd still be interested who my isp is, if cox
> > > > is just the guy whose line I connect to. Maybe they run both
> > > > services
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Naturally you have to configure the DSL router to forward the
> > > > > appropriate ports to your internal network.
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > Again, maybe cox runs both services. I don't know if you were
> > > > following me and Predrag's discussion, but I wasn't able to log
> > > > in to my modem the way he did.
> > > >
> > > > FWIW, my modem is a terayon tj715x, if you know how to log
> > > > into it and configure it.
> > > >
> > > >
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> > > >
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