AT&T Broadband, Road Runner cable modem, Torrance/Lomita CA
Howard Siegel
service via AT&T Broadband (formerly MediaOne) in the
Torrance/Lomita area of SoCal...
Do they require the use of their custom login program to
establish a session? Or can I get away with just having
a generic DHCP server?
When I called to put in my order, all they said was that
they only support Windows and MacOS but didn't (couldn't,
wouldn't?) say why. I said that I'd be using a LinkSys
gateway/firewall box in between my systems and the cable
modem and they did not say that it wouldn't work, but did
say that they'd refuse to install the cable modem if I was
using a non-Windows, Non-MacOS system such as Linux. (I
was only asking for the simple installation where all they
do is connect the cable to the modem and verify it works,
and everything else is my responsibility. Argh).
What I intend to do (if it'll work) is to connect the
cable modem to a LinkSys BEFSR41 gateway/firewall, and
plug all my computers in to the switch side of the
LinkSys box. The computers are a mix of Linux boxes,
an old VMS box, and a printserver. I've also got a
Win95 box, but it is down right now and I'm not in a
hurry to fix it (unless I really need it just so the
installers see something running Windows).
If I really do need their custom login program, then
I'm really SOL for some of my platforms. But if their
custom login program is not needed anymore then I should
be ok.
(Yeah, I know I could run a Linux firewall/router with
one of the reverse-engineered custom login programs,
and have all the other boxes go through it, but that is
a tad more complex configuration that I want to tackle
right now).
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- howard (Netcom Class of '93) <*> hsiegel-at-pobox-dot-com
RG6
card and the modem. So if you have a router, you'll either need to call
them and give them the MAC address of the WAN port, or configure the router
to use the MAC address of the card that MediaOne assigned when they did the
installation. Of course, you'll also need DHCP configured.
There's no special software required to access MediaOne's network, but the
installers will want to set things up on a Windows box. On the other hand,
if you work with the installer, they'll generally let it slide (as far as
they're concerned it's less work!). It's probably easiest just to set up
the 'sacrifical' Win9x box.
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