[ale] Need Cable Modem Recommendation

[Jerald Sheets]

The only thing I use their modem for is to hand me an IP.  After that, I do everything else on a Linux box behind it.

Firewalling, VPN, port forwarding, you name it.  I’d much rather the modem just be a dumb box and do all the rest myself.

—j


> On Jul 18, 2016, at 11:18 AM, Chris Fowler <cfowler at outpostsentinel.com> wrote:
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> From: "DJ-Pfulio" <DJPfulio at jdpfu.com>
> To: ale at ale.org
> Sent: Sunday, July 17, 2016 10:46:15 PM
> Subject: Re: [ale] Need Cable Modem Recommendation
> On 07/17/2016 05:32 PM, dev null zero two wrote:
> > iirc you can BYOM if you have a static IP.
> 
> This has not been my experience.  They forced me to use their
> modem/router.  They do the BGP and manage the static subnet.  Been on
> biz comcast since 2010.
> 
> They wanted $14.95/mon for their equipment.  I just told them I would provide my own and did not need a static IP.
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> It has been my experience that their modems lack features.   At my office we installed biz in 2012.  That modem is nothing more than a bridge that services up DHCP and provides 4 static IPs.  No logging.  No way to see link quality, etc.
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