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[Randy Arabie]

On Sat, 17 Nov 2001, Collins Richey wrote:

> The only lengthy problem I had was when they forced me to switch off
> the fixed ip address and go to DHCP.  

Same occurred to me.  I wasn't sure what was wrong, I ended up calling 
@home support.  I didn't tell them I was running Linux, but that I had a 
"hardware firewall solution" between my cable modem and Windoze PC.  I 
admitted that I did have my IP Address hard coded.  They said I needed to 
go to DHCP.  They said they couldn't help me with my "hardware", but 
that it probably supported DHCP.  I said no problem, reconfigured my 
firewall box to be a DHCP client, and got it working.

I don't expect them to support any flavor OS, but likewise I don't expect 
them to hassle me if I use something other than Windoze or Mac.  I've 
been happy with them, but I haven't really needed any support either.

I do have ssh, smtp, and http running.  However, I limit access based on IP 
address.  That's so my wife can access the web server from her office 
and so I can from mine.  And, I log in via ssh to check my email.  The 
bottom line is the traffic is so limited I doubt I even show up on their 
radar.

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Cheers!

Randy

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