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Date: Wed,  5 Nov 2008 22:28:14 -0800
From: "Tharaneedharan Vilwanathan" <vdharani@gmail.com>
To: "Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs" <9fans@9fans.net>
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Subject: Re: [9fans] yes, comcast really *does* suck
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hi ron,

isnt cable modem a router too these days? i remember reading a manual
in the internet for a cable modem (provided by comcast)  that had the
ability to act as DHCP server to the client side, NAT, (it had web
based UI too), etc just like a Linksys box so that you only need a
switch to connect multiple PCs. So the cable modem may well do the
access control too.

thanks
dharani

On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 10:06 PM, ron minnich <rminnich@gmail.com> wrote:
> you have to love comcast. They just blocked my port 25 incoming. A
> quick search around the net reveals they are jerking people around
> regularly on this issue.
>
> The weird part: at last one person claims the blocking is done in the
> cable modem, and can be resolved by just getting a new modem.
>
> Does this seem like a realistic claim? I just assumed it was in the routers.
>
> Here's one transcript.
>
> ron
>
> http://www.johnmasone.com/article.php?id=150
>
>