From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2008 22:52:50 -0800 From: "Tharaneedharan Vilwanathan" To: "Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs" <9fans@9fans.net> In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <13426df10811052206g16228937x90124cdbe21397ba@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: [9fans] yes, comcast really *does* suck Topicbox-Message-UUID: 32da6222-ead4-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 hi ron, i was able to dig some more details. the one i have is RCA (by thomson), model DHG535-2 H/W: 2.0. This seems to be the manual: http://www.thomson.net/SiteCollectionDocuments/Products/User%20guides/Cable/modems%20and%20gateways/US/userguide_dhg%20%20535_en_092007.pdf this modem (newer than the one for which i had read the manual before) too seems to have those features i mentioned. so i was able to reach the UI via http://192.168.100.1. hope this helps. regards dharani On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 10:28 PM, Tharaneedharan Vilwanathan wrote: > 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 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 >> >> >