Re: DSL vs. cable and LAN options

2001-01-08 Thread Osamu Aoki
Hi, here is another ATT customer with ATT Cable connected to Debian. I run auth,telnet(Dahh), sshd, exim, httpd accessible from most net but all other ports are blocked by ipchains. If you are worried about ATT scanning, use your providers ip range to block access to open ports. Just plug NNTP

Re: DSL vs. cable and LAN options

2001-01-08 Thread Hall Stevenson
* Tom Marshall ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [010108 12:34]: > > Is there a general disapproval from service providers regarding > > servers? I wasn't planning on a news server, but I do have a web > > server and ftp server (in addtion to sshd) on my machine. If possible > > I would also like to run a mail

Re: DSL vs. cable and LAN options

2001-01-08 Thread Tom Marshall
> Is there a general disapproval from service providers regarding > servers? I wasn't planning on a news server, but I do have a web > server and ftp server (in addtion to sshd) on my machine. If possible > I would also like to run a mailing list. I think that in general, the cablemodem provider

Re: DSL vs. cable and LAN options

2001-01-08 Thread D-Man
On Sun, Jan 07, 2001 at 09:02:21PM -0800, Tom Marshall wrote: | I don't have any experience with DSL, but I can tell you about the AT&T @home | setup. Most of the networking stuff should apply to either, but you | should *insist* on an external adapter with a ethernet connector to your box. | | I

Re: DSL vs. cable and LAN options

2001-01-07 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Sun, Jan 07, 2001 at 06:32:20PM -0500, D-Man wrote: > > I will be moving shortly and will no longer have my T1 connection :-(. > I am considering getting DSL or a cable modem, but wanted to check > with the Debian gurus first. Assuming both services are available, > how well do they interroper

Re: DSL vs. cable and LAN options

2001-01-07 Thread Tom Marshall
I don't have any experience with DSL, but I can tell you about the AT&T @home setup. Most of the networking stuff should apply to either, but you should *insist* on an external adapter with a ethernet connector to your box. I've been using a 5x86-133 machine for my linux masq gateway for about 4

Re: DSL vs. cable and LAN options

2001-01-07 Thread Nate Amsden
D-Man wrote: > > I will be moving shortly and will no longer have my T1 connection :-(. > I am considering getting DSL or a cable modem, but wanted to check > with the Debian gurus first. Assuming both services are available, > how well do they interroperate with Debian? What are people's > opin

Re: DSL vs. cable and LAN options

2001-01-07 Thread Brian Stults
D-Man wrote: > > I will be moving shortly and will no longer have my T1 connection :-(. > I am considering getting DSL or a cable modem, but wanted to check > with the Debian gurus first. Assuming both services are available, > how well do they interroperate with Debian? What are people's > opin

DSL vs. cable and LAN options

2001-01-07 Thread D-Man
I will be moving shortly and will no longer have my T1 connection :-(. I am considering getting DSL or a cable modem, but wanted to check with the Debian gurus first. Assuming both services are available, how well do they interroperate with Debian? What are people's opinions/experiences with the