[Tfug] DynDNS howto

[Predrag Punosevac]

I found that MSN is my internet provider when I was doing the original
installation in the November of last year. Before that
I just used free dial up internet that is provided to all employees by
the Department of Mathematics.
I had the same assumption as you, I chose Qwest for my IP what does
MSN has to do with it. I was even more shock when I learn that there
is basically no alternative because of speed I wanted and the location
of my house.



On 8/26/07, christopher floess <skeptikos at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 8/26/07, Predrag Punosevac <punosevac72 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I don't know if this would help you but my IP provider is MSN. The
> > Quest is just providing the physical connection.
>
> How did you find out about this info? Because I always just see
> adds for high-speed internet offered by Qwest (as well as cox)
> but no mention of a third party provider.
>
> > I think that the same is true with Cox and that your actual internet
> > provider is somebody else. I would not be surprised to learn that it
> > is MSN as well.
>
> I find it pretty bothersome that I could take up
> cox on their offer of high-speed internet with out knowing that I'm
> also establishing a agreement with a third party.
>
> I guess I just need to learn how to read my cox bill
>
> >
> > On 8/26/07, christopher floess <skeptikos at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > Sorry, this was a general statement.  Apparently some ISP's do not want
> > > > you to run server applications and block certain ports.
> > > >
> > > > I was saying that Qwest does not block ports, at least if you are using
> > > > one of their partner ISP's that do not restrict your usage.
> > >
> > > Funny, I thought Qwest was the ISP. I guess they may have rights
> > > to the phone line, and just direct the traffic to the ISP, who takes
> > > care of things like dns, ip addresses, port blocking, etc. I think
> > > the person on the list who works for simply bits might best be
> > > able to clear this up. I'd still be interested who my isp is, if cox
> > > is just the guy whose line I connect to. Maybe they run both
> > > services
> > >
> > > >
> > > > Naturally you have to configure the DSL router to forward the
> > > > appropriate ports to your internal network.
> > > >
> > >
> > > Again, maybe cox runs both services. I don't know if you were
> > > following me and Predrag's discussion, but I wasn't able to log
> > > in to my modem the way he did.
> > >
> > > FWIW, my modem is a terayon tj715x, if you know how to log
> > > into it and configure it.
> > >
> > >
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> > >
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