[Tfug] DynDNS howto

[christopher floess]

hmmm.... still doesn't work for me
On 8/26/07, Andrew Ayre <andy at britishideas.com> wrote:
> I have Cox with a Motorola Surfboard. To get to the web configuration
> interface for the modem (not the router), I go to:
>
>   http://192.168.100.1/config.html
>
> Note that my network uses addresses in the 10.x.x.x range. The above IP
> address is nothing to do with the addresses you use for your network.
>
> Andy
>
> Predrag Punosevac wrote:
> > I just noticed, how many grammatical mistakes I am making while typing
> > my answers. I apologize to everyone. I will try to read my messages
> > before I send them.
> >
> > On 8/26/07, Predrag Punosevac <punosevac72 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> 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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