[Tfug] DynDNS howto

[Ronald Sutherland]

I've been having problems getting useful info from Google of late, but 
found this...

http://www.qwest.com/residential/internet/isp_list.html

I think ATM is used between the DSL modem and the ISP

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asynchronous_Transfer_Mode

so the phone corporation is most likely running an ATM network that 
transfers data between the DSL modem and the ISP (MSN...) network 
(Ethernet or whatever).

I have no idea what Cox is doing...

BTW if you tell Qwest that you are using a Mac they may suggest the 
Qwest.net ISP, I also got static IP's from Qwest.net to try fun things 
with.

http://www.qwest.com/internethelp/dotnet/index.html

I have an old Actiontec 1524 that I setup for all this stuff, and 
Qwest.net has a good FAQ list for it

http://www.qwest.com/internethelp/modems/15201524/index.html#configuration

is that 2 cents :)

christopher floess 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.
>>>
>>>