[olug] Qwest and IP assignment

[Eric Penne]

It is a modem but it also acts as a bridge/router/firewall.  Standard
802.3 ethernet is not transmitted on the phone or cable lines. It has
to be transmitted in a different frequency band.

Eric

On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 10:13 AM, Adam Lassek <adam at doubleprime.net> wrote:
> Call me a pedant, but those devices, as well as the Cable variety, are not
> modems at all but bridge/routers.
> This has always bugged me.
>
> On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 9:49 PM, T. J. Brumfield <enderandrew at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> The Qwest DSL modems to act as a router.
>>
>> Tell your friend to go to whatismyip.com
>>
>> -- T. J.
>>
>> On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 9:31 PM, Eric Penne <epenne at olug.org> wrote:
>> > My old actiontec dsl modem from Qwest was a firewall/router and wireless
>> AP.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 9:22 PM, Eric P <eric.maillist at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> Hi,
>> >>
>> >> I set up and installed a friend's computer recently with Linux.
>>  However, I'm struggling to SSH onto their computer from
>> >> mine at my house.  Their set-up is basically one
>> computer->modem->Internet.  There's no router.
>> >>
>> >> When I'm at his house 'ifconfig' reports a 10.* address, but if I go to
>> a web site via his computer (one that tells me
>> >> my IP address) it tells me a 204.* address.
>> >>
>> >> Do these Qwest modems act as a router?  Or am I missing the boat?
>> >>
>> >> Thanks for reading,
>> >> Eric P.
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