[olug] Qwest and IP assignment

[Eric P]

Christopher Cashell wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 9:22 PM, Eric P <eric.maillist at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 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?
> 
> Is this Qwest DSL, or Qwest Cable Modem?
> 
> Qwest Cable Modem service utilizes 10.* addresses internally, and does
> NAT at the ISP.
> 
> Historically, they've been willing to setup static NAT addresses upon
> request, for the purpose of remote access.  I haven't talked to them
> in a while, though.
> 
> Alternately, as someone else mentioned, you could use something like
> OpenVPN to run a tunnel from your friend's machine to yours, and then
> connect through that.
> 
Yep, that's more or less the plan.  I plan to tunnel VNC over SSH on a non-standard port.  (had set-up/working correctly
when his box was at my place).

I'm not sure if it's Qwest DSL or Cable.

Eric P