[olug] ssh and Cox

[Tim - DZ]

I use cox at home.  While they reserve the right to change IP's this seems
to tend to no happen.

I think the current theory is that as long as you've got something connected
to the modem you'll keep the same ip.

Personal Experience:
Old residence in North O - 
same IP forever (more than a year) even through network reconfigurations,
power outages, etc.  turn the modem back on, dhcp grabs the same address

New Residence in West O - 
unplugged the modem to move it and some stuff to another room ~10-15 min -
new ip.
Guy came to work on a security system and unplugged my modem for about 30
min - new ip.
For the weeks in between I had the same ip, and since the last renew it has
not changed.

Of course using dyndns.org or something similar would help a lot of related
headaches.

-t 

-----Original Message-----
From: olug-bounces at olug.org [mailto:olug-bounces at olug.org] On Behalf Of K.J.
Kirwan
Sent: Friday, December 19, 2003 12:38 PM
To: Omaha Linux User Group
Subject: Re: [olug] ssh and Cox

It might be helpful if all those replying who are "using Cox"
would specify if they are referring to home or business.

It was my understanding that Cox is using "rolling IPs" for
their home users.  I only use Cox at work (fixed IP) so I
don't know what their home users get.  If this is the problem,
maybe one of those rolling IP nameserver services would help?

Can someone who knows tell us if Cox (home) is rolling IPs?
And if so, how often?  And does the interval vary?
And have you worked around it with a rolling nameserver service?

K.J.

Ken wrote:

> I use Cox and haven't had any ssh problems inbound or out on port 22. 
> (Can't say the same with smtp.) If it's a corporate firewall blocking 
> then you can always just adjust the ssh server port..
> 
> Same holds true for Omaha:
>
http://www.cox.com/GainesvilleOcala/CoxHighSpeedInternet/CBIPortFiltering.as
p 
> 
> -Ken
> 
> 
> 
> 
> thelarsons3 at cox.net wrote:
> 
>> Hello, all...
>>
>> I opened port 22 at home last night so that I could get to my NetBSD 
>> box from work with ssh.  However, the connection keeps dropping.  I 
>> can't tell if it's after specific period, inactivity, or just random.  
>> Is this something Cox's network is doing, or have I set up something 
>> wrong?  TIA.
>>
>> Merry Christmas,
>> Tim
>>
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