From owner-freebsd-chat Wed May 1 19: 5:19 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from smtp3.knology.net (user-24-214-63-13.knology.net [24.214.63.13]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 3F90637B417 for ; Wed, 1 May 2002 19:05:16 -0700 (PDT) Received: (qmail 8527 invoked by uid 8002); 2 May 2002 02:05:12 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO grumpy.dyndns.org) (24.214.210.89) by smtp3.knology.net with SMTP; 2 May 2002 02:05:12 -0000 Received: from grumpy.dyndns.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by grumpy.dyndns.org (8.12.2/8.12.2) with ESMTP id g4225B4J015334; Wed, 1 May 2002 21:05:11 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from dkelly@grumpy.dyndns.org) Message-Id: <200205020205.g4225B4J015334@grumpy.dyndns.org> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.5 07/13/2001 with nmh-1.0.4 To: Doug White Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG From: David Kelly Subject: Re: Cable Modems In-reply-to: Message from Doug White of "Wed, 01 May 2002 16:04:03 PDT." <20020501160240.B81172-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 01 May 2002 21:05:11 -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Doug White writes: > > Based on the suck factor of the Moto/GI DCTs, I would stay far, far away > from those. :) What suck factor? A Motorola Surfboard 4100 (?) was installed in a distant office at work last week. I had problems with the cable company's GUI Web browser only registration process as I didn't bother to put X on the FreeBSD firewall and couldn't figure it out in Lynx. I originally had an RCA cable modem running 100baseT. Changed cable companies and was issued a 3-Com shark fin which lasted 4 days before it and $3,000 of my toys got cooked by lightning. Its replacement is doing well the past year and I'm not complaining much about the $9/mo rental as me and my insurance company are still way ahead of the game as purchase was $250 back then. But with prices dipping to $50-$75 range, I don't have to avoid lightning very long to break even. -- David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@hiwaay.net ===================================================================== The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its capacity -- the rest is overhead for the operating system. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message