[Leaplist] Linux on cfl-road-runner

[Chris]

Dan Cherry wrote:

>Hi,
>I've had Bellsouth DSL since they offered it in my area, and it's been 'okay', 
>but lately they seem to be losing the ability to provide acceptable service - 
>lots of mistakes, mostly in their offices and behind the scenes, not the 
>connection itself.
>
>  
>
Welcome back to Big Bell.

>After checking out the Brighthouse website (primarily advertising - not much 
>tech info useful from a networking or Linux perspective), I searched the LEAP 
>archives and most road runner info was several years old.  
>
>So I'll ask if anybody is currently using central-florida roadrunner (thru 
>Brighthouse) with a run-of-mill Linksys type router and Linux boxes behind 
>it.  If so...
>
>  
>
Running a junker D-Link DI-524, although until lightning bit it,
the router was an old Compaq PC running OpenBSD. No problems
with either.

>Do they block any ports (25 in particular, or any other key ports)?
>

No ports blocked - at least on their fixed IP service, which is
what I have.

>  
>Do they offer a static IP addr on their residential service?
>  
>
No. I think the cheapest fixed-IP you can get is their "Home Office"
package, which runs about $70 (or so). But you don't get reverse
DNS with that, so you'll need to use DynDNS or some such.


>Does their contract limit the number of computers or anything else key to a 
>home network?
>  
>

You're NATted - won't matter.

>Any problems in general?
>
>  
>

Not usually. After the hurricanes, there was about a three-
month period where there was a line problem, and they
kept wasting my time sending out resdential techs - who
can't do anything about the line. To be fair, it was an intermittent
problem, making it harder to catch, and they were quite fair
about adjusting my bill.

Other than that, uptime has been excellent, and when one
of their modems failed (not a critical failure by the way,
I have a four-port commercial modem, and one of the ports
went bad) they replaced it the same day.

And the speed is nice - at least when the other end is equally
fast.

Cheers,

Chris