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I received a flyer from ATT@Home. It offers me to buy a Toshiba cable modem for about $100 to replace my Motorola modem and $10 will be deducted from my monthly $40 bill.

I have been using this Motorola CyberSurf since July 1998. Will the Toshiba modem provide a better connections?

Will the ...

I feel your pain.

Several months ago, city utility crew cut my and next door neighbor's cable line in the back alley. I called local ATT Cable office for help. Since I was not a TV subscriber, local office would not offer any help. I had to call @Home's 800 number for help. You know what! @Home ...

In some foreign countries, other than U.S.A., ISPs charge ADSL by the connection time. It makes sense to use PPPoe to let the users have the choice to connect or not to connect. But, in the case of ADSL in U.S.A., most ISPs are offering unlimited always-on service. It makes no sense to use PPPoe ...

Cable ISPs have capped the upload speed to prevent users running server. Why don't they use PPPoe, which will eliminats abuse, in Cable?

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Kip Patterson:
One major reason is to eliminate any association between you and a specific IP address ...

Why does ADSL need to use PPPoe to connect to the internet while Cable does not need to use it?

I am using ATT@Home cable internet. For unknown reason, when I made DialPad phone call, the delay was horrible and the receiving party could not hear me. However, if I use either the MSN Messenger or Yahoo Messenger, the voice quality is much, much, much better.

Conclusion is to try every free ...

Do I need to restart the computer after DMZ it?

Originally posted by BubbleDVD:
yeah, just 'DMZ' it which is an option under 'Misc Items' on the router. i've done it plenty of times!

I am interested in buying this unit. However, I need to make internet phone calls, which do not work behine the firewall, very often. Can I turn off the build-in firwall feature of this unit easily?

I was trying to use the Yahoo Messenger to make PC to Phone calls. Since the Enable Enhanced Security of Sygate 3.0 (Built 520) was used, I could not make PC to Phone calls. However, I could make PC to PC voice chat.

According to Yahoo Messenger help:

¡§If your computer is connected to the ...

downhill,

Thanks for your reply. I was not awared that it was not legal not to reveal complete IP address. Since I saw a lot people not showing IP address in those BBS sites, I thought it was common practice not showing IP address.

I am using ATT@Home Cable service. ATT@Home assigns me a static IP address. When I go to some BBS sites, I can see my complete IP address shown on the board. I don't feel good about this. It feels like running naked on the street and everybody is watching me.

Is there a way not to show my IP address?

I am using @Home service. I got problem in accessing the internet a while ago. To solve the problem, @Home technical support changed my network settings from dynamic IP to static IP. What are the differences between these two? Which one is better?

I experienced the same problem as you have before. The packs lost were terrible. There was no way to access the internet. I needed to wait 8 days till the field technician came to my house to fix the problem. This is an horrible experience to me. However, I sent an email to @Home and asked for the ...

Philips,

You saved my day! This problem has bothered me for a long time. What a relief to find the answer.

Thanks again.

Hi Phillip,

Thank you for your reply. I am not very familiar with the terminologies used in LAN. What is the "numeric address" you mentioned? Where can I find this numeric address?

I am using @Home service. The setting of POP3 is "mail" and the SMPT is also "mail". Should I replace these two "mail ...

I built a 3-PC LAN and use Sygate to share the external Motorola cable modem. I could surf the internet from all three PCs with no problem. However, I could not access the email server from the two Sygate client PCs. Any suggestion to solve this problem?