Re: Ethernet x-over cable

[Jim Langston <jlangston@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Larry,

It sounds like the cable company is not wanting to do what
they are legally required to do.

Basically, you should be able to use as many computers as
you want to send over that "wire".

If they don't want to give you additional IP addresses, just
consider setting up a proxy server.  With a proxy server, you
give your proxy server a public IP address visible to the internet,
and you give your other PCs a private IP address, then get
onto the internet using the proxy server, which proxies all the
xmissions both ways.

I know with sDSL which we are using, we had to pay a nominal
additional fee for extra ip address, I think it was like $10/month.

Which gave us 13 IP addresses.  If I didn't want to pay for those
additional IP addresses I could of just used a proxy server.

A proxy server, though, is basically only good for clients (browsers,
FTP client, Telnet client, etc...) as the IP address you are connecting
to with a client must be visible.  With a server the IP address and
the port must be visible from the internet.  It may, or may not, be
possible to redirect certain ports to specific machines, I don't know.
I think it would be possible to have incoming connections on port
8080 (for example) be redirected to port 8080 on IP 192.168.1.1
or whatever.  That is something you will have to look at if you
1. decide to use a proxy server and 2. decide you want to run
server software.

Regards,

Jim Langston

Larry Bolhuis wrote:

> Brad,
> <snip>
> > all share cable internet.  Using NAT instead of proxy.
> <snip>
>
>   What is your cable companies policy on putting a network behind your cable
> modem? I am given to understand that they don't like it and expect only 1 PC 
>per
> cable modem.
>
>   Reason for my question is we are trying to get my childrens school connected
> this way. Since the cable companies are required to connect the schools if 
>cable
> runs past them (and it does) this should give us free Internet.  We are NOT
> getting favorable response from the Cable people about this idea!
>
>  - Larry

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