RE: Cable Modem

["Adam Stevens" <adam@xxxxxxx>]

FWIW,  I have a Telewest cable modem (yes, they're cowboys, but it works most of the time).  Take a look at www.dyndns.org for dynamic IP domains.  I've been using it for months without any problem whatsoever (although my IP address has only changed once in the last 4 months!).

 

Also, take a look at some software called Direct Update from http://directupdate.free.fr/ it's a *fantastic* piece of software which handles the client side of most of these dynamic domain sites.  It checks your IP address every few minutes (configurable), and updates the relevant DNSs with the new IP (if it changes).  It can also run a service under NT/w2k, which means it's literally a case of installing it, and forgetting about it.

 

Cheers,

Adam. (http://zz9.dyndns.org!).

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Phillip Harris [mailto:phillip.harris1@xxxxxxx]
Sent: Friday, March 30, 2001 12:49 PM
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxxSubject: RE: [ukha_d] Cable Modem

Yeah ... I had a cablemodem at my old place (at 512kbits) and I miss it sooooo much it's untrue!

 

Sure it wasn't without its occasional hiccups but overall for a 24/7 service that truly was 24/7 and completely unmetered and it was being shared between three people in the house and 13 machines then the number of problems we had with it were easily forgiven.

 

If I had the option to get it where I am now I would have done ... unfortunately I'm covered by what was C&W and their old network doesn't support digital services reliably.

 

Be aware that with a cablemodem your IP address *CAN* change every four hours which I guess is to stop people running web sites from home ... this may screw up your plans for the Homeseer server. I say *CAN* change as the lease on your IP address expires every four hours (or it did on our setup at the old house) and at that point a new IP address is granted to you ... ours actually changed about 3 times in a year so it wasn't bad but there were few people on our node of the service. If you find yours is changing regularly then you could continually poll your IP address and post it up to your website space that you get with your ISP and access it using that information. (That's what a friend of mine did when he wanted to FTP big files from work to home during the day.)

 

Phil

-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Mc Aree [mailto:michael.mcaree@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 30 March 2001 11:31
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxxSubject: [ukha_d] Cable Modem

I am getting my Cable Modem installed on 7th April. I have already got the CM delivered and have phoned NTL to get the MAC address registered.

I have a phone line, bsic digital TV and a 64k Cable Modem for £17 per month - that can't be bad :-)

 

My Father has the 512k modem and it *really* flies!!

I do most of my big downloads at work and I only occasionally surf at home. I just wanted the 'always on' feature for the internet at home.

Now I should be able to run that Homeseer server :-)

 

Michael

BELFAST

-----Original Message-----
From: Mark McCall [mailto:mark@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 30 March 2001 11:19
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxxSubject: Re: [ukha_d] New Home Highway Install...

Good news Phil!

 

Now...stop muckin about with analogue modem thing and get the ISDN up and running!! :-)

 

M.

 

 

----- Original Message -----

From: Phillip Harris

To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx

Sent: Friday, March 30, 2001 10:25 AM

Subject: [ukha_d] New Home Highway Install...

Well, the BT guy called this morning dead on time at 8 AM having called 15minutes earlier on his way to make sure that I was in/up (kudos to the guy for that).

 

I think it was the easiest install he'd had to do ... given that the previous occupants had had HH before we'd moved in then the phone point was right where it was most convenient, there was still the power point right by it too. He even hooked the box up onto the original two screws that the previous one had been hanging from!

 

Anyway ... it's encouraging ... I'm connecting in less time and getting connection speeds of 45.6kbits with transfer rates of about 4kbytes/sec - AND THAT'S ON MY ANALOGUE MODEM! Dang ... I've complained about the crap line quality that we have many times before and there's always (supposedly) been nothing that they could do. It seems I could get an immediate hike in analogue modem speed by upgrading to HH! *grin* Anyway ... will try out my ISDN TA this afternoon/evening and see what we can get on that!

 

Cheers Guys.

 

Phil

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