From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Feb 22 9:26:40 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A516137B401 for ; Sat, 22 Feb 2003 09:26:38 -0800 (PST) Received: from famine.e-raist.com (famine.e-raist.com [65.100.40.90]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F244F43FB1 for ; Sat, 22 Feb 2003 09:26:37 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from aburke@nullplusone.com) Received: from thebe (evrtwa1-ar10-4-40-153-150.evrtwa1.dsl-verizon.net [4.40.153.150]) (authenticated bits=0) by famine.e-raist.com (8.12.2/8.12.2) with ESMTP id h1MHQZau079610 for ; Sat, 22 Feb 2003 09:26:37 -0800 (PST) From: "Aaron Burke" To: Subject: RE: Verizon DSL & FreeBSD? Date: Sat, 22 Feb 2003 09:26:30 -0800 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 In-Reply-To: <20030221202053.GF45398@keyslapper.org> Importance: Normal Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG (snip) > > > I also don't user Verizon for an ISP because they don't permit local > > > servers. Not true at all. > > > > > > > i'm guessing you're talking about the inconvenient way some Cable/DSL > > ISPs block incoming connections on common server ports (25, 80)? > > Verizon DSL does not block port 25 in the NorthEast. Port 80 appears > blocked (Bah!), but they claim they don't block any ports. I was told > it could be the DSL modem (Westell Wirespeed A90-210015-D4), but as > far as I can tell, it isn't configurable, and doesn't block ports > anyway. Odd thing is that the port 80 trace stops at the modem. I've > never been able to figure this out. I am also a Verizon DSL customer. They have given me a similar model of the wirespeed dsl access point. They gave me a "Westell Inc" "A90-210015-04" and do not block any ports period. > > Next month, Comcast (formerly AT&T Broadband (formerly MediaOne > Broadband)) is supposed to turn on the digital upgrades in my area, so > I'm probably going to switch over. > > Oh, and BTW, other than port 80, Verizon DSL/PPP works great with > FreeBSD. They dont block 80 on my box, allthough that might be a config setting not set in my area. (snip) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message