Sounds about par for the course. Road Runner was no different, and just as bad as Comcast. This is why I will never, ever switch away from Speakeasy ever again. They're not the best, and they can be dicks, but I know I will always have a 'real' network connection from them.
Did you even try logging into the gateway that is the modem? Password is motorola. Was that too hard for you to figure out? You can setup a DMZ and port forwarding...There is nothing stopping you. Not to mention the ability to use DDNS for a static IP address of your choosing. How is this not a real network again? How can you even compare this to being behind a PBX? The lot of you have no clue what you are talking about.
I did log into it. And I set up port forwarding for port 22. But the only way I can get IPv6 working is Teredo. I can't use a pure IPSEC based VPN. There are a whole host of things that won't work unless there is a computer I have complete control of (not just being able to set up random port forwards) that has a real IP address.
Basically, it's like being behind a PBX because computers trying to make any kind of incoming connection are only able to on a magic set of ports, and they can't choose which computer inside my network to talk to. I want all the computers in my network to be fully addressable by the entire public Internet. When that can't happen, I'm not on a real network, but on a pretend network created by a stupid hack (aka NAT) that should never have seen the light of day.
UMMM...Duhhhh...did you even try to login to the Modem?
You can setup a DMZ and port forwarding...There is nothing stopping you. Not to mention the ability to use DDNS for a static IP address of your choosing. How is this not a real network again? How can you even compare this to being behind a PBX?
The lot of you have no clue what you are talking about.
Re: UMMM...Duhhhh...did you even try to login to the Modem?
I did log into it. And I set up port forwarding for port 22. But the only way I can get IPv6 working is Teredo. I can't use a pure IPSEC based VPN. There are a whole host of things that won't work unless there is a computer I have complete control of (not just being able to set up random port forwards) that has a real IP address.
Basically, it's like being behind a PBX because computers trying to make any kind of incoming connection are only able to on a magic set of ports, and they can't choose which computer inside my network to talk to. I want all the computers in my network to be fully addressable by the entire public Internet. When that can't happen, I'm not on a real network, but on a pretend network created by a stupid hack (aka NAT) that should never have seen the light of day.