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I just got attbi installed and want to make suse linux work. Can anyone help? I tried the support and books but have had no luck, can someone walk me through it? Thanks Forrest
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On Sat, 9 Nov 2002, Forrest Halford wrote:
I just got attbi installed and want to make suse linux work. Can anyone help?
Please remember that the members of this list come from all over the world and may not know that attbi is short for AT&T Broadband Internet. I didn't, but google helped me. But it really shouldn't be required to search the net to find out what you are talking about, when you ask for help. On the support pages, it looks like attbi is configured differently depending which region you are in, so if the hints below don't help you, we need more information. Have you set up dhcp? If yes, does it give any error message? If no, do it. Regards Ole
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On Saturday 09 November 2002 21:52, Ole Kofoed Hansen wrote:
On Sat, 9 Nov 2002, Forrest Halford wrote:
I just got attbi installed and want to make suse linux work. Can anyone help?
I have a cable modem through attbi and it pretty much just works. However, I've got a router (SMC7004) between the cable modem and my computer(s). The only thing I've had to do is to set the host name on the router to the value that AT&T provides (something like A000000-A, where A represents some letter and 0 represents some digit). That and set all my computers to using DHCP. I definitely recommend getting a router with a good hardware firewall because someone (or some people) keeps trying to break into my network (from ip addresses like 12.235.??.?? mostly). Steve
Please remember that the members of this list come from all over the world and may not know that attbi is short for AT&T Broadband Internet. I didn't, but google helped me. But it really shouldn't be required to search the net to find out what you are talking about, when you ask for help.
On the support pages, it looks like attbi is configured differently depending which region you are in, so if the hints below don't help you, we need more information.
Have you set up dhcp? If yes, does it give any error message? If no, do it.
Regards
Ole
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* Steve (ssivier1@attbi.com) [021110 08:19]: ->On Saturday 09 November 2002 21:52, Ole Kofoed Hansen wrote: ->> On Sat, 9 Nov 2002, Forrest Halford wrote: ->> > I just got attbi installed and want to make suse linux work. ->> > Can anyone help? -> ->I have a cable modem through attbi and it pretty much just works. However, ->I've got a router (SMC7004) between the cable modem and my computer(s). The ->only thing I've had to do is to set the host name on the router to the value ->that AT&T provides (something like A000000-A, where A represents some letter ->and 0 represents some digit). That and set all my computers to using DHCP. I ->definitely recommend getting a router with a good hardware firewall because ->someone (or some people) keeps trying to break into my network (from ip ->addresses like 12.235.??.?? mostly). -> Steve, FYI ..AT&T regularly use to scan for machines running services such as http, smtp..etc. I'll bet dollars to donuts they still do this. Your probably seeing a lot of scanning from AT&T's local network. Nice huh? :) Regards, -- Ben Rosenberg ---===---===---===--- mailto:ben@whack.org Tell me what you believe.. I tell you what you should see.
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Can you give me an example of a good hardware firewall, and why are software firewalls inadequate? Forrest On Sun, 10 Nov 2002 08:17:59 -0800, a large badger frolicked about on your keyboard, and out came:
On Saturday 09 November 2002 21:52, Ole Kofoed Hansen wrote:
On Sat, 9 Nov 2002, Forrest Halford wrote:
I just got attbi installed and want to make suse linux work. Can anyone help?
I have a cable modem through attbi and it pretty much just works. However, I've got a router (SMC7004) between the cable modem and my computer(s). The only thing I've had to do is to set the host name on the router to the value that AT&T provides (something like A000000-A, where A represents some letter and 0 represents some digit). That and set all my computers to using DHCP. I definitely recommend getting a router with a good hardware firewall because someone (or some people) keeps trying to break into my network (from ip addresses like 12.235.??.?? mostly).
Steve
Please remember that the members of this list come from all over the world and may not know that attbi is short for AT&T Broadband Internet. I didn't, but google helped me. But it really shouldn't be required to search the net to find out what you are talking about, when you ask for help.
On the support pages, it looks like attbi is configured differently depending which region you are in, so if the hints below don't help you, we need more information.
Have you set up dhcp? If yes, does it give any error message? If no, do it.
Regards
Ole
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In short, a dedicated firewall is better than a software firewall in the box it is protecting. First, your internal network is hidden from the Internet. Second, port scanning is stopped at the firewall, and does not go through your internal network unless there is an open port. Third, performance. The network activity caused by port scanning, breakin attempts, et. al. causes disk and CPU activity. The low cost cable modem/DSL routers (such as the Linksys BEFSR41) provide the isolation and port protection, but they also provide minimal logging. However, they are usually sufficient for a small home network. The next step is to take an old PC, put two NICS in it, and build a Linux firewall. This gives you better logging and more control over the firewall. Or, you can get a commercial SOHO firewall. I also recommend that you run some minimal firewall on each system in your LAN just in case the first level is breached. The specific strategies depend on many factors and the type of informaiton you store on your systems. In a business environment with employees, you also want to consider that there are vulnerabilities from within as well as without. On 10 Nov 2002 at 21:14, Forrest Halford wrote:
Can you give me an example of a good hardware firewall, and why are software firewalls inadequate?
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Jerry Feldman
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Thank you Ole. I set up DHCP in YAST2 and restarted and it just works. Magic. I am connected with Linux,.... Thank you Forrest On Sun, 10 Nov 2002 06:52:38 +0100 (CET), a large badger frolicked about on your keyboard, and out came:
On Sat, 9 Nov 2002, Forrest Halford wrote:
I just got attbi installed and want to make suse linux work. Can anyone help?
Please remember that the members of this list come from all over the world and may not know that attbi is short for AT&T Broadband Internet. I didn't, but google helped me. But it really shouldn't be required to search the net to find out what you are talking about, when you ask for help.
On the support pages, it looks like attbi is configured differently depending which region you are in, so if the hints below don't help you, we need more information.
Have you set up dhcp? If yes, does it give any error message? If no, do it.
Regards
Ole
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Ben Rosenberg
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Forrest Halford
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Jerry Feldman
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Ole Kofoed Hansen
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Steve