>From my shopping experience, if you get only a single static IP, the IP belongs to the dsl router. This can still be useful if you do port forwarding with the dsl router and forward the ports to a machine internally. This feature may or may not be supported by your current dsl router. If you want a single usable static IP for a computer on the LAN side of the router, I think you might have to get a block of 8 IPs (5 are usable). I'm not a Cisco wizard, so if I'm wrong here, my feelings won't be hurt if somebody corrects me. I'm just tryin' to share some knows in hopes that somebody will gimme an answer to my "sendmail time warp" thread. Mark Courtney http://www.MarkCourtney.com __ +|oo|+ +|oo|+ || || || || || || _ || _ \\_||_// | [] | | || | / [] \ \______/ > Hi List, > > I have been using Covad DSL very happily for a year and > a half at 1.5mb/128kb for $50/mo. I would like to get a > static IP address for a few reasons, so I looked at their > upgrade options. I can get 1.5mb/256mb and 1 static IP > for $70/mo, but I have been told I have to use their NAT > (on the DSL router). This is NOT what I want. For $80/mo > I can get the same bandwidth and 5 static IPs and not > have to use their NAT. That and they say I have to cancel > my current DSL, and when it is "totally cancelled" they can > order the new service (which I interpret as "there will be > a delay between the end and start of the services, and > we don't know how long that will be"). > > Now, that may be true, but it make me want to look for > other options. I looked at speakeasy.net, and they look > nice, but I wanted to ask here first: > > Is there anybody using a DSL service with a static IP at > around this price range and do you like it? > > Thanks, > > Troy > _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list