[ale] Uverse in general and with linux server?

[smcbrien at gmail.com (Scott McBrien)]

Running in "router behind router" mode, small things like the  
television services stop.  I've not updated the firmware, so maybe  
that would fix stuff.

-Scott

On Aug 25, 2009, at 9:42 AM, Geoffrey <lists at serioustechnology.com>  
wrote:

> Scott McBrien wrote:
>> I've only seen them block port 25.  You can only run 4 tvs
>> simultaneously and only 2 of them can be HD.  The argument is that  
>> how
>> often do you have more than 2 or 4 tvs on simultaneously?
>>
>> The other Internet issue I had with them is that their equipment is
>> very unhappy with multiple routers on the network, caused me some
>> initial grief when we swithched.
>
> Hmm, can you clarify?  I've got multiple routers, no issues here.
>
>>
>> -Scott
>>
>> On Aug 25, 2009, at 12:07 AM, Neal Rhodes <neal at mnopltd.com> wrote:
>>
>>> AT&T is making a push through our neighborhood to lit up that fiber
>>> that SBC ran through years ago.  (and tore up my junipers, dangit)
>>>
>>> So, for $10/mo more than 6mbit DSL they are offering 16mbit Uverse
>>> via FTTN. (Fiber to the Driveway and copper to the house.)   And
>>> free installation.
>>>
>>> There were some horror stories posted months ago, which seemed to
>>> focus on not doing the math regarding bandwidth, eg 2 HDTV's worth
>>> of data will eat the connection.   Not so clear that just a plain
>>> internet connection would be ok or like a root canal but without
>>> anesthesia.
>>>
>>> So, has anyone gone through it and survived recently?
>>>
>>> And, I'm getting the impression that AT&T in general does some port
>>> blocking which would affect someone running postfix/sendmail for
>>> their mail.   Are there other blocked ports?
>>>
>>>
>>> Neal Rhodes
>>>
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