rogers with static IP ?

[Robert Brockway]

On Tue, 29 Mar 2005, David Colebatch wrote:

> Has anyone here had any experience with Rogers Business cable connections? Do 
> you have a static IP?

I've never come across any cable connections anywhere in the world that 
offer a static address.  This is not a technical limitation since it is 
trivial to make a DHCP reservation permanent.  It seems to be a cultural 
aspect of the use of cable.

If they want static they'll need to go with DSL or another technology.

> Also, does Rogers do any port filtering to prevent hosting services too?

Last time I checked they were not filtering incoming ports but there have 
been reports of periodic scans with them investigating anything except 
ssh.

The acceptible use policy your client has probably prohibits them from 
offering services.

> At the moment it looks like I might have to recommend an SDSL 
> connection...unless of course providers here don't give static IP's there 
> either? :S

Plenty of DSL providers offer static addresses now.

Rob

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