Toronto Hydro Wifiy

[Chris F.A. Johnson]

On Fri, 8 Sep 2006, Lennart Sorensen wrote:

> On Fri, Sep 08, 2006 at 12:52:23PM -0400, Chris F.A. Johnson wrote:
>>       I cannot imagine having 15 minutes of inactivity. Between
>>       checking mail and newsgroups, my network connection is never
>>       idle that long.
>
> What if I want to SSH to my home machine though?  Their connection
> wouldn't work at all for any kind of connection inbound to your home
> network if you use their service as you internet connection.

    Why not?

> I guess not having a static IP would be another problem to deal
> with.

    That's a minor problem. When I didn't have a static IP, I stored
    the current IP address on a remote site.

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