[SATLUG] Attn: Bob Tracy

[Mark McCoy]

On 1/11/07, Geoff <geoff at w5omr.shacknet.nu> wrote:
>
> K. Spoon wrote:
> > On Wed, Jan 10, 2007 at 12:15:46PM -0600, Geoff wrote:
> >
> >>> Using RR biz-class?
> >>>
> >> Nope.  Residential
> >>
> >
> > Cool that they've lightened up on that.
> >
>
> Well.... their mantra is still "thou shall not run servers" therefore
> the need for port redirection.  more difficult to detect that way.
>
> >
> >>
> >> Why pay someone else what you can do on a linux box, at home, for free?
> >>
> >
> > Because I can't do it on a linux box, at home, for free.[*]  :)  Some of
> > the stuff that I want to do and am doing is greatly helped by improved
> > bandwidth and a fixed IP address.
> >
>
> RR Biz class.  Fixed IP, and they -expect- you to run some sort of
> server on it (otherwise, why have a static ip?)
>
> > My point here wasn't so much to try and talk you into spending more
> > money nor to imply "my rig is better than yours" (sorry if it came off
> > that way),
>
> Nah... didn't take it that way.  I just saw that someone was paying for
> services that could be hosted at home (of course, with a fixed ip)
>
>
> > but to drop some hints as to how someone would go about taking it
> > beyond personal use and setup something that would be applicable for a
> > small-medium business setting or a startup situation where your IT
> > budget is $50/month, two paperclips, and a pat on the head.
> >
>
> All the more reason to host it yourself, in -my- not so humble opinion ;-)
>
>
> > Like you said, it's a public list.  And I know that I personally have
> > found a lot of useful information that has helped me in my past jobs by
> > simply googling LUG mail archives.   :)
> >
>
> There's no doubt, and no argument from me, that searching for
> information yourself is -much- better than just signing up to a list and
> asking 'I've got a computer, and I want to run Linux, but I sometimes
> have trouble connecting the screen thingie to the modem.'  or some such.
> ;-)
>
>
> > [*] Basically, I need:
> >
> > - the extra bandwidth for public services (webservers, jabber, and
> >   file downloads)
> > - a fixed, public IP that can be used to anchor 3 geographically
> >   disperse private IP LANs that are all using dynamically assigned IPs
> >   for their gateways for stuff like a VPN, asterisk, shared printing,
> >   etc
> so, you need a Static IP address.  RR Biz Class, or depending on your
> neighborhood (assuming you're in San Antonio) there are other options.  I
> don't know what the cost is per month for a Biz class setup at home.
> Certainly it's cheaper than SWBell/ATT/whatever they're calling themselves
> now.  Is Grande' a choice in your area?
>
>
> --
> Best Regards,
> -Geoff/
>
> A: Yes.
> ] Q: Are you sure?
> ]] A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
> ]]] Q: Why is top posting annoying in email?
>
>
>
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Just to give a heads-up to anyone hosting on a dynamic residential IP (DSL
or cable), we have been notified that spamhaus will start listing
residential dynamic IP ranges, since a vast majority of email coming from
these IP blocks is from Windows spambots.  So you might want to get yourself
a static IP somehow, otherwise there will be SMTP servers that will start
rejecting your mail based on the fact that the SMTP connection originates
from cpe-24-114-247-160-satx.res.rr.com, for example.

There is a way to add yourself to a "good list", if you run a legitimate
SMTP server, though.

http://www.spamhaus.org/faq/answers.lasso?section=Spamhaus%20PBL

-- 
Mark McCoy -- Professional Unix geek

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