@Home IE5 hack and setting up a proxy...HELP =P

[Rags]

The Rock,

Simply ask him NOT to install the @home software. Insist that he just run the DHCP32 converter proggy.
It' under the utilities directory on the @home cd.

Rags



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[Kruzin]

The installer (and his tag along trainee) I had insisted he HAD to run his @home shtuff, or he could not sign off on the job. The guy was obviously clueless. I tried talking some hardware with him while I was setting up the NIC, and he just got a glazed look in his eyes, and said "uh-huh" a lot

I did insist on doing the hardware end myself. Software is one thing (although if I had known then what I know now..)..but nobody touches my hardware if I don't want em to

[Greebe]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA Sorry there Ken, just that I know EXACTLY what you mean!!! At least they didn't try to impose that crap on me (wouldn't let them). These guys are network NOROM's!

[Rags]

I guess I got lucky. The guy who came to my place never even asked to touch my computer. He simply asked me if I prefered to do it all myself. Of course I did. You see, we JUST got athome service here, so the only type of people he has been hooking up are people just like me/us. All build their own stuff, don't much care for others ****ing with their systems=P

Rags



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[nehalmistry]

just to let you know, these guys are trained to install the cables and stuff, believe me... nothing more.

when the guy came to install my @home, the server was down and we couldnt get internet working, the only thing he said was "uh... it should be working... i dont know whats wrong".

they make their profits by hiring cheap staff who can only do what they are hired to do.

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P5A-B AMD K6-300
Matrox Milleniumm G200 AGP
Creative SB Awe32 (a classic, superb card)
Realtek 8029A NIC Card
64meg Ram
Ali V agp chipset

[The Rock]

Rags:

Thanks for the tip. I hope setting this crap up ain't too difficult; it's been over a year since there was a NIC in my system, and I don't have any fond memories of it.

Bart

[Snake-Eyes]

I'll bet the automatic proxy was what was causing my download problems from the Windows Update site, too. I know for sure it caused a periodic pause when accessing web sites.

Gone now, though. Thanks for the tips!

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Ace

[xortam]

If you're not using @Home's proxy, then you're sucking up more of their bandwidth. I wonder if @Home will crack down on user's who bypass this. Is there anything in your agreement concerning modifying your setup? Not trying to start any trouble ... just wanting to understand the arrangement.

[Snake-Eyes]

Don't know what the others signed, but there wasn't anything like that in my agreement, xortam. In fact, when the cox folks originally installed my cable, I let them do the PC too, and they entered the TCP/IP info explicitly, and didn't enter any proxy info into the Internet Settings. I made the mistake of doing that myself, during my last install (used DHCP, since it is so much easier to get running right away-> won't happen again, though).

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Ace

[xortam]

Thanks Ace. What is your total cost for @Home (install, network, ISP)? What down/up speeds do you get? I keep debating about adding DSL/cable for on-line gaming but I know I'll hardly use the computer at home if/when I go back to work. I have a real aversion to cable because of cable TV monopolies (I have BUD satellite), so that feeling seems to carry over to cable in general (irrational). Another attraction of DSL is the inclusion of a voice line.

[Greebe]

xor,
Comcast (local coble (it up) provider) @Home has a first month/free install. So far I've recieved an additional 2 weeks free service due to their mess.

There wasn't anything in the agreement to installing the proxy stuff, nor did they install it.

So far I've measured a sustained DL rate of 3mbps (3.2mbps peak) and upload limitation of 128kbps. Just remember that these rates are also dependent of the server your connecting to and the service/load on the cable system.

I too have a negative additude toward cable companys. Two years ago I was doing Sat. stuff (have several times since '85, when they said "the sky was going black") and find that they flagrantly lie and spread mistruths. On this specific occassion I contacted the franchise authority (City of Indianapolis, the state capitol) do to them lying about why cable service pricing rose 37% in a single month. The answer being given to customers was "The prices we pay have risen", WHICH DID NOT HAPPEN!!!
It was bad enough then... but that mess hasn't been addressed two years later! Which I might add is WHY the goverment doesn't work when resolving issues like these!

/rant

[Snake-Eyes]

I signed up when Cox had a nice free installation special going, and I pay ~$53 a month, including rental of the modem and a second IP ($29.95 for the service, $15 for the modem, and $6.95 for the second IP).

I'd have to recommend going with DSL if you're thinking about gaming, as long as you're not too far from the phone company's switches. This is based on experience- several of my friends have DSL, and a few of the others have cable. Normally the DSL folks have a more consistent, and usually lower, ping (this is in UT, of course ).

Good luck with whatever you end up with- both have been MUCH better for me than my dial-up 56K.

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Ace

[The Rock]

Well, I just hooked up to Roger@home, and here's my 2 cents. When the cable tech left (I bought a self-install kit), I called Rogers and got all the DNS numbers and stuff, plugged them into Win2k's TCPIP settings, removed/disabled Netbios and Client for MS Windows, and bang I'm done. Not one problem and it worked first try. I'm loving it. Death to 56K.

Bart