Does the White Russian 0.9 DynDNS client suck just as much?

[Ben Scott]

On 6/15/07, John Abreau <jabr at blu.org> wrote:
> On Fri, June 15, 2007 11:03 am, Thomas Charron said:
>> On 6/15/07, Stephen Ryan <stephen at sryanfamily.info> wrote:
>>> Actually, that gives the IP address of this machine, not the IP address
>>> of the router ...
>>
>>   *Psssst*  White Russian runs on the router.  :-)
>
> Actually, the "router" to the ISP is the cable or DHL modem,
> not the wrt54g.

  Actually, the WRT54G is normally a router, and likely *the* router.
All the cable modems I've seen have been strictly layer two
devices[1], performing no IP routing functions.  "Classic" DSL modems
were the same way.  Both bridged Ethernet frames on to the WAN, and IP
level stuff didn't happen until you got to the DSLAM/CMTS at the
CO/headend.  This is changing somewhat with DSL; the CPE Verizon has
been providing for the past few years can also act as a NAT router.  I
expect the cable industry will get there eventually, too.

(DSLAM = DSL Access Multiplexer; CMTS = Cable Modem Termination
System: The equipment at the "other end" of your local pipe.  CO =
Central Office; Headend = not an acronym (we're not sure how that
happened): The place said equipment is housed.  CPE = Customer
Premises Equipment.)

[1] Well, they often have the ability to be assigned an IP address for
management purposes, but that is as an end-node, not a gateway.

-- Ben