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TCI@home and cable modems: node problems; bypassing proxies; FAQs

TCI@home and cable modems: node problems; bypassing proxies; FAQs

CNET staff
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Readers continue to respond with tips and comments regarding cable modems in general and TCI@home in particular (as noted last time). Here are the highlights:
The node problem Dave Nowak uses TCI@home. He writes about the "node" problem: "A friend I work with that lives a few blocks away also has @home and we are unable to play each other in online games because we cannot 'see' each other. We were told that this is because we are on the same node. Even though we have assigned IP addresses, it cannot see IPs that are on the same node. We've even tried to use those services like dynip.net that assign a domain name to static IP users to try to get "around" the node problem, but it didn't work."

Reloading from Explorer with proxies enabled Last time, we commented on how Explorer failed to properly refresh pages with proxies enabled, even when Netscape (also with proxies enabled) did refresh them. Jon Mircea claims that this is due to a "bug" in Explorer: "They only fully support the Microsoft Proxies, and a few other proxy servers." We are investigating this as-yet unconfirmed claim.

Update: Two readers (Gary Adams and Adam Schenker) informed us that, by adding a question mark to a URL, you can force Explorer to bypass the proxy and refresh the page correctly. For example, for this page, you would type: <http://www.macfixit.com/?>. I tried it; it worked.

Routers, Gateways and FAQs A couple of readers noted that Vicom's Internet Gateway or SoftRouter may be used as a way of sharing one IP address among several computers (last time, we suggested IPNetRouter ). Vicom has an excellent set of FAQs, including ones on cable modems, xDSL connections, and DHCP.

Cox@Home also has a useful FAQ on cable modems (thanks, Steve Sponagle.)