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Rachel Polanskis wrote:

> Yes.
> The HFC modems also use a modified form of DHCP to boot, which means it is
> difficult to get a linux or other UNIX system up online.

Not only that, they use a hacked version of the Kerberos protocol
to authenticate to the proxy server, so you can't just use your
Netscape on Linux.  You have to use their package which only runs
on Win95 or Mac (they state that it works on Win3.11 but after
some testing I found out that it in fact does not).

> Someone created a package to do it, I can't remember where it is.

You need to get the latest dhcpd from sunsite -- version 0.65

> Many UDP style streaming services are blocked, like realaudio for example,
> as well as several others.

Basically anything that's not proxied is blocked, except for a few
things like telnet and RealAudio.

> You can only access mail from telstra - as well as I think news.

As of a few days ago they changed it so you can now collect mail
from a POP server.

> All FTP access appears to be done via a WWW browser going through
> Telstra's proxy.

Correct.

> The network software checks for the latest version of everything
> when you login, so if you do not have the latest version of IE
> for example (most of the stuff is MS dominated) a connection is made
> and the package downloaded.  You pay for this.

No, I checked with their staff.  Downloads from their server don't
count against the 100MB limit.

In fact they are not volume charging at all until September.
Hopefully I'll be on Optus Vision by then.

> If you want to know more, search the link archives at:
> http://online.anu.edu.au/mail-archives/link/

Also see my web page with a summary of the information
and my experiences.  I also explain how to connect a Linux
box to the system (using Win95 as a proxy, sadly).

http://www.babel.com.au/techstuff/cable-linux.html

Del