🚀 go-pugleaf

Hi, I live in Austin, TX where we're supposed to be getting TimeWarner's cable
modem service, Road Runner, later this year (at least, that's what I heard
earlier this year).  I have a few questions for users who are fortunate enough
to already have cable modem service:

1. Can users get static IP addresses instead of dynamic, and if so how much
does it cost?  For security purposes my company requires employees accessing
the corporate network from home have static IP addresses if they want to get
past our firewall (specifically, I'm wanting remote control of my NT
workstation from home using TimbuktuPro).

2. The RoadRunner FAQ at http://www.pathfinder.com/rdrun/ mentions that
businesses can use Road Runner as a wide-area network.  Does anyone have more
information about this?  How usable is it for accessing file systems remotely?

3. Is the cable "modem" integrated with the television cable box, or is it
separate?  I hope it's separate since I currently only rent a cable box in the
living room, not the computer room.

4. The FAQ says that users have to run a program to connect and get assigned
an IP address. Can Win95 be configured to automatically do this whenever
access is requested (ie, is it a "virtual" dedicated Internet connection)?

5. I currently have my two home computers networked (simple peer-to-peer to
share files and printer) and use WinGate to let them both access the Internet
at the same time.  Will I have to buy any other hardware (eg, a hub?) to keep
this capability?  Any gotchas I should be aware of?  I have a 3Com Etherlink
III Bus-Master PCI Ethernet adapter on the machine that will connect to the
cable modem.  Btw, would something like NAT32 work better than WinGate?

Thanks,
Jamshid Afshar
jamshid@io.com

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