[SGVLUG] TWC in Linux?

[Claude Felizardo]

As others have mentioned, for the most part, you should not have to do too much different when switching ISPs unless you are using your email address anywhere or hardcoded the DNS servers.  You might need to go over the configuration of your router if the new ISP requires that you login using specific account information before it will hand out an IP.  On a previous ISP switch I had to go into various devices such as my NASBOX and reconfigure access for sending out email for alerts.

If possible I try to have a PC available so they can check things so I and the installer are sure that any problems are due to their equipment and not mine.

Regarding email addresses, I stopped using ISP email addresses because you can't take that with you which is why I have switched to using something like gmail.

Hmm, I probably should go through all of my devices yet again.  I'm getting my linux fileserver security logs but the NASBOX only needs to send out an email when there's a problem or an update.  And while I have been using the giggle fiber connection exclusively for the last few days I still have TWC ISP until I get around to cancelling so I need to make sure I don't have anything TWC specific anywhere.  Darn, I should probably reboot everything to be sure but that means resetting my uptime again.

As for leaving TWC, I was pretty happy with their 100 MB service but once the promo price expired, giggle fiber's price became attractive again so I looked.

Oh, I did have to configure the new router to update my dyndns.org DNS entries.  It's a little tricky when I reboot both modems and the last one that pushes out the IP wins problem which is another reason to cancel TWC sooner than later.

Claude





> On Aug 30, 2016, at 6:49 PM, Hart Larry <chime at hubert-humphrey.com> wrote:
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> Thanks Dan, while I do login as a name, that isn't an issue, but somewhere it I think logs in to an AT&T e-mail address. So I would figure instead I need to login to a newer TWC address? Thanks in advance
> Hart

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> On Aug 30, 2016, at 6:44 PM, Dan Buthusiem <dan.buthusiem at gmail.com> wrote:
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> I'm not sure what you're asking for help with.
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> U-Verse handles its network authentication in the modem, as does TWC. The mechanisms are a bit different, but it's similar from a configuration standpoint. You shouldn't need to change anything with your debian machine, aside from your LAN IP, as the new network equipment may have a different address range. Your linux user account should be a local account, so I don't see how that would need to change. Do you use a user name at a domain to log into your linux computer, or just a name? 
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> For example, login name:
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> user at domain.com
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> versus login name: user
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> On Aug 30, 2016, at 5:34 PM, Hart Larry <chime at hubert-humphrey.com> wrote:
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> Well, next week I will probably switch some of my TV setup from Dish Network to Time Warnor, switch a phone line from Magic Jack to TWC, and switch my Uverse 15MB to a TWC 100MB. But more than likely an installer would hardly be able to spell Linux, so I must be ready to make any changes in my Debian system.
> Seemingly now when this machine boots, it authenticates an AT&T e-amil address, which I never use, as I login remotely to another Linux shell. I looked in all the usual places such as, .profile, .tcshrc, .alias, and .cshrc, and grub2. I am strictly in
> console. Some1 else thinks once eithernet cords are changed, it will just work, but I am not at all convinced. Can some1 please advise what settings I will need to alter at that time? Thanks so much in advance
> Hart
> Sherman Oaks
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