[olug] Qwest and IP assignment

[Christopher Cashell]

On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 9:22 PM, Eric P <eric.maillist at gmail.com> wrote:
> When I'm at his house 'ifconfig' reports a 10.* address, but if I go to a web site via his computer (one that tells me
> my IP address) it tells me a 204.* address.
>
> Do these Qwest modems act as a router?  Or am I missing the boat?

Is this Qwest DSL, or Qwest Cable Modem?

Qwest Cable Modem service utilizes 10.* addresses internally, and does
NAT at the ISP.

Historically, they've been willing to setup static NAT addresses upon
request, for the purpose of remote access.  I haven't talked to them
in a while, though.

Alternately, as someone else mentioned, you could use something like
OpenVPN to run a tunnel from your friend's machine to yours, and then
connect through that.

> Eric P.

-- 
Christopher