[SGVLUG] TWC in Linux?

[Dan Buthusiem]

If you're on UVerse VDSL, it really should be as simple as swapping one
router for another and connecting your ethernet cable. If you don't use the
AT&T email, then there should be no other network logins to migrate.

If you had AT&T long enough, you may have had a PPPoE login for
a previous ADSL line (before UVerse). That session would have been
terminated once they migrated your equipment to VDSL.


On Tuesday, August 30, 2016, Jess Bermudes <jbermudes at gmail.com> wrote:

> I would almost say that these days you would have to go out of your way to
> get your ISP email address to be in the critical path of logging in, unless
> you're on dialup, so you would probably remember setting up something like
> that. If you don't remember doing anything funky then chances are you're
> fine.
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> On Tue, Aug 30, 2016 at 7:35 PM, Claude Felizardo <cafelizardo at gmail.com
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','cafelizardo at gmail.com');>> wrote:
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>> 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
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>> > On Aug 30, 2016, at 6:49 PM, Hart Larry <chime at hubert-humphrey.com
>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','chime at hubert-humphrey.com');>> wrote:
>> >
>> > 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
>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','dan.buthusiem at gmail.com');>> wrote:
>> >
>> > I'm not sure what you're asking for help with.
>> >
>> > 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?
>> >
>> > For example, login name:
>> >
>> > user at domain.com <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','user at domain.com');>
>> >
>> > versus login name: user
>> >
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>> > On Aug 30, 2016, at 5:34 PM, Hart Larry <chime at hubert-humphrey.com
>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','chime at hubert-humphrey.com');>> wrote:
>> >
>> > 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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