Re: Help with Motorola SB5120

$Bill wrote: 

The ISP controls the modem.  Add a router between the modem and
the PC and do your config there.  Netgear/Linksys routers are
cheap (at least here in the US - $30-40 on sale after rebate)
and they give you added security to protect your PC.  Get a
wireless G router if you need wireless - else just get a wired
one for maybe $10 less.  Either should have a 4-port switch to
connect your wired computers.


Right.  When the modem is reset, my ISP uploads a config to the
tftp server running on the cable modem.  I agree that my ISP has
the right to control equipment connected to it's network, including
blocking certain netbios garbage.

But does my ISP have the right to configure things on my LAN ?
What if someone in the same office here decides to connect to
the web interface on 192.168.100.1 and keep resetting the damn
thing ?  Don't I have the right to configure a password on MY side
of the network ?  And don't I have the right to change the LAN IP
from the default of 192.168.100.1 to suit the IP numbering on my
LAN as I see fit?  This would have nothing at all to do with my ISP,
and they shouldn't even care.    If I can monitor the cable modem
to graph the traffic statitistics using SNMP, shouldn't I be able to
set the read community string to something other than the default
of "public" ?
.

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