{"items": [{"author": "Andrew", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/901168004972?comment_id=901171288392", "anchor": "fb-901171288392", "service": "fb", "text": "Why are you using their modem as a firewall anyway? Bridge mode, babeh, or just buy your own \"dumb\" modem! e.g. SB6141.", "timestamp": "1505959304"}, {"author": "Jeff Kaufman", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/901168004972?comment_id=901171288392&reply_comment_id=901172256452", "anchor": "fb-901171288392_901172256452", "service": "fb", "text": "→ I have minimal desire to mess with stuff for the sake of messing with stuff at this point, so generally leave things with default settings. As far as I know, this is the minimal change that gets the modem working as it needs to.", "timestamp": "1505959593"}, {"author": "Andrew", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/901168004972?comment_id=901171288392&reply_comment_id=901172815332", "anchor": "fb-901171288392_901172815332", "service": "fb", "text": "→ Jeff Kaufman -- still, bridge mode = good. The problem is that with RCN-owned hardware, they can go in and fuck up the config any time they want to. Bridge mode + your own locked down router reduces this possibility.", "timestamp": "1505959682"}, {"author": "Andrew", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/901168004972?comment_id=901171557852", "anchor": "fb-901171557852", "service": "fb", "text": "Also, am I reading this correctly: you couldn't SSH OUT?!? Why are they blocking anything outgoing by default? Unless we're talking about port 25 or 139 whoever designed the default config is smoking crack.", "timestamp": "1505959382"}, {"author": "Jeff Kaufman", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/901168004972?comment_id=901171557852&reply_comment_id=901172391182", "anchor": "fb-901171557852_901172391182", "service": "fb", "text": "→ Yes, the default config blocked outgoing ssh!", "timestamp": "1505959619"}, {"author": "Andrew", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/901168004972?comment_id=901171557852&reply_comment_id=901172466032", "anchor": "fb-901171557852_901172466032", "service": "fb", "text": "→ Facepalm. Did you run nmap on a server with known open ports to see what ELSE they block by default? This is hilarious and sad all at once.", "timestamp": "1505959629"}, {"author": "Jeff Kaufman", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/901168004972?comment_id=901171557852&reply_comment_id=901232241242", "anchor": "fb-901171557852_901232241242", "service": "fb", "text": "→ I didn't; I was trying to fix it as quickly as possible because Lily wanted me to read to her
(Children definitely leave much less time for playing around with tech trying to figure out what it's doing)", "timestamp": "1505996253"}, {"author": "BDan", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/901168004972?comment_id=901173389182", "anchor": "fb-901173389182", "service": "fb", "text": "Presumably, you could also add an entry in the Allowed Services to go through the firewall.", "timestamp": "1505959850"}, {"author": "Andrew", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/901168004972?comment_id=901173389182&reply_comment_id=901173449062", "anchor": "fb-901173389182_901173449062", "service": "fb", "text": "→ Yeah, but the fact that this is needed by default...", "timestamp": "1505959873"}, {"author": "Jeff Kaufman", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/901168004972?comment_id=901173389182&reply_comment_id=901175659632", "anchor": "fb-901173389182_901175659632", "service": "fb", "text": "→ Sure, but I don't know what else they might be blocking and I'm happy to just use the firewalls on individual client machines", "timestamp": "1505960979"}, {"author": "Andrew", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/901168004972?comment_id=901173389182&reply_comment_id=901177800342", "anchor": "fb-901173389182_901177800342", "service": "fb", "text": "→ Jeff Kaufman -- if you have to block outgoing in your own house, you've already lost the game.", "timestamp": "1505961991"}, {"author": "Andrew", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/901168004972?comment_id=901179022892", "anchor": "fb-901179022892", "service": "fb", "text": "I'm just jealous that you have a choice of cable providers.", "timestamp": "1505962547"}, {"author": "Andrew", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/901168004972?comment_id=901179022892&reply_comment_id=901179392152", "anchor": "fb-901179022892_901179392152", "service": "fb", "text": "→ Don't most people have ISP choice? We have Spectrum and FiOS. Cable itself? Who cares? People still pay for TV in the era of rooftop HDTV, Netflix, Amazon, and The Pirate Bay?", "timestamp": "1505962731"}, {"author": "Vipul", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/901168004972?comment_id=901191757372", "anchor": "fb-901191757372", "service": "fb", "text": "The first two comments on Facebook don't show up in the comments mirror on your site.", "timestamp": "1505967834"}, {"author": "Jim", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/901168004972?comment_id=901191757372&reply_comment_id=901192490902", "anchor": "fb-901191757372_901192490902", "service": "fb", "text": "→ It's because of a config setting that the posters of those comments have. IIRC it's Settings>Apps>Apps, Websites and Plugins.", "timestamp": "1505968176"}, {"author": "Jeff Kaufman", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/901168004972?comment_id=901191757372&reply_comment_id=901232121482", "anchor": "fb-901191757372_901232121482", "service": "fb", "text": "→ I'm also happy to specifically exclude people if they don't want their comments mirrored, so sometimes it's that.
(Though in this case Jim is correct)", "timestamp": "1505996171"}, {"author": "Jim", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/901168004972?comment_id=901192166552", "anchor": "fb-901192166552", "service": "fb", "text": "I also encountered this issue. I was rather shocked at the stupidity of that default.", "timestamp": "1505968073"}, {"author": "Billy", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/901168004972?comment_id=903858213772", "anchor": "fb-903858213772", "service": "fb", "text": "finally! been searching for this solution since i got RCN. no more tunneling! thanks!", "timestamp": "1507296886"}, {"author": "Todd", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/901168004972?comment_id=936680861922", "anchor": "fb-936680861922", "service": "fb", "text": "Is there a reason you don't own your modem? TWC added a modem charge when I was using them upstate, so I bought my own, and I don't think I ever checked whether RCN had a similar charge after moving here.", "timestamp": "1523390337"}, {"author": "Jeff Kaufman", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/901168004972?comment_id=936680861922&reply_comment_id=936689010592", "anchor": "fb-936680861922_936689010592", "service": "fb", "text": "→ I think this speed with RCN requires using their modem?", "timestamp": "1523393532"}, {"author": "Todd", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/901168004972?comment_id=936680861922&reply_comment_id=936689130352", "anchor": "fb-936680861922_936689130352", "service": "fb", "text": "→ Ah, that's probably it. Do you find it worthwhile to have that much bandwidth?", "timestamp": "1523393597"}, {"author": "Jeff Kaufman", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/901168004972?comment_id=936680861922&reply_comment_id=936689205202", "anchor": "fb-936680861922_936689205202", "service": "fb", "text": "→ Todd: when it works it's really good! We've got a lot of people in the house, 2-4 of them working from home, and often have simultaneous video calls", "timestamp": "1523393654"}]}