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[FurryNutz]

Busy with DNS are we?

Wow. . . after my last post yesterday I checked back and almost 20 subsequent posts were logged here + issue resolved?  I'm late to the party.

[JavaLawyer]

Barely. . . very quiet over there. Too busy with things going on in the real world (i.e. outside of the Matrix)

[Hard Harry]

Dlink makes a DCM-202 modem however it's not DOCSIS v3 I believe. I recommend the Motorola SB6120 though if you have access to one.

Yea, I wouldn't suggest the DCM-202. I think it is off most ISP's approved Modems list (Comcast, Cox and Time Warner to be sure). They had firmware issues with some of the later generation DOCSIS 2.0 CMTS changes. Nothing against Dlink though, a few manufactures bumped into the same issue. I guess the DCM-202 and others were made before DOCSIS 2.0 was completely standardized. Think of it like DOCSIS 2.0 Draft.

[Kamikazi2142]

Nah JavaLawyer, this thread has become a party zone as of now, but, now i'm just looking for a DOCSIS 3.0 cable modem with a gigabit wan port.  Curious on your guys experience with them, i have a Ubee that is DOCSIS 3.0 with a Gigabit, but its by the ISP, i would like to get one that is... my own, and (if possible) better than the one by ISP.

this is what i got from ISP:
http://www.ubeeinteractive.com/index.php/products/product-overview/docsis_3.0_modem/

if anyone has any preference please post, i'm open to suggestions.
it must be DOCSIS 3.0 though, its so much more reliable and faster, i have noticed a difference when 4 PC's and 2 consoles are using the internet at same time, it isn't slowed down at all!!

[FurryNutz]

I love my SB 6120. 

[kargo27]

Kami,

I have that Ubee as well and bought the SB6120 on Furry's recommendation.  Both are great.

I threw that Ubee back on yesterday to see if it had any updates to be done.  We just got DOCSIS 3.0 on Tuesday and I hadn't used this modem in a month or two.

So I thought I could just plug the router into the Ubee modem and it would pick up the IP.  Nope.  What a pain.  I had to reset and reconfigure my router(s) to get them to work.  But they do.  I didn't have to do that going from the Ubee to the SB6120 though.  Weird.

[Hard Harry]

I like the SB6120 for one simple reason, case design. It stays the coolest out of all the modems out there. This helps both performance and lifespan. I also find the diagnostics on the gateway to be better then most.

If your in high density area though, and find you don't get your speeds around peak times, then the DPC3010 could be the way to go. Its one of the few modems that offers 8 down stream channels compared to the Motorola and Ubee's 4. If your area doesn't offer more then 4 channels though, that's a moot point.

Then there is the fact that a D3 modem from your provider carries better support from them. They can swap it out easier and make it so you don't have to work with the manufacture for hardware problems. Those are pretty rare usually, but its a factor to consider none the less.

[Kamikazi2142]

so my roommate is a marketer for a business, he recently got a program to send mass emails.  however the DGL-4500 is blocking all his emails, this thread started on emails, and ends on emails lol.

here is one of thousands of block notifications from the log mailed to me:
[INFO] Sat Sep 24 23:28:06 2011 Blocked outgoing ICMP packet (ICMP type 3) from 192.168.0.193 to 219.144.156.211

is there a routing i have to set up to fix this?
i'm sure i have everything set up right for his program, but i'm drawing a blank on what to do next now.  I know much about this router, but my knowledge drops off after port forwarding.

he needs this setup to work, otherwise, he's set back significantly, this helps him pay his bills.

[Hard Harry]

Man, don't know where to start on this one.

First, a ICMP packet is for testing only, it does not deliver data.

Second, that IP is for a mass spamm domain out of China. Why does your friend want to be connecting to that hmm?

Last, routers can't block emails, just email servers. It would be like one blocking a certain site.

So your going to have to explain yourself before I offer anymore help. I HATE spammers.

[Kamikazi2142]

as for me i'm no spammer, my friend is trying to market his business, he's the head marketer, and there are hundreds of different ip's in this list, not just that one, and for my roommate...

he explains it like this...
he doesn't want to be marked as spam, so he just wants to email blast out to a thousand different emails and then find a thousand more emails, not of same email that is, and blast again, basically like announcing the presence of his company, he works for DJ's and such.

now you say it doesn't block emails, but none of these were successful at sending an email.

its important for him cuz he is trying to sign up Dj's and get them jobs as well, is there anyway i can get this unblocked?

[Hard Harry]

And where is he getting these emails? Sorry, smells like spamm to me. I can't stop anyone else from helping you, but I won't.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZio278IKGI

[Kamikazi2142]

i understand you discontent with spam, however spam applies to recurring emails to anyone and everyone indiscriminately, and for useless and or otherwise scamming nature.  My roommate is only marketing the business to DJ's and those employed in a musical business. 

He works as the marketer for *reference removed per domain administrators request* its a record pool that has hundreds of record labels, allowing DJ's access legally to thousands of songs with usually 3 types of every song, "clean, dirty, club mix."

i too hate spam, i get emails from random **** every day, kinda wish my router would decide to block them and not my roommates marketing business.

[JavaLawyer]

. . .however spam applies to recurring emails to anyone and everyone indiscriminately, and for useless and or otherwise scamming nature.  My roommate is only marketing the business to DJ's and those employed in a musical business.  

I have to side with HardHarry on this one. IMHO and professional experience, just because emails are targeted to a specific segment of the population (e.g. industry, gender, geography, purchasing history, etc.) does not exclude those emails from being "indiscriminate" (as you put it) and certainly does not exclude them from spam.

Although the U.S. is still in the process of updating existing law enacted by the FTC some years back, in the European Union, which has more mature laws on the matter, any unsolicited email communications for direct marketing are prohibited without prior consent of the individuals proactively expressing an explicit interest in receiving that specific material.

[Hard Harry]

Well besides US law, it's against Charter TOS, which I think is his problem. I would guesst either his IP is black listed, or the IP of the mail servers he is sending to is blocked.

From Charter TOS
6. NO “SPAMMING"

Customer will not use, or allow others to use, the Service to send unsolicited messages or materials, bulk e-mail, or other forms of solicitation (“spamming”). Charter reserves the right, in Charter’s sole discretion, to determine whether such posting or transmission constitutes unsolicited messages or materials. Forging, altering, or removing electronic mail headers is prohibited. Deceiving any recipient as to the identity of the sender through any process is prohibited. Customer may not, or allow others to, reference Charter or the Charter network in any email in an attempt to mislead the recipient.

**Edit**
Just thought I would also say this isn't anything personal. You sound like a nice enough guy, and you were trying to lend a hand else where on the forum and I like that. Maybe I can help you set up a legitimate and solicited email system? Maybe put together a website listing all the local events, including yours. And then on the page have a "Subscribe to my mailing list button". Assuming your running your own mail server, I can show you how to load balance, set up mx records, adjust your PTR, and all that fun stuff. As long as your mailing list is going to subscribers only, and you have a working, easy to use unsubscribe ability, it isn't spamm. Join the light side Mr Darth Vader. :-)

[JavaLawyer]

Well besides US law, it's against Charter TOS, which I think is his problem. I would guesst either his IP is black listed, or the IP of the mail servers he is sending to is blocked.

Service provider policies are a double-edged sword. On one hand, providers must comply with state and federal laws and policies. However, a self-serving motive for compliance is the cost savings accrued from curtailing overuse (or abuse) of residential Internet subscriptions, which cuts into corporate revenue through abuse of available resources bad PR from email blasts (I'll avoid the use of the word "spam" here) pointing back to one of the service provider's IP addresses.

Again siding with HardHarry, our comments are neither personal nor an attack on your character, but rather a commentary on the flagrant abuse of employing technology for mass marketing.