[TechnologyManagers] COMCAST broadband

[Mike Byrne]

Yeah, the easiest solution is to pay comcast another 5 or 10 bucks per month and get a static ip, then give the ip to your vendors.  If that's not possible you can either use a proxy server or route db bound traffic out your T1 - if your equipment supports it.  Sonicwall for example doesn't have the ability to route via fqdn yet (last I checked).  I think most of the database vendors have static ip's but some of them are dynamic.  - Mike

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron Friedman" <friedman at northlakelibrary.org>
To: technologymanagers at mls.lib.il.us
Sent: Friday, May 1, 2009 10:35:26 AM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central
Subject: RE: [TechnologyManagers] COMCAST broadband

Are we talking about broadband on COMCAST MetroEthernet fiber or COMCAST
cable?

We are using COMCAST's free high-speed cable service in addition to our
T1.  Only our public PCs access the cable service.  Depending on the
database, we've a) asked the supplier to recognize the second IP, b)
internally routed requests for that database over the T1 [not much
traffic to worry about], or c) required patrons to use their library
card number (as if they were outside of the library).

-Ron Friedman
 Northlake Public Library District
 

-----Original Message-----
From: technologymanagers-bounces at mls.lib.il.us
[mailto:technologymanagers-bounces at mls.lib.il.us] On Behalf Of Pgregoire
Sent: Friday, May 01, 2009 9:42 AM
To: technologymanagers at mls.lib.il.us
Subject: [TechnologyManagers] COMCAST broadband

Is anyone expanding their broadband with Comcast? If so, how do you
continue to get the database suppliers ( Gale, Newsbank, RefUSA, etc. )
to recognize your IP range?
Pierre Gregoire
Director
Frankfort Public Library District
21119 S. Pfeiffer Rd. 
Frankfort, IL 60423
815-469-2423

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Mike Byrne
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Blue Island Public Library
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Ph: (708) 388-1078 x29