[Gllug] ADSL Linux

[jane taylor]

On Thu, 12 Dec 2002 15:47:45 -0000, you wrote:

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~-----Original Message-----
~From: Tethys [mailto:tet at accucard.com]
~Sent: 12 December 2002 13:38
~To: gllug at linux.co.uk
~Subject: Re: [Gllug] ADSL Linux 
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~Allen Wayne writes:
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~>I don't want to buy a adsl router as I don't want to loose control to
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~My setup thus looks like this:
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~ +----------+      +-------------+      +----------+      +--------+
~ | Internet |----->| ADSL router |----->| Firewall |----->| Switch |
~ +----------+      +-------------+      +----------+      +--------+
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~very similar to what I have, but what is the advantage in this case of using
~a adsl router as opposed to a adsl modem?
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Modem included, with additional built-in NAT, VPN (192.168.0.xxx),
basic firewall, blocking of dodgy sites and keywords, full logging of
sites visited, email log reporting, timer-controlled access... least
that's what is on the £111 Netgear ADSL modem/router I've just put in
at work. Oh and up to 253 users via connected hubs/switches, and 4
direct ethernet connections to the 10/100 router. The next model up
had a pretty swish not-so-basic firewall built in. Course a separate
firewall box is even better.

The BT supplied version was an ADSL modem which had to be connected to
a USB port in a PC running (to their preference) Winxx which then
acted as a gateway box to the rest of the network. 
I got shot of that pretty fast... 


-- 
jane

Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone,
you may still exist but you have ceased to live.
Mark Twain

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