[Gllug] USB to Ethernet - for ADSL

[Bruce Richardson]

On 3/1/02, 12:36:47 PM, Dave Cridland <dave at cridland.net> wrote regarding 
Re: [Gllug] USB to Ethernet - for ADSL:


> They're not bad, but I've seen packet leakage through their NAT, which
> somewhat distresses me. Essentially, this means that your private IP
> address space can be mapped quite easily, just by making connections
> through it. If you're not allowing anything in, they may be safe from
> that.

> In addition, allowing connections in only works consistently via
> specifying a specific list of ports - allowing a range through appears
> to prevent /some/ clients from connecting.

That kind of problem is why I've gone for a cheap router (Asus AAM6000EV) 
rather than modem solution.  Allows me to avoid both usb and ppoa 
complications and I do the nat/firewalling on my own gateway box.  Makes 
the firewall rules a bit simpler, also.

-- 

Bruce

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