[Gllug] Broadband modems

[Peter Ball]

On 4 Jul 2003 at 18:09, itsbruce at uklinux.net wrote:

> On Fri, Jul 04, 2003 at 04:02:47PM +0100, Bernard Peek wrote:
> > In message <2FED908A-ACE6-11D7-9E0F-0003939B9512 at yahoo.co.uk>, North
> > London John <northlondonjohn at yahoo.co.uk> writes
> > 
> > 
> > >Can anyone suggest a particular modem, give general advice on what
> > >to check for when getting broadband, or recommend sites with such
> > >info?
> > 
> > Go for a combined modem/router. That way it's hardware independent.
> 
> The drawback being that you either trust the modem's firmware for
> firewall and nat or pay for an extra ip address for the router, since
> most of them are not capable of acting as a pure bridge between you
> and the ISP lan.

Depends on the model - the Netgear DG814 is quite happy as pure bridge 
with the same IP inside and out since thats what I've got here (so long as you 
have the right firmware version and NAT switched off).

I'll admit an interest since I'm a Authorised Netgear Powershift Partner but I 
only install stuff that my customers don't give me grief about. 
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