[Gllug] Broadband modems

[itsbruce at uklinux.net]

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.

-- 
Bruce

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