[Gllug] Recommend an ADSL modem?

[Doug Winter]

On Wed 21 Jan Tethys wrote:
> My advice for this has always been to get the cheapest, simplest passthrough
> router you can buy, and stick an OpenBSD firewall behind it (these days, a
> Mini-ITX machine makes a great choice for that at a sensible price). From
> the OpenBSD box, go into a switch on onto the rest of your network. That
> way, you have full control over your NATing and firewalling, and aren't at
> the mercy of the router vendor.

Snap - that's exactly what I've got, and it works a treat.

On top of this, you can stick a Prism 2 based Wireless PCI card (say the
Netgear 301MA) in it and run it in hostap mode, and you've got a
wireless access point too.

doug.

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