[Gllug] ADSL modem -- WTF?

Bruce Richardson itsbruce at uklinux.net
Thu Jul 15 18:24:27 UTC 2004


On Thu, Jul 15, 2004 at 06:53:25PM +0100, Chris wrote:
>    Does that mean that it is unable to do full bridging to PPPoE? I have not
> bothered to switch off NAT yet, it just feeds straight on into a Linux based
> firewall, and it seems to just work, and it always re-connects after loss of
> ADSL from BT/Demon, so I have just left it parked by the incoming BT cable
> and ignored it.

It's reliable within it's limits, though there are possible security
concerns (see the Solwise user forums).

-- 
Bruce

I am now a little wary of bananas.
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