[Gllug] adsl2 pci/internal modems on Linux and the state of adsl2

[- Tethys]

On 3/21/07, t.clarke <tim at seacon.co.uk> wrote:

> No experience myself  -  to be honest ADSL routers are cheap these days and
> are a lot less hassle to use.

While in general, I'd agree with you, there are still a few niche
cases where an internal card is a better option. An OOB link for a
rackmounted server in a datacentre, for example, so that when your
rack loses connectivity, you can still get access to your machine. In
the past, this was traditionally done with ISDN, but ADSL is probably
a cheaper and easier option these days.

>They do NATing for you and support more than  one PC with ease.

Bleurgh. The first thing I look for when buying an ADSL router is the
ability to turn off NATing, filtering, port forwarding and every other
"feature", and give me an unadulterated Internet connection. See LARTC
for a host of reasons why you might want to do that sort of stuff on
your Linux box[1] rather than on the router. I appreciate that I'm in
a minority there, though...

Tet

[1] Actually, I'm using OpenBSD on my gateway box, but many of the
same principles apply.
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