From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Feb 24 07:17:06 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0FF8316A4CE for ; Thu, 24 Feb 2005 07:17:06 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [65.75.192.90]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9AE4243D46 for ; Thu, 24 Feb 2005 07:17:05 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) Received: from tedwin2k (nat-rtr.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [65.75.197.130]) j1O7H1b95052; Wed, 23 Feb 2005 23:17:01 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" To: "Mikkel C. Simonsen" , Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2005 23:17:00 -0800 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) In-Reply-To: <421D17F4.3030102@post5.tele.dk> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1478 Importance: Normal Subject: RE: DSL modem recommendation X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2005 07:17:06 -0000 > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Mikkel C. > Simonsen > Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2005 3:56 PM > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: DSL modem recommendation > > > freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org skrev: > > Another argument is that if you have no need to run a server, > > USB means you have to waste CPU on translation. Of course the > > counter to that is that with a modem/router, you can't get a > > public IP address. > > Of course you can get a public IP address. The standard ADSL equipment > here (Denmark) is a Siemens modem. You connect the modem to your > computer over Ethernet, and get a public IP using DHCP... > Only if the Siemens modem is in bridged mode, and most DSL providers ship these devices in routed mode, not in bridged mode. If Network Address Translation (NAT) is turned on, which it is by default when these devices are in routed mode, then the IP address you get is a private address handed out by the Siemens modem, something like a 192.168.1.x number. Ted