Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2002 09:12:19 -0700 (PDT) From: Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org> To: Barney Wolff <barney@tp.databus.com> Cc: Richard Tobin <richard@cogsci.ed.ac.uk>, freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Is UPnP good for anything? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0209040908140.31339-100000@InterJet.elischer.org> In-Reply-To: <20020904150657.GA17187@tp.databus.com>
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On Wed, 4 Sep 2002, Barney Wolff wrote: > Don't. Just get an ADSL modem, and use ipfw + natd (and PPPoE if > necessary) to do anything the router would have done. > > If you really don't want to use FreeBSD for this task, the "cable/dsl" > routers that talk to the modem via Ethernet and have 4 switched ports > are so cheap that there is no reason to go for an integrated box. > I just paid US$29.95 for a D-Link DI-604 for my daughter. I got one of the Linksys wireless/Cable/DSL gateways.. It has 4 wired ports, a separate ethernet port for the dsl modem and a wireless AP. A friend bought a Siemens. almost identical specs. it's more expensive at $150 but it means that everyting can be linked together.. you can even find some with a printer port too. The firewall is very basic.. it does NAT so only incoming sessions it already expects (via a setup table) can come in.. both compaq and HP have one, as doDlink and several others. > > But I'd much rather use one of my FreeBSD boxes - fewer security risks, > more powerful firewall capability, better stability. > > On Wed, Sep 04, 2002 at 02:58:34PM +0100, Richard Tobin wrote: > > I'm considering buying an ADSL router, ... > > -- > Barney Wolff > I'm available by contract or FT: http://www.databus.com/bwresume.pdf > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message
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