From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jan 29 12:35: 5 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from deborah.paradise.net.nz (deborah.paradise.net.nz [203.96.152.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A7F6737B419 for ; Tue, 29 Jan 2002 12:35:01 -0800 (PST) Received: from ferox.paradise.net.nz (203-79-67-22.tnt10.paradise.net.nz [203.79.67.22]) by deborah.paradise.net.nz (Postfix) with ESMTP id C6224D1AA3; Wed, 30 Jan 2002 09:34:58 +1300 (NZDT) Message-Id: <5.1.0.14.2.20020130091127.00a87c20@pop3.paradise.net.nz> X-Sender: ferox@pop3.paradise.net.nz X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.1 Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2002 09:36:13 +1300 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, dunlug@lists.ethernal.org From: Chris Pearce Subject: Is ADSL modem + NAT the same as an ADSL Router? Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hey all, I'm setting up a network to share an ADSL connection, and I'm wondering about the difference between a regular ADSL modem and an ADSL router. My plan was to have a FreeBSD box acting as a gateway for the LAN, but I'm not sure whether a router or a regular modem is required. I already have a hub, so if I put a regular ADSL modem in the FreeBSD box running NAT, connect it to the hub, and configure it as a gateway, will it work? What would be different if I had a router? What do they do differently? The guys at the shops tell me that I need a router, but then again, it's sales people telling me that... I tried to STFW, but all I got was people trying to sell me modems. Can someone help? Thanks, Chris Pearce. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message