Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2002 21:54:46 +0100 From: Gary Jennejohn <garyj@jennejohn.org> To: Chris Pearce <ferox@paradise.net.nz> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, dunlug@lists.ethernal.org Subject: Re: Is ADSL modem + NAT the same as an ADSL Router? Message-ID: <200201292054.g0TKskI24075@peedub.jennejohn.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 30 Jan 2002 09:36:13 %2B1300." <5.1.0.14.2.20020130091127.00a87c20@pop3.paradise.net.nz>
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Chris Pearce writes: > 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. > I personally use a router because I'm too lazy to set up ppp and the firewall rules for myself. However, a friend is using a FreeBSD box with ppp -nat and just a modem (which I set up, go figure) and it works just fine. There's really no reason to buy a router if you have a FreeBSD box with 2 NICs. --- Gary Jennejohn / garyj@jennejohn.org gj@freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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