From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 28 02:07:06 2003 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 6F49216A4CE for ; Fri, 28 Nov 2003 02:07:06 -0800 (PST) Received: from zeus.piweb.nl (piweblw.demon.nl [82.161.24.55]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BE4C143F3F for ; Fri, 28 Nov 2003 02:07:04 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from nico@familiemeijer.org) Received: from localhost (localhost.piweb.nl [127.0.0.1]) by zeus.piweb.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7FA1E794A4 for ; Fri, 28 Nov 2003 11:07:03 +0100 (CET) Received: from zeus.piweb.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (zeus.piweb.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 71603-01-2 for ; Fri, 28 Nov 2003 11:07:03 +0100 (CET) Received: from familiemeijer.org (n11.piweb.intern [192.168.2.11]) by zeus.piweb.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3AB1D77B18 for ; Fri, 28 Nov 2003 11:07:03 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <3FC71E47.1090001@familiemeijer.org> Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2003 11:07:03 +0100 From: Nico Meijer User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.5) Gecko/20031105 Thunderbird/0.3 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <3FC71419.50609@hotmail.com> <001301c3b594$9ca01530$ee01a8c0@JMICH> In-Reply-To: <001301c3b594$9ca01530$ee01a8c0@JMICH> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at zeus.piweb.nl Subject: Re: ADSL question 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: Fri, 28 Nov 2003 10:07:06 -0000 Hi all, May I recommend ethernet anyhow? Depending on the make and model of the modem, ethernet modems can be just that or perform all sorts of tasks. You might be able to opt for a simple bridging modem or perhaps for a full fledged NAT-router/firewall with built-in switch. Who knows, I have no idea what's possible in this particular situation. Ethernet itself does not require any drivers or third party software to be installed other than what's already there in (almost) each and every OS available. You can hook up *any* ethernet capable device to this modem. This makes ethernet modems infinitely more flexible as it almost always just "works". Besides, running services like NFS on a NAT firewall is a Bad Idea. Separate the router/firewall from the internal services as much as possible and you'll be a happier camper. There's my $0.02... Nico