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On 2009-09-05, Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> Grant Edwards wrote: |
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>> On 2009-09-05, Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com> wrote: |
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>>> As some may know already, I recently got DSL. |
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>>> The DSL modem I am using is the Motorola 2210. It seems to be |
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>>> a gateway thing. I have no router at the moment |
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>> The 2210 is a router that is doing NAT with a stateful |
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>> firewall. It will (assuming it's not too buggy) prevent |
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>> outside access to your network. |
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>> If you buy a second router (e.g. a Linksys or DLink), you'll |
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>> just be duplicating the NAT/firewall/routing functions in the |
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>> 2210. You can do that if you want. I used to run a two layer |
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>> NAT setup with a Cisco 678 DSL modem (configure to forward all |
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>> TCP/UDP ports) and an OpenWRT gateway. There were features I |
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>> needed that OpenWRT had that the Cisco didn't. |
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>> Unless there's something specific that you want to do that |
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>> isn't supported by the 2210 (or you're aware of deficiencies in |
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>> the 2210), I probably wouldn't bother adding a second firewall |
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>> box. |
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> I was thinking about buying a router IF I build a second box and need to |
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> share the internet with it. The modem only has one port |
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Probably all you need is an Ethernet switch, though there are |
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some DSL modems that have been intentionally crippled in an |
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attempt to make them work with only a single client. |
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My sister has one. It will support a /16 internal network just |
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fine except that the DSL modem's DHCP server will only hand out |
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a single address (and there's no way to shut off the DHCP |
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server so you can let something else take over). You could |
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fill the house with machines as long as they all have |
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statically assigned addresses. |
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> and apparently zero reconfigurability because when I log in, |
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> there are no options to change anything except what time it |
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> updates the modem software. So, I hope it works well. o_O |
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If you do want something else, you can add a second |
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firewall/router, or you can probably replace the 2210 with |
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something a bit more configurable. I've installed a couple |
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Zoom DSL modems. They work fine, and were fairly configurable. |
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What would be coolest would be something supported by OpenWRT, |
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but I was never able to find such a thing. |
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Grant |
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